changing traffic lights

[Ian Francisco]

I have several lights in my area (SoCal) that won't change for me on the KLR. From what I've read the sensors for the lights are a magnetic field and require a sufficient mass of ferric metal to trip them - iron or steel, not aluminum alloy. The KLR doesn't have enough iron or steel down low enough to trip the light. I've had some luck with putting the bike into neutral at about 10 mph and working the kickstand up and down as I come to a stop, or just letting it scrape the asphalt. The little magnets they sell on eBay are too puny to do the job on a bike with that kind of ground clearance. Some sensors are just too old or buried under too much asphalt. In that case I just go straight or make a right and find a place to make a U-turn or otherwise get back on course. Annoying, isn't it? -- ian http://www.scarletfuries.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Scarlet-Furies/121218125931 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Brent Tegler]

How much did you say you weigh? ________________________________ From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Jim Tegler Sent: Tue 21/06/2011 6:14 PM To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Changing Traffic Lights Howdy, Up here in Canuckistan I've been known to get lights to change by increasing the magnetic output of the bike by revving the engine and bouncing it for weight. It seems to work sometimes but correlation and causation aren't always linked. Jim A5 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]