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RC Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 83 Quartz Hill Ca. Gender:	Red Light Changers ? 03/05/11 at 19:26:46 Does anyone here know anything about those magnet you put under the bike so the sensors in the road know your there. I'm real tired of sitting at red lights waiting for a car to come along and bail me out so I can go. I plan to buy one just wondering if any of you know which ones work ?
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Reply #1 - 03/05/11 at 19:58:08

RC wrote on 03/05/11 at 19:26:46:

Does anyone here know anything about those magnet you put under the bike so the sensors in the road know your there. I'm real tired of sitting at red lights waiting for a car to come along and bail me out so I can go. I plan to buy one just wondering if any of you know which ones work ?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #2 - 03/05/11 at 21:00:53 Some states have a "Broken light" rule. You sit there X minutes & it doesnt change, & then, ya treat it like a stop sign. Hafta call someone or go online.. good luck.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28639 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #3 - 03/05/11 at 21:45:49 ...don't know if they work... if I go through a full light cycle and don't get a green,.. I just (...check for cops),... then go.... I heard putting your kickstand down can help, but you better be in neutral.... ...
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #4 - 03/05/11 at 22:33:05 Those things don't work all of the time. But if you're gonna do it, man really do it... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1165622378
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ls650v Junior Member Offline 97 savage Posts: 73 Clinton Twp, MI Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #5 - 03/06/11 at 02:36:49 Can you see a cut in the pavement where the sensor loop is installed? Sometimes you can see the liquid tar they use to seal the cut. Positioning my bike on top of one sensor cut leg seems to help a little.
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Reply #6 - 03/06/11 at 07:00:21

Myself have never used one. I haven't had that problem with the S-40. Now when I had my Rebel, that was a problem I ran into alot.
Guys used to talk about these light changers on the Rebel forum. Some said they worked great.
Like the person above me mentioned, the sensor for the lights are usually
visible by looking at the pavement.
You have to be kind of centered in the space. Well at least that is how I find it works for me.
If you don't want to run the light, take a right if possible and come back thru the light from a different direction.

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Reply #7 - 03/06/11 at 07:28:59

Depending on the traffic philosophy of the folks setting the signals, sometimes it's not a matter of whether you trip the sensors. The system could be thinking, "Yeah, I see you there, but you're just one vehicle, and I'm not stopping all the other trafic just for you. At least not right now. I don't care that no cross traffic is within miles, I'm in the middle of a cycle and you'll just have to wait."

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drums1 Serious Thumper Offline '87 Savage Bashed--Down for the count Posts: 664 Racine, Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #8 - 03/06/11 at 15:59:59 Oh man, those lights piss me right off. There are a couple in town here that I know of. I try to avoid going that way. If I do get stuck at one somewhere, I usually use the "turn right and come back" method. My luck, I would get a ticket if I just went through it.
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BrettKeiselsbeard Full Member Offline 2007 S-40, 2003 GZ250 Posts: 146 Sebastian Fl Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #9 - 03/06/11 at 17:30:58 Man, I did not know they could (did) set them like that. Thats just asking for a problem.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #10 - 03/06/11 at 17:36:08 If the cops want to give you a ticket, they will. Changing lanes w/in 100 feet of an intersection is also an infraction. Although the safer one.
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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #11 - 03/06/11 at 17:37:53 and cutting through the gas station on the corner is also an infraction. Don't ask me how i know.
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Chicagobob YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #12 - 03/07/11 at 07:57:29 A stack of rare-earth magnets from a hardware store (I saw a package a Jo-Ann Fabrics for $1.99) is a lot cheaper. Stick them to the bottom of your frame somewhere.
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Reply #13 - 03/07/11 at 20:40:41

I don't know about those dinky little magnets they sell for that purpose, but I know the Harbor Freight 250# rated bar magnets work. Smiley

I bolted it down where the California smog thingy goes, and it worked pretty good on a lot of lights. There were still a couple that wouldn't change, and still wouldn't even after adding a second one. And still won't with my newer bigger bike... Roll Eyes

Anywho, here's some pics:

Put the zip-ties on 'cause I was worried about it spinning since there's only one bolt, but it didn't seem to be a problem. And nails in the back tire should be a thing of the past! Grin

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Southpaw Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline This ol' dog ain't staying on the porch! Posts: 920 Missouri Gender:	Re: Red Light Changers ? Reply #14 - 03/07/11 at 20:51:16 What about hitting the kill switch and restarting it? Wouldn't the starter energizing be more likely to trigger it than that little magnet?
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