Green light switch?

[Jimmy Hoffa]

This, if it works, could be a very useful item to have. I've definitely gotten stuck early in the morning on one of these red lights.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GREE...023QQitemZ360060307507QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

[spyug]

A cheaper alternative would be to get an old broken computer hard drive and pull the magnets from it. Super strong rare earth type. Bolt, weld or zip tie to your frame.

Alternatively, a lot of folks say you can trigger the light switch by rolling right up to the contact grid in the road and dropping your centerstand for a few seconds. I've tried it but never could tell if it really worked.

Some guys have been know to hop of the bike and hit the pedestrian crossing button and I've seen a couple ( tired of waiting) turn on the red when there was no through traffic.

Usually I just wait like the lemming I am.

Ride safe,
Spyug

 

[bonanzadave]

I thought we were all getting Cow Magnets......

 

[Steve]

The absolute BEST way to get the light to turn green for you is to contact either the police department or the highway maintenance department for that area to find out who is responsible for proper operaton of the lights. There is a sensitivity adjustment on the trigger coils. It is easy to change, you just need to motivate someone to get out there and do it. 8-[

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[Jimmy Hoffa]

I thought we were all getting Cow Magnets......

What in the sam hill is that supposed to be for?

 

[seuadr]

What in the sam hill is that supposed to be for?

collects and keeps metal in the cow's first stomach so it doesn't pass down farther into their digestive system. cows are retarded. they WILL eat nails, stables, you name it.

 

[Blueandorangefish]

Anyone have any experience with these?

Green Light Trigger

 

[Guest]

I just run the lights.

 

[seuadr]

Bikes with Triggers get stuck at red lights far less often than those without.

unless they show some bonified 3rd party tests, they end up soundling like a bad informercial. might work, might not. at least it's cheap to try.

 

[doctorgonzo]

I just run the lights.

Same here. I sit through it once and if a car doesn't come up behind me to trip it, I'm gone.

 

[chuckycheese]

Me too

Me too

I just run the lights.

I do too. And, I do it on a very regular basis (and as recently as yesterday afternoon). I was ticketed for it a couple of years and won in court. I'm very careful to look for cops but I'm unwilling to waste a portion of my life being at the mercy of a malfunctioning machine that state employees are either unwilling or too lazy to fix.

 

[Tom MLC]

I just run the lights.

Ditto. Funny, there is one particular light that doesn't pick up my GS1000. But my GS1100 is not a problem. I guess there's just enough more metal on the bigger bike. Probably it's the stock exhaust system.

 

[77 gs550]

I have one of these

I have one of these

I use one of these magnets on my bike. I love it!! I have a stubborn traffic light at the major intersection nearest to my house. I used to have to wait for a car to pull up behind me, now I can pull up, and the light will start its cycle and switch over to a green for me.. Before the magnet I would have been there all night long. Now the light senses my bike, and changes accordingly.
This was one of the best $20 I ever spent on motorcycling...