Nick's idea is easy to carry out, simple and cheap. However, If it's
bright enough to be obvious during the day, it will need to be dimmed
at night. I think that the only useful 'signal minder' is the algorithm
that BMW uses. I can't remember the exact figures, but it has two modes:
If your speed is over 50 km/h, then it cancels after 15 seconds. If your
speed is under 50 km/h then it cancels after you've travelled 300 metres.
On the very rare occasion when this wasn't enough, I've always found it
easy to notice and restart the indicator. I presume that other manufacturers
don't want to pay a royalty fee to BMW. I wish they would. (There's no need
to go the whole hog and have the separate left and right indicator buttons:)
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Jan
On the road:'03 ST4s ABS (since April 2010), '99 M900 (since new)
Languishing: 'Guzzi V50 III & that legend of unreliability: a Lario!
Norwich, UK
Nick Woods, on Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 08:11:18AM -0000 you wrote:
>
> --- In [1]st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, "Reed Kyrk" <reed.kyrk@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all - has anyone fitted a signal minder to a 2007 ST3s? If so,
> what kind/model and how do you like it? If not, is it possible?
> >
> > Reed Kyrk
> > Central NJ
> >
> The simplest and most effective option is one I've done on ten bikes so
> far, and that is to fit a high-intensity red LED repeater within your
> field of view as you look down the road. Tucked under the screen, as
> high as possible, it cannot be ignored and is neither embarassing
> (noise, which you may not even hear when on the move), nor will it
> cancel the signals arbitrarily. It's pretty easy to wire in, as long as
> you realise that LEDs only flow current in one direction! Either fit
> one for each side, or add a couple of extra 12V diodes so that the two
> signal circuits remain isolated. Infinitely better than any commercial
> signal minder system I've seen or tried!
> NickW, UK
>
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:st2_owners%40yahoogroups.com
> 2. mailto:nickw@cooptel.net?subject=Re%3A%20ST3s%20Signal%20minder
> 3. mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20ST3s%20Signal%20minder
> 4. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/st2_owners/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJybjBrOTZ0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTkxMjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjY0BG1zZ0lkAzExNjQ3NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEyOTg1MzUwODI-?act=reply&messageNum=116477
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> 7. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/st2_owners/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYWVobTA1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTkxMjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjY0BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZtYnJzBHN0aW1lAzEyOTg1MzUwODI-?o=6
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> 9. http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkdTU0MDg5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTkxMjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjY0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMjk4NTM1MDgy
> 10. mailto:st2_owners-traditional@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change%20Delivery%20Format:%20Traditional
> 11. mailto:st2_owners-digest@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20Digest
> 12. mailto:st2_owners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe
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Jan
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