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Can the automatic turn signal cutoff feature be adjusted or eliminated on an 06 R12RT ? Perhaps with a gs-911 ? I have to signal sometimes way in advance to get the cages off my tail and often it times out before I get to the turn. Thanks , Ross

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Morning bubbamoore

 

Not that I know of. I am in the same boast as my 1200RT turn signals cancel way too early for me is some situations.

Dealer looked into it and no way to alter or eliminate the automatic cancel & nothing on the GS-911 to change it.

 

 

What I have been doing for a while now is just manually cancelling them after a short time on then turning them on again. (it becomes habit if you do it enough times).

 

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+1 with DR on the manually cancel and reapply as required.

Confirming it does become second nature after a few times.

I initially had a problem on UK roundabouts when turning right,(3/4 way round or more).

They would cancel well before my exit so I had to indicate again.

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On my 05 R1200RT, the signals ALWAYS shut off after about 600 yards. Time is NOT a factor. So I have gotten pretty good at guesstimating that 600 yard distance and turn my signals on (mostly) at the right distance from the turn so that they shut off right after I complete the turn.

Takes a bit of practice but I think it is the best possible auto-shut-off scenario possible.

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On my 05 R1200RT, the signals ALWAYS shut off after about 600 yards. Time is NOT a factor. So I have gotten pretty good at guesstimating that 600 yard distance and turn my signals on (mostly) at the right distance from the turn so that they shut off right after I complete the turn.

Takes a bit of practice but I think it is the best possible auto-shut-off scenario possible.

 

Afternoon BerndM

 

I’m not sure on the 05’s (what does you riders manual say?) but the later 1200RT’s switched off after 650 feet (OR) ten seconds. (page 56 in the riders manual)

 

The 650 feet part can be worked around (about like you do) but the 10 seconds cannot. Some of us will idle along slowly (feet up) waiting to turn left or right and & if that exceeds 10 seconds the turn signals stop flashing. Imaging making a left turn & as you get to the turn your signals stop flashing. Oncoming traffic sees that as you changed you mind about the turn and assume you are now going to go straight ahead.

 

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I believe you can repeatedly TURN ON the TURN SIGNALS anywhere in the 650 foot range...which I believe RESTARTS the 650 range countdown. Try it.

 

Don't think you have to CANCEL the signals.

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I believe you can repeatedly TURN ON the TURN SIGNALS anywhere in the 650 foot range...which I believe RESTARTS the 650 range countdown. Try it.

 

Don't think you have to CANCEL the signals.

 

Afternoon LPOL

 

I sure wish that were true as it would make them livable as they are but doesn’t seem to work that way on the 1200RT. (at least the 10 second part as it definitely takes a cancel before the time part will re-set, not sure on the distance re-set but that doesn’t seem to be my problem as it’s mostly a time thing for me).

 

At least not on my current 1200RT or my last 07 1200RT.

 

A couple of my (other) brand bikes do allow that though.

 

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So glad my GT has the old style signal switches.

Signal stays on as long as I'm waiting to turn and can be reinitiated on the go.

Progress, phooey.

 

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Paul Mihalka

Turn signal canceling: IMHO the best system was on the K75/100/1100 bikes. To cancel you had to cover a fairly long distance AND a good time for it to cancel, and if you hit the switch it restarted the time/distance count. R1100/1150 did not have self-canceling, easily fixed with the well working Kisan signal-minder. My experience with the R1200 is that it is controlled only by distance and a fairly short one. If you hit the switch while signaling nothing happens - it still shuts down based on the original switch-on. If it has to be distance only control, I would make it longer just to have a backup if I forget to cancel. The switches in the special BMW way or the everybody else way doesn't make a difference to me.

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Dealer looked into it and no way to alter or eliminate the automatic cancel & nothing on the GS-911 to change it.

 

One thing for folks to keep in mind on the GS-911. It's a diagnostic tool. While it would be nice if they allowed some modifications other than time and date, they don't. So, no switching between 12h and 24h clocks, miles to kilometers, etc. It can reset that annoying Service notice, and any fault codes (although they will reappear if the fault hasn't been corrected), but that's about it.

 

Wayne

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On my 05 R1200RT, the signals ALWAYS shut off after about 600 yards. Time is NOT a factor. So I have gotten pretty good at guesstimating that 600 yard distance and turn my signals on (mostly) at the right distance from the turn so that they shut off right after I complete the turn.

Takes a bit of practice but I think it is the best possible auto-shut-off scenario possible.

 

Afternoon BerndM

 

I’m not sure on the 05’s (what does you riders manual say?) but the later 1200RT’s switched off after 650 feet (OR) ten seconds. (page 56 in the riders manual)

 

The 650 feet part can be worked around (about like you do) but the 10 seconds cannot. Some of us will idle along slowly (feet up) waiting to turn left or right and & if that exceeds 10 seconds the turn signals stop flashing. Imaging making a left turn & as you get to the turn your signals stop flashing. Oncoming traffic sees that as you changed you mind about the turn and assume you are now going to go straight ahead.

 

Time is totally irrelevant on my 05. The ONLY thing that turns my signals off is the 600-650' distance (200 meters) OR I manually cancel them. I have had some fairly lengthy traffic delays of several minutes duration, and the lights kept on blinking, UNTIL I finally started to move again and hit the magic 600-650' distance. Of course, as mentioned by others, in case I screw up and turn them on too soon, I can simply press the switch again to keep them from self cancelling.

Regards

Bernd

 

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The time criteria (10 seconds) only applies if you're traveling above some minimum speed (not listed in the Rider's Manual). Otherwise, the distance criteria (200 meters) applies.

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Paul Mihalka

"I can simply press the switch again to keep them from self cancelling"

 

Simply pressing the switch again while still flashing will not restart the distance count. You have cancel and press the signal switch to start from scratch PITB

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