Thanks very much. You know, I hadn't intended to get out of my MSF
course and ride right away, I thought I should practice a bit more,
but after riding around the block about 20 times, I realized that I
wasn't going to get anywhere unless I actually practiced riding in
traffic. That every night
There's federal guidance for how to set up a traffic light's timing
plan. This is a good start:
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08024/
However, different jurisdictions have different techniques. The most
common way I've seen in the field is to use commercial software, where
you enter
When I was in my motorcycle safety class, our instructor did inform us
that North Carolina has a similar provision; you may proceed if your
bike does not trip the light. While this information is very handy,
as I'm learning to ride and am not always quick on the clutch, I've
been in situations
Max,
A bit of advice - the only way to get quicker with the clutch
and more acquainted with the bike is to ride it. A few hours on a back
road will get you invaluable experience in how the bike handles.
You'll also find that engine temperature will affect the clutch
grabbing - as will
To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: What to do when the traffic light doesn't
change
I understand that a magnet will disrupt a magnetometer. My question is how
strong does the magnet have to be for the sensor to pick it up and are the ones
flying off eBay strong
Noah, any chance you have knowledge of light timing?
I'm no expert on this, and I'm sure there's a lot of complexities to
it, but I mean.. are there not standards for this stuff? Does every
town just have their own system that they just pull out of a hat?
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I understand that a magnet will disrupt a magnetometer. My question is how
strong
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I understand that a magnet will disrupt a magnetometer. My question is how
strong does
Just part of that one Hummer driver that cut me off. ;~)
From: James O'Gorman
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:43 PM
To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: What to do when the traffic light doesn't
change
You ever find strange things stuck
I'm kind of late to the discussion, but would like to make two points.
1. As far as the magnets, yes, they do work - sometimes, despite the
scorn heaped on them in online reviews by the so-called experts. The
sensors are a buried coil that detect a disruption in the
electromagnetic field they
*VERY interesting!!! Thanks for sharing Moontoad.
*
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Moontoad moontoa...@hotmail.com wrote:
I'm kind of late to the discussion, but would like to make two points.
1. As far as the magnets, yes, they do work - sometimes, despite the
scorn heaped on them in online
I understand that a magnet will disrupt a magnetometer. My question is how
strong does the magnet have to be for the sensor to pick it up and are the
ones flying off eBay strong enough? I have half a dozen or so hard drive
magnets, I might snap them on the bottom to test it.
On May 8, 2011 8:32
I gave a left turn light at the end of my street that my 96 750 will
not trip. If traffic is light I just go straight and take a semi
legal U-turn into a driveway about 100 feet from the intersection. I
tend to use this approach when ever possible. I don't like running
any red lights even when
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Kyle Munz kyle...@gmail.com wrote:
do those little magnetic doodads you put on the bottom of the bike do any
good at all or is their sole function to separate a fool from his money?
*Heck no! You can also use them to stick drawings and business cards to
your
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Minnesota Blue debac...@msn.com wrote:
My solution to lights that won't change for me is to put the bike in
neutral, put it on the kickstand, and walk over to push the pedestrian
crossing button on the pole. It usually changes the light within 30
seconds or
I have had that thought on my walk over there! =) I've learned to
keep an eye on the pedestrian crossing signal. Once that starts
blinking you know it's going to change soon. If it starts to blink
before I make it to the button I head back to the bike as fast as
possible!
On May 7, 6:33
If it's deserted enough that I'd be running the red light rather than
tripping it, I'll pull a right on red, quick u-turn, then right on green to
go all the way straight across, always making sure I clear the intersection
~80' or so before I do my u-turn. If there's a handy parking lot to turn
The magnets won't do anything. The in-ground sensors detect the
ability of your vehicle to conduct electricity, but it has nothing to
do with magnets. They tell bicyclists to try and lay your bike down
horizontally across the detector. If it's video camera detection, that
normally is pretty good
No camera on my street and I'm mottling to lay the bike over. If there's no
car traffic to turn the light for me I go the long way out of the
neighborhood where it's all right turns.
On May 7, 2011 9:00 PM, Noah Goodall noah.good...@gmail.com wrote:
The magnets won't do anything. The in-ground
The only downside of the pedestrian button is that you really have to
watch for cars trying to come up on your right or left to turn. I had
one startle me a but as I got off the bike.
MN Blue
On May 7, 9:15 pm, Kyle Munz kyle...@gmail.com wrote:
No camera on my street and I'm mottling to lay
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