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"Stuart Smith" <stuartsmith1@mindspring.com> wrote:

>
>David Meyers wrote in message ...
>>Kiki <tigress@havoc.gtf.org> writes:
>>
>>> In rec.autos.driving David Meyers <dmeyers@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> : Trip plates suck.
>>>
>>> Um, I think this is too black and white... the problem is not that they
>>> suck, but there are areaas where timing lights is better, and areas where
>>> trip plates work out a lot better.
>>
>>Nope.  They simply suck.  There are too many vehicles which
>>don't set them off.  If they always worked (ie. always detect
>>motorcycles, always detect cars waiting at lights (ie. not
>>placed too far back, etc)), it might become a shade of grey
>>thing versus timing.  But as long as they are so miserably
>>unreliable, I can unhesitatingly say that they suck always.
>
>
>That would be a personal opinion I assume.

One shared by those of us who ride motorcycles on a regular basis,
actually. My problem is particularly acute since my motorcycle has
very few ferrous parts on it [1].


[1] Plastic bodywork, aluminum frame, and magnesium engine cases.

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