Indicator cancel OCD

[Hong Kong Phooey]

I'm just watching some footage of my commute, and I've lost count the number of times I've subconsciously cancelled a phantom indicator signal as a safety net / comfort thing.

I know it's dodgy to leave them on, as drivers think you're going to turn left then pull out in front of you, but this is on a whole other level

Surely it's not just me?

[CaNsA]

Everytime i nod i press the indicator cancel button.

[mrbox]

yep
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[Dave70]

I only cancel them every time a garage asks me to get off my bike when filling up.

Seriously though, it's better to cancel than not to, otherwise if you're in the IoM at TT, you could end up riding for around ten minutes having loads of bikers behind you beeping their horns, while you keep looking around wondering what's going on, before you realise that they're beeping at you to turn your indicator off.

Not that that's ever happened to me.
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2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[binge]

Run an Enduro with no lights, and use hand-signals instead.

[craigs23]

Wish my Dad had that trait, the amount of times I've had to remind him his indicator's still blinking....

A friend of mine used to dab the back brake each time he went for a gear change. That was dangerously odd...

Me? OCD? Hmmm, nah.... not at all... but I think I check my pockets are zipped up all too often when setting off.

Don't get me started on checking whether the front door's locked...

[Hefty]

Every time I change gear. Habit thats stuck since I started riding, dont even realise im doing it now.

[andyscooter]

used to forget on the vespa as the idiot light wasn't very visible when it was sunny

lml has a stupid switch that doesn't return to centre


and I press the button on the burger whenever someone else annoys me or does something stupid

I'm surprised it still works
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[Jmh600]

I spam my indicator switch all the time. Just a habit now
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[notbike]

[pompousporcup...]

what's an indicator?

[notbike]

[Rogerborg]

Ohhhh... on gentlemen's bikes, we call them "trafficators".

The Burgman had some small reminder buzzers linked to the traffic- indicators. They were barely audible though, so I'd suggest wiring them up to the horn and main beam instead.
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[Polarbear]

Mine are automatic off

However you can switch the auto cancel off by mistake when playing with the settings. I even took it back to the dealer moaning the self cancelling had failed.
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[Piercee100]

As above, my old GT550 had auto off which was both handy and annoying lol. My LML also has a really loud beeper that makes people stop and stare when you use them.
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[Rogerborg]

[angryjonny]

I rented a Road-King in Hawaii with self-cancelling signals. They worked pretty well. Witchcraft.

[Silver_Fox]

I probably do it on average every 5 minutes. I press my indicator cancel too
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[Cornell Finch]

Yep, paranoia means I am almost constantly on the switch, gonna need a new switch set soon...

[Parson]

[blurredman]

I turn off indicator after i've done my manoeuvre. I always remember when i've left them on. I don't continually press it because my bikes don't have a push cancel.

I have only found myself left with the indicator on twice in my years of riding. I remember thinking at each one what a fool I looked and it obviously engrained.

The idiot lights are fairly bright and the indicators themselves are high up for me to see flashing.
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Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 51k.

[M.C]

No, but I seem to have looking at the speedo, checking the mirrors, doing a shoulder check OCD. Didn't realise how much I was doing it until I got a helmet cam', but its every few seconds (at least)

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[Marmalade]