95 Heritage - self cancelling indicators

[spanners]

Does anybody have the blurb on operation of cancelluing indicators on a 95 Heritage. I didn't even know they had hazard option 'til i tried the procedure from a current century and much later Dyna.

Seems sometimes they cancel sooner than others so I wanan know if there is any instructions in the manual I never got having bought it used or other things I don't know like the hazard option .

[fxr4mikey]

when the signal is 'canceled' is a 'speed dependent' thing .... see the diagram that I've included below.  To make the signal stay on LONGER .. Continue to hold the sig button in longer instead of just 'hitting it' and then releasing it.

for 'hazard' flashing, hit both turn sigs at the same time and hold them in until they start to flash, do the same thing to 'cancel' them...

here's a little diagram that I put together that explains how the canceling turn signals work and are dependent upon input from the speedo

http://www.doofclenas.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12014&d=1218077157



if your turn signal 'cancels' BEFORE you want it to ....  HOLD the turn sig button in longer, it doesn't start to count the speed pulses until YOU RELEASE THE BUTTON 


TRY IT .... then come back and let us know what you found out ..... THANKS!!!


Mikey

[TexasBull]

  I've owned my '95 for almost two years now, never knew this.     I love this site!

[Buddy WMC]

Is the above information dependent on having a speedometer sensor in the transmission, or will it still work with a front wheel driven speedo?

[Hossamania]

On my '95, if I knew I needed my signal on longer than usual, say approaching a long turn lane for instance, I got into the habit of turning on the signal then turning it off half way thru, then turning it back on so it stayed lit thru the turn. I kind of had an internal clock on how long it would stay lit and knew when it wouldn't stay on long enough.

[fxr4mikey]

Is the above information dependent on having a speedometer sensor in the transmission, or will it still work with a front wheel driven speedo?

I don't know for a 'fact', but I'm guessing that it's needed from the tranny, as in this case, as I described it in the pdf doc, it's dependent on a number of pulses from the speedo ... and when you have the type of speedo that comes from the front wheel, that's a 'mechanical' thing, not a 'pulse' type thing that comes with the electronic speed sensor mounted in the tranny.

[Scooter1-2putt]

TexasBull, I've had my 98 FLST for 7 years and didn't know this.
Spanners, thanks  It's amazing the things one can learn about their bike on this site.

Scooter

[14Frisco]

Is the above information dependent on having a speedometer sensor in the transmission, or will it still work with a front wheel driven speedo?

I don't know for a 'fact', but I'm guessing that it's needed from the tranny, as in this case, as I described it in the pdf doc, it's dependent on a number of pulses from the speedo ... and when you have the type of speedo that comes from the front wheel, that's a 'mechanical' thing, not a 'pulse' type thing that comes with the electronic speed sensor mounted in the tranny.

If you have an electronic turnsignal canceller, then I believe it works the same whether the speedo is mechanically driven (front wheel or tranny) or fed electronic pulses from the tranny.  If the bike has a mechanically driven speedo (and an electronic turnsignal canceller) then the pulses needed by the cancelling unit are actually generated inside the speedo and sent to the cancelling unit.

I think it was only a few years that had the electronic canceller and the mechanical speedo, early to mid 90s, I think.  During those years, if you replaced your speedo with something trick, then you typically screwed up the canceller - you had to manually turn it off by a second press of the button.