tripping stop lights....

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drews · #1 Unread post by **drews** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:12 pm

okay, well i just got my first STREET bike, and its a ZX6R-which i am in love with, even at 6'6. well here is my question for yall. i was on my way home from work today and pulled up to the stop light (its a left hand turn across a major street) and sat there threw 2 sets of lights and then realized i didnt have the mass to trip the sensor, so i had no choice but to run it (there were NO cars BTW). so how do you trip the sensor at the stop lights on your bike? wait for a car or what?

ofblong · #2 Unread post by **ofblong** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:27 pm

see those cuts in the road? STOP ON TOP OF THEM. I have yet to have a light not trip when stopping on those cuts.

drews · #3 Unread post by **drews** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:37 pm

so stop on the "cuts". cool thanks, and one more "newbie" question, is it just me or do the cars seem like abrams tanks driving next to you? lol...

macktruckturner · Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:17 pm

Even 18 Wheelers next to me aren't nearly as impressive as an M1 or an M2 rolling next to you.

As for the lights - park on the lines as suggested, some senors are poorly calibrated, and won't trip though. I've managed to find a number of them scattered about in Georgia and Texas. I've had as many as THREE sport bikes directly over the lines and still sat through several cycles of the light before deciding to just go. I think it's due to the fact that the majority of the metal in many sport bikes is non-ferrous, and invisible to the magnetic sensors in the road.

BAJACRUISER · Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:02 pm

Welcome to the forum ¡

Well, here in Mexico, we don´t have that problem. There aren´t sensors in the stop ligths.......

oldschoolorange · Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:00 am

half of the lights where I live will not trip when I am waiting there by myself, I have to run red all of the time, mind you I only have the problem at like 1 am or later

Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:26 am

It's usualy not a big deal in the day time because there are always cars around that will trip it, but at night time I usualy just take it if the coast is clear and the light dosen't change.

Seca Girl · #8 Unread post by **Seca Girl** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:38 am

Traffic light trigger:

http://www.whitehorsepress.com/product_ ... ts_id=5170

Cheaper than one red-light ticket.

Shiv · #9 Unread post by **Shiv** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:14 am

Yah but those are infamous for not working.

Kal · #10 Unread post by **Kal** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:18 am

oldschoolorange wrote:half of the lights where I live will not trip when I am waiting there by myself, I have to run red all of the time, mind you I only have the problem at like 1 am or later

I have the same problem in Leicester. These days I stay away from Lights that have problems but when I get caught I usually U turn across the road and take another way round.

If you did get a ticket for running a redlight could you not fight it based on the light not being correctly setup to trigger for highway traffic? (ie: You!)