Light Wizard/Super Magnet on the crankcase

[blueiedgod]

I got one of them "Traffic Light Wizards" because I am just annoyed that I can't trigger lights with my bike around here. I was plnning on attaching it to the oil pan. But, it got me thinking, If I do that, first of all, the heat of the oil will melt the adhesive that it is attached with. Since I have Al crank that would be an issue. Second, will the magnet attract all the possible suspended metal junk in the oil and not direct it into the filter? So, when I change oil, it will remain in the engine.

If you have one of the Traffic Light triggering devices, where did you attach it on the bike?

 

[road_rascal]

I really don't believe in those light changing doo-hickeys. There's 2 intersections near my house that wouldn't change when I ride my bike(s) over them. I called the city and they did something with the ground loop and now they work. There's a state law here in MN that says that if a light controlled intersection fails to properly cycle you can ride through them if it's safe to do so.
http://www.bikernation.net/stoplightbill.htm
And yes, the adhesive would probably melt.

 

[sunruh]

2 decades ago i had a klr250 that would not trigger a light at an intersection. then the DPS pulled up behind me. i just waited. we sat for 5 minutes. finally he got on the pa and said, "go on through its not changing for you".

i have even had a few not change when i was on the cbr600.

sometimes they just dont go.

 

[wileyE]

They don't work. I've walked out in the road and layed a big speaker magnet right on the sensor sawcut, didn't work. Nearby garbage can lid did layed down, on edge it wouldn't work.

Call whoever owns the signal and have them tweak the sensitivity up, and locate your bike right on the sawcut if it's visible. If you can't see it park aprox two foot inside the lane line.

 

[dwendt44]

As someone suggested, put the side stand down on the cut, if you can see it.

 

[RWEST]

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As someone suggested, put the side stand down on the cut, if you can see it.
But, then the engine shuts off, if you keep the bike in gear.

 

[dwendt44]

Safetycrats!

 

[02zx9r]

Originally Posted By: RWEST
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As someone suggested, put the side stand down on the cut, if you can see it.
But, then the engine shuts off, if you keep the bike in gear.


even with the clutch in? just asking as I dont recall that happening with mine, or maybe I was in neutral

 

[jonnythan]

Most bikes have the switches set up so that it will not start or run if in gear *and* the sidestand is down.

 

[RWEST]

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even with the clutch in? just asking as I dont recall that happening with mine, or maybe I was in neutral

Mine (V-Strom) does, if it's in gear. I like to keep it in gear and keep an eye on the mirrors in case somebody's blabbing on his cell phone and doesn't notice me, so I can get out of the way. I'd hate to disrupt his conversation by his having to stop and help figure out which of my arms goes where, and such.

 

[blueiedgod]

I don't have kickstand switch, so, it is a possibility.

I guess I will have to call 3 towns around my town to have them fix the lights.

I did ride through a red light a couple of times, but I don't want to push my luck. Most of the time, I just pull up and wave the car behind me to pull up over the inductor circuit. But, sometimes there are no cars at all, it is just me... waiting....

 

[RWEST]

Last year, my niece and I were riding one particularly nice evening, and we came to one of those. It's an intersection marked "No Turn on Red" and the local police are very intolerant of red-light runners. I had her pull up to within 2 feet of one of the pavement cuts, and I did the same on the other. No luck. So, we wiggled the bikes around till we were both lined up on one of 'em, then a couple feet either way, etc.., nothing. Finally, a car pulled up behind us and got near enough to the embedded line to change the light. We were there at least 5 minutes "experimenting".

Now, we just make some turns prior to that particular light and go around it.

 

[glennc]

One trick that sometimes works is to shut off the engine and re-start with the starter motor. It will put out enough EM flux to trigger the loop in many cases. If that doesn't work or if I'm on a kick-only bike I ride on through. There are many lights in my area that won't respond, and I ride a lot at night when there are few cars.

I have heard that it is appropriate to treat a light that won't change as a non-functional signal, and the legal behavior at a non-functional signal is to treat it as an all-way stop. I know that is not always condoned, however, in practice.