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All three bikes have the auto cancel working! the LG and both F's.
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Ray Matteis
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XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it! -
Mine don't work, but they did when I got the bike. But I changed to an electronic flasher because I was instantly planning on going to LED lights and didn't like how it nearly always cancelled before I wanted them to anyways.Cy
1980 XS1100G (Brutus) w/81H Engine
Duplicolor Mirage Paint Job (Purple/Green)
Vetter Windjammer IV
Vetter hard bags & Trunk
OEM Luggage Rack
Jardine Spaghetti 4-2 exhaust system
Spade Fuse Box
Turn Signal Auto Cancel Mod
750 FD Mod
TC Spin on Oil Filter Adapter (temp removed)
XJ1100 Front Footpegs
XJ1100 Shocks
I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.Comment
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Mine works, but I would LOVE to be able to buy an auto-cancel unit that would work with LED signals. Changing my signals to LEDs would allow my stock alternator to supply all the juice I need to run without dimming the headlight at a stoplight.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. FordComment
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If you take a look around there are several aftermarket companies that make add-on turn signal canceler units made for "universal" applications, however I think that most or all are purely time based, and don't care about distance traveled like the stock one.1979 xs1100 Special -
Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power
Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.
My Bike:Originally posted by fredintoon
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Yep now they do...
Didn't work until I took the housing apart. All oxidized, cleaned and work smoother than ever.gonzo ronzo.
Bobbed 81 XS1100 special loud and proudComment
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Turn signals? What the heck are those? Havn't had them in years
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Don't get pulled over without them, in Kalifornia they can impound the bike for not having them. Same with not having front brakes. Just looked that up BTW.Originally posted by Hideki View PostTurn signals? What the heck are those? Havn't had them in yearsCy
1980 XS1100G (Brutus) w/81H Engine
Duplicolor Mirage Paint Job (Purple/Green)
Vetter Windjammer IV
Vetter hard bags & Trunk
OEM Luggage Rack
Jardine Spaghetti 4-2 exhaust system
Spade Fuse Box
Turn Signal Auto Cancel Mod
750 FD Mod
TC Spin on Oil Filter Adapter (temp removed)
XJ1100 Front Footpegs
XJ1100 Shocks
I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.Comment
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Mine work on both bikes
On the G, both the signal and the hazard flashers work.
On the J, signal flasher it started working after I replaced the fuse panel with the TC special.
All's well.1980G Standard, Restored
Kerker 4 - 1
850 Rear End Mod
2-21 Flashing LED Arrays on either side of license plate for Brake Light Assist, 1100 Lumen Cree Aux Lights,
Progressive springs, Showa rear shocks
Automatic CCT
1980GH Special, Restored
Stock Exhaust, New Handlebars, 1" Spacer in Fork Springs, Automatic CCT, Showa Rear Shocks
'82 XJ1100 (Sold)
Automatic CCT, RC Engineering 4 X 1 Exhaust, K&N Pods, #50 Pilot Jets, YICS Eliminator. Sorely missed.Comment
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Huh, learn something new every other day. I thought I was forgetting to turn the signal on. So I recon they do work.1981 XS1100H
Quando omni flunkus moritati
When all else fails, play dead.Comment
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If I could change one thing about them, it would be the distance traveled required to turn them off at slower speeds. Whenever I make a turn on to a minor street from a major road that has no turning lane (which is every major road here), I like to give the cages behind me plenty of time to notice my blinker, brakelight, etc. and I don't want to have it going off just as I'm getting to a stop while I'm braking clutching and shifting and can't really hit it left again to keep it on....just my little vent. Otherwise I like them.
1978 Yamaha XS 1100E "Monster" 2010-2012
2004 RCM-50GL 2008-2010, Don't ask, don't tell (don't really know)Comment
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The self-cancel quit working last week. I had to disassemble the speedometer to solder one of the wires back on the reed switch and it works again!
I hate it when the signals self-cancel right at or just before an intersection. I found a tip somewhere about pushing the turn signal switch twice to override the self-cancel but I don't remember where I read it. It might be a bunch of baloney so I'll have remember to try it and see if it really works or if it just resets the countdown timer.
Regards,
Scott-- Scott
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2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
1979 XS1100F: parts
2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
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As best as I have been able to notice, pushing it again, once activated, only resets the timer. So if you hit it and then are busily engaged clutching breaking all the way through your turn, not really helpful.Originally posted by 3Phase View Post 1978 Yamaha XS 1100E "Monster" 2010-2012
2004 RCM-50GL 2008-2010, Don't ask, don't tell (don't really know)Comment
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My self-canceller works fine... but I've discovered a difference between the XJ's and the rest of the 11 lineup... you can't push in to cancel on an XJ the way you can the rest of the line. At least not on mine??? Maybe I have a little problem and didn't realize it??? Blissful ignorance, maybe??? LOL'82 XJ1100J Maxim (has been sold.)
'79 F "Time Machine"... oh yeah, Baby.... (Sold back to Maximan)
2011 Kaw Concours 14 ABS
In the warden's words from Cool Hand Luke;
"What we have here is a failure to communicate."Comment
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It's drizzling here today. I don't feel like getting wet and oily playing around on slick streets and dodging dimwits with cellphones glued to their li'l noggins just to test my turn signals . It works great in the garage! Manana, man, manana.Originally posted by draketrumpet View Post
Regards,
Scott-- Scott
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2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
1979 XS1100F: parts
2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
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From what I understand, you have to push DOWN on the switch to cancel the XJ signals. Not IN like the XS.Originally posted by XJOK2PLAY View Post1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. FordComment
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