Ditto

 

Just started doing this after reading a similar post. Seems to work.

 

There are several lights in the Port Charlotte,FL area that do not detect my bike. I put onthe "Signal Sorcerer" (I thinks that is what it is called) It is a lot larger magnet than the one shown in the video.
I still have problems at some lights, but I just wait for traffic to clear and run them.
I am a bit confused as to why you would have to use tape to hold the magnet, onto the bikes metal support piece under the frame. My magnet is on very tight, but even that company sent a tie strap with it, so I used it also.
Tom

 

I was told that there is usually a line that is perpindicular to the white line across the intersection. If you drive over that line it will help trip it. It has worked for me so far. However I have been know to run a few red lights.

 

What a pain in the a$$ this light thing is, I tried one of those from EBAy and it doesn't work. I'm movin on to the kick stand weight thing.

 

I think different places work it different. I was told when I took the motorcycle rider's course so I could ride on base that it was the weight of the vehicle that set it off. That was a number of years ago so I could be remembering wrong. I tend to stand up then basically bounce down real hard on the bike at a light and it usually works. Probably similar to the kickstand trick.

 

Dont waste money on those red light triggers the y sell they are just plastic coated magnets. I got a magnet off a old speaker and stuck it to the frame and wraped it with electrical tape, zero cost works good.

 

Kick stand down Works for me

 

good idea- not sure of the attraction to magnets

 

This is funny. Ask any electrical engineer. He'll tell you that adding the magnet has exactly the same effect as adding the same amount of iron mass to your bike as the magnet weighs. The inductance of the loop in the concrete is affected by the amount of iron in the middle of it. It's unaffected by magentic fields. It's scientifically impossible for magnets to trip traffic lights, but for the amount of iron in them (a few ounces on an 800lb bike).