Self cancelling indicators

[James Deuce]

I could do with some of these. I'm always leaving my fricken indicators on.

I know - I saw you today with one on on a straight bit of road.

[Skunk]

I find that I never leave mine on.

I never turn them on either

Really, I make a habit of pushing the cancel button every so often (more often round town). But usually I don't forget.

[Kickaha]

I was talking with a guy at the weekend who believes that self cancelling indicators on m'bikes could save hundreds of accidents every year. I'm sure that such a feature has been tried out before on some older bikes.

Any of you guys ever heard of these? Ever had a bike with them on? Any good? How do they work?

Cheers

Got a bike with these on,1982 Yamaha XJ550RH works off the speedo somehow as when the cable is disconnected they don't work

[MSTRS:Me]

If anybody ever invents a sensible heads-up display for a helmet visor, the first thing that needs to go on it is an indicator light...

Try Ohakea or Wigram, there's bound to be a spare helmet or two that Helen will sell you cheap. Could try for a weapons system too - I'm told they're effective at clearing obstacles at a distance

[Skunk]

Could try for a weapons system too

Mmmm, weapons.

[scumdog]

Mmmm, weapons.

Just picked up some 13.5 X 92mm ammo, anybody got a rifle to suit??

[Skunk]

Just picked up some 13.5 X 92mm ammo, anybody got a rifle to suit??

Woohoo, gun thread!

[Bonez]

Hence the reason for this post, potentially a bloody dangerous mistake - forgetting to switch your indicators off.

Just connect a buzzer into the indicator curcuit as a wee reminder. Worked on my '76 CB550 ok.

[scumdog]

Woohoo, gun thread!

One of those rifles 'kills at both ends'

[avgas]

i think i need my front indicators again, glow is bad

[riffer]

Never had a bike with self-cancelling indicators.

However I have got in the habit of pushing the off button even when the indicators aren't going.

[moko]

I had an RD400 years ago that had them and they were brilliant,dont know why Yam dropped them.I`m pretty sure Kawasaki tried as well,at least on the Z1R but no-one else seemed to get it right.A lot of bigger bikes in the late 70`s here had indicator bleepers fitted as standard but they got dropped when someone pointed out that they made the same sound as the pedestrian crossings do to tell blind people it`s o.k. to cross(!)plus they were bloody annoying.

[FROSTY:Me]

Do " modern " bikes not have self cancellers?? EEP
Ohh and the way they work is off of the odo in the speedo.

[Biff]

I can't remember when I did last leave my indicators on to be honest. But I have been driving in a cage some distance behind a bike that had left its indicators on back in the UK. Some biatch pulled out in front of him and he T boned her bonnet. She obviously thought he was turning - he wasn't. He was ok though, just stunned . She just screamed for ages shouting, "i've killed him".

[Dodgyiti]

My old Yamaha XJ650 (born 1981) had self cancelling indicators as did most of Big Yamahas around that time. When I next bought a Yamaha (87 SRX600) they no longer featured - probably hit and miss weather the indicators worked. I know I had a few problems with the wiring hence only 3 or 4 WOF's over 8 years of ownership

Yep, my XJ had them, not 100% reliable, but I thought they were a good safety thing at the time.
I have trouble cancelling them on my Honda, and to take my thumb off the bars to do it gives me less strength to hang on during more rapid acceleration