Indicators left on, dangerous

[slopster]

My first 6 months of riding I didn't realise you push the indicator in to cancel. I thought you had to move it back to middle and kinda jiggle it around till it stopped indicating. Was often seen riding down the road after the intersection indicating left, right, left, right till I got it sorted. I thought it was just because the switchgear was old that it needed jiggling!

[sAsLEX]

If you go to any bike rallies have a look at the brands who NEED a piece of metal/wood/squashed beer can under their side stand when they are praked on the grass or soft ground.

You won't see many H-Ds needing that trick.

Yeah they can only lean a few degrees before the chrome starts grounding so most dont even need a sidestand......

[scumdog]

Yeah they can only lean a few degrees before the chrome starts grounding so most dont even need a sidestand......

Ah, so you've seen the advantage of owning a H-D eh!!

[Defiant]

my Storm has a self cancelling indicator unit installed....(mercury switch that cancels them after a turn)...very easy to install, very cheap, and very convenient. does tend to make you lazy when on a different bike though......

[H00dz]

I think I read in my manual that my indicators cancel out around 450 metres BUT I wouldn't know cause I'm so paranoid about them that I'm almost always checking

[MaxCannon]

I've always just kept my thumb on the switch. I check the lights anyway as I'm checking the instruments.

Usually I turn them off as I'm exiting the corner.

Takes so long to wind on the power that I have plenty of time

[kiwifruit]

yes, dangerous,
im for hand signals, less likely to forget to turn them off

[Delphinus]

If you are glancing at your speed often enough you should see the blinking light on your dash...

I've left mine on a few times by mistake but usually catch it in 5-10 secs when checking speed/revs(calculating what gear i'm in) etc

[delusionz]

I've always wondered why bikes don't have clickers like cars do, Well some do but very few, perhaps there's a special flasher module that has a clicker in it. Shouldn't be too hard to wire something up. Generally it helps to keep in mind the last thing you've done for other reasons besides switching off an indicator such as remembering what gear you're in or the position of your side stand.

[Swoop]

Our Harleys do, about the best in the industry.

Indicator system and side-stand are two things that other manufacturers could do well to copy from H-D.

I'd hope that you would get some little advantages, for the amount of money you spend purchasing a harley!

[scumdog]

I'd hope that you would get some little advantages, for the amount of money you spend purchasing a harley!

Ah well, if the side-stand ('jiffy-stand' to true H-D owners) saved one fall on the side when parked on grass I'll think it's worth it.

Nothing worse than seeing a three or four bike 'domino-fall' caused by a stand sinking into soft ground...

[yungatart]

I have made it a habit to cancel the indicator as soon as I have changed gear after the corner. it is such a habit now that I find myself trying to do it in the cage as well!

[sunhuntin]

I've always wondered why bikes don't have clickers like cars do, Well some do but very few, perhaps there's a special flasher module that has a clicker in it. Shouldn't be too hard to wire something up. Generally it helps to keep in mind the last thing you've done for other reasons besides switching off an indicator such as remembering what gear you're in or the position of your side stand.

scooters do... often i hear the ticking of a scooters indicators before i hear its exhaust, lmfao.

the virago needs extra support under the stand when parked on grass... last time i pissed around for ages and ended up sticking my gloves underneath.

[captain_andrey]

When will we finally get HUDs in bike helmets? I mean, honestly how hard can it be? Most of the stuff on new bikes is computer controlled so why cant all the information just be wired/beamed over to the helmet and projected on to the visor?
At least, they should start with built in headphones and audible alarms.

[Tank]

When will we finally get HUDs in bike helmets? I mean, honestly how hard can it be? Most of the stuff on new bikes is computer controlled so why cant all the information just be wired/beamed over to the helmet and projected on to the visor?
At least, they should start with built in headphones and audible alarms.

Actually you can get some now (read it on the interweb) - bit strange if you ask me,and Im sure that it would be very distracting.

but very cool - kind of like a fighter pilot.