The over priced motorcycle detector..

Odds are if you are in a car (not SUV with 20" rims) and you are not detected, it is a broken wireloop, or the sensor is off. But many motorcyclists try and mount magnets close to ground. Any conductive metal (including aluminum rims) set off the detectors, though one paper says bikes produce 1% of a car change in induction.

Inductive loop traffic sensors do not detect static magnet fields (AKA hard iron). They oscillate in a resonant mode oscillator at high frequencies causing eddy currents in ANY nearby conductive material. The eddy currents in the conductive material produce opposing magnetic fields that will reduce the inductnace of the inductive loop, which in turn changes the resonance of the oscillator. The detector senses this change in frequency.

I always thought these detectors used weight, cool.

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My father used to get his motorcycle's frame closer to the wiring by loading engine (similar to power braking), thus causing the bike lower its front end (and frame) closer to the ground and wiring. It seemed to work just as well.

Actually, the science behind it all is simply explained. The reason the light is triggered by a large car is from the modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive directance. So basically, if you have a motorcycle, all you really need to do is attach a differential girdle spring in conjunction with your bike's dingle arm.

Glad I could help.

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Excuse me for being the straight man

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