adding a flasher circuit to auxiliary lighting

[SHUMBA]

Here's what I would do:

Buy a headlight modulator
Wire the aux light's relay harness so it triggers off your high-beam switch
Optionally use a small piece of heat shrink to cover the ambient light sensor on the headlight modulator so it can quickly and simply be disabled

This configuration gives you a lot of options:

1) It allows you to have all three lights modulating
2) It allows you to disable the modulating function during the day by simply sliding the heatshrink cover over the sensor
3) It allows you to use your highbeam and Aux lights as a "flash to pass"
4) It allows you to disable the aux lights all together (assuming your aux relay harness is switched.

You should be able to find a very simple wire diagram for this elsewhere on this forum.

I have mine setup like this with the exception of the headlight modulator (which I can add later without re-wiring anything as it would be in-line)


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I have a very similar set up, except my outer LED'S are white, bright white.
In all I have 9,600 lumens in total and the OEM headlights would be additional.
We cannot lane split in Canada, besides it would be very dangerous because there is no shortage of careless or inattentive drivers. Just today on a local ride about town some more tried to push me into a curb because he was in a hurry to make his right hand turn. Nobody seems to understand that upon reaching an intersection you must yield to the vehicle on your right, or "yield the right of way".
During the daytime I ride with the bike's low beams and all three LED'S that I installed are on 100 % of the time.
The odd driver will flash his lights at me but that means he did see me.
Another technique I use is to start gently weaving the bike from side to side as I approach intersections, as most drivers are not coming to a complete stop at stop signs, they only glance quickly and drive into the intersection pretending not to see you.
Get additional LED lights for your bike, they are inexpensive, wear some hi-viz riding gear or I wear a perforated hi-viz vest over top of my black leather jacket.
For me it does help, but of course there are no guarantees.
SHUMBA


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[pilleway]

I have read that the Gen 1 does not have emergency flashers, mine is a 2013 and it does have flashers
Can someone explain to me what line split is? (Line spligetting two bikes sharing the drive line)
Regards.

 

[EricV]

Different markets get different bikes. The US bikes do not have flashers stock up to 2013, but it was not uncommon for people to add them using Yamaha stock parts from later years. Your bike may have come with them, or they may have been added by the previous owner.

Lane splitting is the act of riding in between cars, usually on large, multi-lane highways. It is called lane sharing or filtering in different parts of the world as well. In the US, filtering is sometimes referred to as moving to the front at signal lights as well. Motorcycles 'filter' between cars to the front at stop signals, then take off first as the signal turns green.

Lane splitting is typically done between the inner most lane and the next or middle lane on a 3 or more lane highway. This is usually done at speeds where traffic is moving less than 30 mph and it is commonly suggested that motorcycles not be moving more than 10 mph faster than traffic. People do this differently, but with less safety at times. In the US, this is currently only done in California, but New Jersey has just made it legal under specific circumstances and other states are considering or have done so as well.

 

[pilleway]

Thanks for the clarification on Line split.
On the other hand the flashers might being added by previous owner, not know, for sure it looks original so for sure if it was not build with it, it was modified with OEM parts.
Regards.

 

[SHUMBA]

Different markets get different bikes. The US bikes do not have flashers stock up to 2013, but it was not uncommon for people to add them using Yamaha stock parts from later years. Your bike may have come with them, or they may have been added by the previous owner.

Lane splitting is the act of riding in between cars, usually on large, multi-lane highways. It is called lane sharing or filtering in different parts of the world as well. In the US, filtering is sometimes referred to as moving to the front at signal lights as well. Motorcycles 'filter' between cars to the front at stop signals, then take off first as the signal turns green.

Lane splitting is typically done between the inner most lane and the next or middle lane on a 3 or more lane highway. This is usually done at speeds where traffic is moving less than 30 mph and it is commonly suggested that motorcycles not be moving more than 10 mph faster than traffic. People do this differently, but with less safety at times. In the US, this is currently only done in California, but New Jersey has just made it legal under specific circumstances and other states are considering or have done so as well.

