Ride without indicators

[TheSmiler]

Just wondering if it is possible to ride without rear indicators a friend of mine has just told me you don't have to have them on the rear.

With mine being broken and need to be at university for 8am tomorrow it would save getting the bus at 7am for a 10 mile ride.

Anyone done it before, if you have any problems that occurred.
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[trikeschick]

My understanding is if they are fitted they are required to be operational for an MOT. But most folks on the road don't use them so will it make any difference - well it will give the car drivers more of an excuse to pull out on you and if something (god forbid) happened then you may be at fault if you don't signal.
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[J Charles]

Im pretty sure any bike built after 1986 must have indicators.
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[TheSmiler]

[Quornholio]

Hand signals.

[doggone]

I often give a hand signal to re-enforce them anyway, especially in bright sun they can be easy to miss.
You'll probably be fine a few days like that but want fixing ASAP - as above when fitted they should work (sensible because people would assume you aren't turning if there but not on!)

I suppose you could tape over them to show "not working" but that does remove the option to plead that you hadn't noticed or they went just now officer.

[virus]

[TheSmiler]

[blurredman]

I don't have indi's.

I use hand signals and sometimes a slowing down signal if there is something ahead which requires some indication to those behind.


Lots of my route is dedicated lanes, country lanes and straight aheads anyway..
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Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
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[TheSmiler]

The only thing that im wondering about is round abouts and hand signals, I have two of them on my journey other than that its pretty much straight lines.
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CB125>CG125>GN125>ER5>K100RS>R1100RS>K100RS
A2 completed 23/07/15 Ready for the Golden Crisp Packet

[blurredman]

[TheSmiler]

[blurredman]

Be on your guard!

Even though hand signals aren't the best option, it certainly gets attention and that can only be a good thing for visual acceptance.

Always do extra life savers esspecially when coming off from a roundabout, as you're not indicating when you're indeed coming off.


Good luck soldier. Out.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
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.

[Teflon-Mike]

Sorry Smiler; been on an excursion today.
Went to see if I could get a Cam-Shaft for Snowie's Super-Up-Super-Dream-Motor.... but for some reason a Silver-Super-Dream seems to have decided to hitch a ride home with me! This IS where Super-Dreams come to die!
ANAYWAY!
You have managed to disconnect the back indicators.
https://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff446/smilingsam1/IMG_0151.jpg
Circle top Right: That female bullet connector is the alternative alarm 'power' connection if utilising keyless starting; it should be empty
Orange banded wire beneath it, plugged into female bullet on yellow wire string to 'spare' male bullet not connected to anything is the T piece for the alarm 'flash' into the indicator circuit.
Male on Yellow ought to go to Orange female in the connector shroud, I suspect the empty socket I can JUST see tinged of orange wire under, beneath red circle top right.
Empty connector behind that LOOKS like its a green wire, which is the earth cable. Have you checked your stop & tail lamps becouse thats where the common earth for them ought to go IF its the wire I think it is.
SO... plugging yellow into orange ought to solve the problem you had this morning of ONE indicator not working.
As for BOTH now not working... I suspect poking around you have pulled the earths out....
Both indies have full return earth wires; black with red stripe if I recall; terminating in lucar spades not bullets, and connecting to a four way somewhere around that connector shroud.

Meanwhile; Stoke? Indicators?! HAND SIGNALS?!

Look; using INDICATORS round there simply CONFUSES people; idea of HAND SIGNALS?!?!

You'd cause a multiple PILE UP on the D-Road!
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