Did I waste my money on this gadget???
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Riverview, FL
The biggest tip that this is a scam is them telling you these are "Rare Earth MAgnets" for 10 bucks. I truely rare earth magnet would be very expensive. At some intersections there is a laser light sensor. Similar to the ones you may find in most home garage doors. To test my logis, try butting something in the path of a garage door being lowered. Once the laser path is interrupted, the garage door should stop and retract (open again). Some traffic signals have this system. Once the beam is broken, it triggers the light to change at the next cycle.
The whole magnet in your pocket or on your bike is a load of crap. To trigger the light with a magnet, you would need to ride around with a MRI machine on your bike. MRI machines have rare earth and electro magnets on them, and believe me these machines are not cheep.
Dwayne
The whole magnet in your pocket or on your bike is a load of crap. To trigger the light with a magnet, you would need to ride around with a MRI machine on your bike. MRI machines have rare earth and electro magnets on them, and believe me these machines are not cheep.
Dwayne
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From: Vancouver, BC
so the OP bought these magnets in March and hasn't gotten around to "installing" them yet??? just slap it on your bike already and go for a ride; then you can tell the rest of us if it works or not.
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: GLOBE AZ..
if theres no traffic that the lights are giving the right of way to you just need to pull yer bike forward a foot or two...that doesnt work then run it!!!..magnets are a scam...flippin yer highbeams are a myth....and the sensors are not controlled by the weight....
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Now that would be cool.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Batesville Ga
This trick / scam has been around for a long time. In the bigger cities all lights are on a sequenced timer. The timers have from 3 to 5 cycles. ( M-F Morning, M-F Afternoon, M-F Evening, weekends, and RESET) The timers are set to specific traffic patterns, and time of day. If you are lucky enough to find a magnetic triggered sensor still out there, you will more than likely be in a very rural town (like the town in Deliverance).
We have heard about this gimmic in the Army for a long time and laugh our *** off.
Most intersections if not on a fixed timer, can only be altered through Radio Frequebcy modulators, like the ones in truck weigh stations.
Can you still get your money back?
Good luck, Dwayne
We have heard about this gimmic in the Army for a long time and laugh our *** off.
Most intersections if not on a fixed timer, can only be altered through Radio Frequebcy modulators, like the ones in truck weigh stations.
Can you still get your money back?
Good luck, Dwayne
Interestingly, they do mention leaning your bike over and putting down the kickstand as a possible way to trigger a recalcitrant sensor as one poster claimed. They also neither confirm or dispute the magnet idea. I make no claim on that one either way - I have no facts to make a decision on.
And I know of one light (low traffic side road meeting high volume main drag) that I've never managed to get to change when on the bike - even with a second bike next to me! I do plan to try their advice on where to stop relative to the sensor wires next time, but I suspect it was incorrectly installed or improperly adjusted.