Lane splitting is a great idea and makes efficient use of highways, provided that other motorists comply and give way to the motorcycle.
It's illegal here in all provinces in Canada. Our driver standards are very poor up here so I cannot ever see lane splitting allowed to happen.
About the only time I lane split is if there's a right hand turning lane that is vacant I will slowly ride up to the stop line or up to the light or stop sign and on a green light accelerate rapidly away from the intersection and then move left ahead of the line of traffic.
Very often a goofus in his pickup truck will try and outrun you so you cannot complete this manoeuvre. LOL!! You see it is an ingrained mentality that "we are all equal" and everyone must wait their turn.
In all, lane splitting is potentially a hazardous manoeuvre. I'd be curious to know what percentage of riders actually lane split in jurisdictions where it's legally permitted.
SHUMBA

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[AVGeek]

Lane splitting is a great idea and makes efficient use of highways, provided that other motorists comply and give way to the motorcycle.
It's illegal here in all provinces in Canada. Our driver standards are very poor up here so I cannot ever see lane splitting allowed to happen.
About the only time I lane split is if there's a right hand turning lane that is vacant I will slowly ride up to the stop line or up to the light or stop sign and on a green light accelerate rapidly away from the intersection and then move left ahead of the line of traffic.
Very often a goofus in his pickup truck will try and outrun you so you cannot complete this manoeuvre. LOL!! You see it is an ingrained mentality that "we are all equal" and everyone must wait their turn.
In all, lane splitting is potentially a hazardous manoeuvre. I'd be curious to know what percentage of riders actually lane split in jurisdictions where it's legally permitted.
SHUMBA

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I think that the "we are all equal" mentality is why lane splitting initiatives have failed in so many states here in the US. For me, lane splitting is why I initially started riding on the street (I was a dirt only quad rider for years before I finally switched). I lived in SoCal at the time, and had a position that covered 4 counties (Orange, LA, Ventura and Santa Barbara). One of my job locations was only 33 miles away from my home, but I had the commute take as long as 3 hours at times due to traffic congestion. I was once able to do as direct of a comparison as possible, by driving my usual route one day, and riding it the next. With no real difference in traffic conditions, the motorcycle saved me about an hour of time. I also found that I was much more relaxed riding the bike, as it put me back into control, rather than being stuck in a cage and at the mercy of everyone else stuck there with me...

 

[Kyle_E]

had the commute take as long as 3 hours at times due to traffic congestion. I was once able to do as direct of a comparison as possible, by driving my usual route one day, and riding it the next. With no real difference in traffic conditions, the motorcycle saved me about an hour of time. ......

I lived in Corona and worked near MacArthur Park (roughly 50 miles for those that don't know LA) In my truck to get there in rush hour was generally 2-3 hours. Just to get on the freeway in Corona sometimes the backup was over 40 mins.

On the bike, roughly an hour trip in the heaviest of rush hour. No waiting to get on the freeway from filtering was the biggest time saver.

 

[HeliMark]

In all, lane splitting is potentially a hazardous manoeuvre. I'd be curious to know what percentage of riders actually lane split in jurisdictions where it's legally permitted.
SHUMBA

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I lane split for a lot of years commuting in L.A. (at times over 80 miles one way), and any time I found myself on the freeway on a weekend. At least around the SoCal area, it is rare to find a motorcycle not splitting traffic during the work week. On the weekend you see more bikes not splitting.

 

[dmulk]

I lane split for a lot of years commuting in L.A. (at times over 80 miles one way), and any time I found myself on the freeway on a weekend. At least around the SoCal area, it is rare to find a motorcycle not splitting traffic during the work week. On the weekend you see more bikes not splitting.

I'll echo HM's, observations. I'd say during rush hour(s) (and pretty much any time traffic backs up to stop and go) it's actually RARE that I see a motorcycle participating in a standard lane flow. Pretty much EVERYONE riding lane splits (at least in the San Diego area which has traffic worse than LA most of the time now, believe it or not....)
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[AVGeek]

I'll echo HM's, observations. I'd say during rush hour(s) (and pretty much any time traffic backs up to stop and go) it's actually RARE that I see a motorcycle participating in a standard lane flow. Pretty much EVERYONE riding lane splits (at least in the San Diego area which has traffic worse than LA most of the time now, believe it or not....)
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I believe it about San Diego traffic. CalTrans hasn't kept up in improving the freeways there like they have in OC and LA...

 

[dmulk]

I believe it about San Diego traffic. CalTrans hasn't kept up in improving the freeways there like they have in OC and LA...

Agreed. It's funny (or not really), when I head to LA for work once in a while, I mentioned this to my coworkers that live and commute in LA traffic and most laugh and still believe they have the worst traffic still. I mean, it's pretty bad there sometimes but not as consistently as what I deal with on my 50 mile (one direction commute).

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[ballisticexchris]

Clearwater makes lights that have a rapid flash function. With an amber cover it works really well at getting drivers attention. OTOH, it can also start a road rage.......