Self-canceling indicators

[bernsmartco]

Hi all,

Does anyone out there know for certain how the self-canceling works on the latest bikes?I did not believe the manual when it said they were fitted to my 53 reg. bike.

Having tried it on a very quite country road they seem to switch off after about 15 secs but talking to someone who knows a thing or two about BMs he thinks they may have more intelligence built in to monitor speed as well.

Don't fancy experimenting with other people on the road and I don't intend riding around in the dead of night just to find out.

Keep ride safely
Bern

[adamski49]

They are intelligent and I thought they were speed realted.

If you're stationary they stay on until you move away and then cancel after a certain time although I normally find myself cancelling them.

On a motorway the 300 yd marker is spot on for auto cancelling just as you hit the slip road - this can be a little bit annoying if you need to start indicating earlier than 300 yds as you'll have to press it again before you exit.

Someone else may be able to give a more definitive answer.

HTH

Adam

[RiceBurner]

I could never quite figure out if my Rocksters had it or not.

sometimes I'd realise the indicators had turned off, but I couldn't remember if I'd turned them off automatically, or not.

[adamski49]

I could never quite figure out if my Rocksters had it or not.

sometimes I'd realise the indicators had turned off, but I couldn't remember if I'd turned them off automatically, or not.

I'm pretty sure all BM's have them (mid eighties on anyway) as my '86 K75c had them as did the other 4 K's I've owned.

Adam

[Gromit]

Here's one for you - of the BM's I've owned, they had the following (*=self-cancelling)

1100S*
1150GS
1150R*
1100R

Nowt like being consistent I guess

[julian]

The yellow indicator lens fell off the MZ last week and the bulb followed it today.

Does that count?

[adamski49]

Here's one for you - of the BM's I've owned, they had the following (*=self-cancelling)

1100S*
1150GS
1150R*
1100R

Nowt like being consistent I guess

Ooer, I am surprised. So the 11R you have now doesn't have them? Bizarre. I'm sure I could cope with cancelling them myself though

Adam

[stempy]

They work on a time/distance relationship. If the bike is moving, when you press the indicator a count down timer starts and it also start looking at the pulses from the speedo pick up. When either timer reaches zero or the preset distance count is reached they will cancel.