Headlight, turn, horn switch

[biker_guy]

is that to like flash your lights or something just before you pass? or over take as they would say.

thanx for that bit of info. There's some on ebay for not too much, but the other question is is the bar dia the same?

[renobruce]

The 78 GS1000 had the push to cancel function on the non-E model. Maybe the 77 GS750, too.

[rudy]

Can't remember what my GS1k has, but I know my 78 XS650 and the 79 XS400 have push to cancel. I think the 650 got the self cancel units in 80 when they got all ugly. I've gotten in the habit of pushing to cancel, as well as checking the dash flashers after every turn and every once in a while going down the road. Always bugs me when people drive down the road with their signals on.

I was actually considering new switch pods for the GS from Mike's XS, but $55 each is a little steep for me right now. They're GREAT quality and available in black or chrome. My 650's got them and I love em!

[Suzuki_Don]

is that to like flash your lights or something just before you pass? or over take as they would say.

thanx for that bit of info. There's some on ebay for not too much, but the other question is is the bar dia the same?

Yes, its like when someone coming the other way towards you and have their lights on high beam and you flash them momentarily. I don't know why they have the word pass next to the push button, it might be a european thing. Maybe some of the poms could tell us. You would hardly flash the vehicle in front of you when you are going to pass them. They wouldn't appreciate it I wouldn't think. I know I wouldn't appreciate a high beam in my rear view mirror every time some one wanted to pass me. Not that I ever get passed by anyone.

Mind you the switches on the Amerian bikes did not have this feature.

[MrZig]

I hope this isn't a derail, but I didn't think it's worth starting a new thread for.

I recently discovered me '78 GS400 has a socket for another bulb below the main one. What's it for? The wires behind the socket are disconnected from anything.

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By the way the bike is Canadian if that makes a difference.

[Suzuki_Don]

It looks to me like a pilot light (parking light). But I am not aware of any bikes with a light switch that has the parking light position on the handlebar switch.

[biker_guy]

My bike is from Canada and I have a parking position in the ignition, I never had the factory head light though. This is my first bike so I never thought anything of it.

[duaneage]

My XS400 has self cancellers. I like it but find I have to travel a rather laong way before they shut off, I plan to change that so it turns off a little quicker.

For the technical, it works by reading a mercury switch in the speedo and counting revolutiosn. When you ask for a turn, the circuit starts counting and charges up a capacitor with every pulse it reads from the speedo. At a predetermined point the capacitor is full and it electronically shuts off the signal.

I plan to slightly reduce the capacitor so that it turns off faster. Battery voltage affects it too, a simple regulator added to maintain 12 rather than 13-15 would solve that problem.