When you say "new owner" do you mean new owner of a new 93 or a used 93? -Pete --- Fred Korbmacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon, > > I have owned two Yamaha Venture's. The > self-canceling turn signals work off > the speedometer. The turn signal would turn off > after a certain many > clicks. I too have wondered why they eliminated > this feature on other > models. > > I am a new owner of a '94 GTS. I have owned nine > bikes in the past, ridden > about everything on two wheels, and this is the most > incredible motorcycle I > have ever ridden. I have never seen one on the > road, but did see a new '93 > in the showroom, in Medford Oregon, in 1996. > > Fred Korbmacher > 1940 Pine Street > Martinez, CA 94553 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Automatic turn signals > > > Dave wrote: > > > ....is a simple plug in replacement of your stock > turn signal relay.... > > Cool! I'm glad that somebody somewhere has finally > made one of these for > bikes. > Of course, it isn't as neat as the old Yamaha > self-cancelling turn > signal, but > it beats not having it. > > For those who might NOT know, Yamaha made their > bikes in the late 70's > to the...uhm... > mid 80's, with a self-cancelling signal that was > really advanced. It > operated on distance > and/or time, whichever was the most applicable. That > way, it wouldn't > cancel out at a > turn that you would be waiting for, and also not > blink for days after a > lane change. I > always figured that they discontinued it probably > due to a lawsuit > because a couple > of people misused it or thought it would make a good > scapegoat for their > accidents. > What a shame. It was one of the most innovative and > useful features that > ever came > on bikes. Dang, they should or could have used it on > cars, especially > with those folks > who are chatting and not paying attention. It's a > safety item, folks. > > (I always wondered if I took one off an old xs1100 > and 'grafted' into my > bike, if it > would work. It had sensors to the wheeels to check > for movement, I never > figured out where those sensors were....) > > Anyway, thanks for the suggestion Dave. I'm gonna > check it out asap. > > Brandon
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