Wilsons Sandbox

> >From one who has worked on traffic signal and vehicle detection > systems let me say, don't waste your money on any such device. Proper > positioning of your bike in the detection field is all that is > needed. Try to park right over one of the sawcuts in the road, > preferably not the center cut as it is usually in the oil. This and > the corners are the hottest part of the "loop". The height of the > magnetic feild is 1/2 the shortest dimension, most common loops are > 6x50, 6x6, 6x30 or 6" circle. All should give a 3' high feild well > within the case height of our bikes. If you find one that is > consistant in not detecting you report it, some amplifier tuning may > be needed. Only metal will cause the needed inductive change, no > electronic gadgets will do the job. >

----- Original Message ----- From: Weaver, Mark To: Calis ; DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 9:31 AM Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] Re: Traffic Lights (nklr) > > there are some lights around here that simply won't change for me, no matter > how i position my bike. if there are no cars around, i just get off and push > the crosswalk button (if there is one), or i wait a while and run the light, > or i turn right, then make a u-turn down the street. the only one that > really is a problem is new one (no excuse on a brand new light) to turn left > onto the freeway near work. obviously there's no crosswalk, and the > right-turn/u-turn thing doesn't work too well. if there's no one else > waiting to turn, i just go straight and take 30 seconds longer to get to > work. > mw > > > > > >From one who has worked on traffic signal and vehicle detection > > systems let me say, don't waste your money on any such device. Proper > > positioning of your bike in the detection field is all that is > > needed. Try to park right over one of the sawcuts in the road, > > preferably not the center cut as it is usually in the oil. This and > > the corners are the hottest part of the "loop". The height of the > > magnetic feild is 1/2 the shortest dimension, most common loops are > > 6x50, 6x6, 6x30 or 6" circle. All should give a 3' high feild well > > within the case height of our bikes. If you find one that is > > consistant in not detecting you report it, some amplifier tuning may > > be needed. Only metal will cause the needed inductive change, no > > electronic gadgets will do the job. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > beMANY! has a new way to save big on your phone bill -- and keep on > saving more each month: Our huge buying group gives you Long Distance > rates which fall monthly, plus an extra $60 in FREE calls! > http://click.egroups.com/1/3821/5/_/911801/_/959963524/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

there are some lights around here that simply won't change for me, no matter how i position my bike. if there are no cars around, i just get off and push the crosswalk button (if there is one), or i wait a while and run the light, or i turn right, then make a u-turn down the street.   Mark, just run the light after stopping.  California Vehicle Code dictates that if a light isn't operating correctly, just treat it as if it were a four-way stop.  I've only had one cop try to keep writing after I told him that, and I was so emphatic when he kept writing he finally gave up.

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "billmonahan" wrote: > > there are some lights around here that simply won't change for me, no matter > how i position my bike. if there are no cars around, i just get off and push > the crosswalk button (if there is one), or i wait a while and run the light, > or i turn right, then make a u-turn down the street. > > Mark, just run the light after stopping. California Vehicle Code dictates that if a light isn't operating correctly, just treat it as if it were a four-way stop. I've only had one cop try to keep writing after I told him that, and I was so emphatic when he kept writing he finally gave up.