[PhatRR]

So, i was out for a ride late tonight with a few buddies and we were all talking about what "grinds our gears"....

...unanimously, we all concluded that waiting at an intersection with pressure pads that don't turn for you are our biggest frustration.

i usually roll back and forth....i have been known to bounce, but that is more me bouncing my frustration out than effectivly tripping the pad.

discuss/explain your tricks

 

[BigRed875]

well it is actually megnetic and because bikes are not as big as cars we do not always trip them... SOme people say rubbing your kickstand on them helps...dunno. I have also seen these things and heard they are ok...but i cant say for sure http://www.discountbuy.com/greenlighttrigger/index.html

but I just let the light cycle once then blow the light..lol

 

[Longrider]

We have sensors in the UK on traffic lights and they can miss bikes too. It's only usually a problem in the early hours of the morning when there's nothing else about to trigger the light sequence.

Solution? Look veeeerrry carefully and jump the red. That's always assuming there's no camera to record the offence, of course. Don't know what I'd do then.

 

[BigRed875]

in the US i beleive there is a law stating if the light doesnt change in X amount of time you can run it....i however do not know the value of X lol

 

[ab420]

in the US i beleive there is a law stating if the light doesnt change in X amount of time you can run it....i however do not know the value of X lol

X = right before you go postal! :LolLolLolLol:

 

[BLONDE BOMBER]

x= pie*r squared


:LolLolLolLol:

 

[White trash]

Here in Auckland the lights always seem to register the bike but further south, in Wellington, it can be a pain in the arse. You'll sit at a light for 5 minutes before ya go nuts and wheelie the red.

 

[ab420]

Here in Auckland the lights always seem to register the bike but further south, in Wellington, it can be a pain in the arse. You'll sit at a light for 5 minutes before ya go nuts and wheelie the red.

Yea, I've heard as long as only one wheel crosses the line, technically you didn't run the red light.... so if you wheelie across the intersection... :LolLolLolLol:

 

[Longrider]

Yeah, try doing that with a big fat BMW...

 

[MsHap]

Here in Auckland the lights always seem to register the bike but further south, in Wellington, it can be a pain in the arse. You'll sit at a light for 5 minutes before ya go nuts and wheelie the red.

In warmer weather areas the magnetic loop is shallower then in colder areas.
Back home I never had a problem when I moved to the states I always had a problem.

I heard the value of X is 2 cycles. I think that is a reasonable amount of time.

 

[600rr]

In warmer weather areas the magnetic loop is shallower then in colder areas.
Back home I never had a problem when I moved to the states I always had a problem.

I heard the value of X is 2 cycles. I think that is a reasonable amount of time.

US gets screwed again! We get f#'d on just about anything relating to vehicles over here.... :wtf: Its bad enough we can't get half of the cool cars and bikes that are out there!!!! :nuts:

 

[929_adam]

i'll usually wait for 1 cycle. but some lights that i know arent gonna see me. i just treat em like a stop sign.

look around. check traffic. check for cops. check traffic again. GO!

 

[2much]

...unanimously, we all concluded that waiting at an intersection with pressure pads that don't turn for you are our biggest frustration.

discuss/explain your tricks

Eat more pies

:cfcartman:

 

[White trash]

Eat more pies

:cfcartman:

Mmmmmm, pie.......

 

[jellyloco]

red lights what are those? fuck it just run em not like they can catch u anyways:cfrocks: