Indicator cancellation

[Rowle]

Hi all,
2020 GS - does anyone think the indicators cancel too soon.
I have done some IAM training and the observer is always telling me i am not indicating .. i am but the blumin things auto cancel so soon you have to keep applying them especially when going around a large roundabout for example.
Frustrating..

rowle.

 

[GrinningGSer]

My 2014 cancels after a perfect distance . Not time related …. I think

 

[squibb34]

It's a simple system that BMW have miscued slightly. Essentially it needs a gyroscope or lean sensor to understand when a turn has been completed.

Others have shared your frustration, both with this & a few other aspects too ............. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baiUcmBbWEg&t=60s

Allegedly your dealer can switch out this function - anyone tried?

 

[Neil W]

Especially when indicating to turn off a major road onto a minor ones they cancel far too soon, with my 2021 GSA I spoke to the dealer at the first service who said the time/distance cancellation time cannot be altered or turned off .

My 2018 GSA did not have self cancelling indicators and I never needed the bloody things , they are a PITA

 

[squibb34]

Especially when indicating to turn off a major road onto a minor ones they cancel far too soon, with my 2021 GSA I spoke to the dealer at the first service who said the time/distance cancellation time cannot be altered or turned off

A likely response, but I wonder if that is true though, or just a reflection of the crazy amount of time it takes to run custom software updates.

 

[leadfarmer]

Just checked the manual, appears my 2016 would have automatic canceling indicators, I had no idea

 

[DJ123]

IIRC its about 300 yards/metres & 10 seconds when they cancel off.

I'm sure there is a way (for the dealer - or maybe a GS-911) to switch them off?

 

[tw99]

Hi all,
2020 GS - does anyone think the indicators cancel too soon.
I have done some IAM training and the observer is always telling me i am not indicating .. i am but the blumin things auto cancel so soon you have to keep applying them especially when going around a large roundabout for example.
Frustrating..

rowle.

I've had autocancelling turned off on my 1250 by the dealer. Coincidentally I'm an IAM observer, and the problem I was having is that they were making it harder for the associate to follow my signals, as they'd sometimes autocancel too early.

 

[Rowle]

Hi tw99,
Did you just ask the dealer and it got booked in or was it you hassling the dealer until they did it ?

 

[PhilBoy]

Hi all,
2020 GS - does anyone think the indicators cancel too soon.
I have done some IAM training and the observer is always telling me i am not indicating .. i am but the blumin things auto cancel so soon you have to keep applying them especially when going around a large roundabout for example.
Frustrating..

rowle.

If you press indicator button for longer they stay on longer. Page 78 in riders manual. Hope this helps.

 

[bosnjo]

I had the same problem, indicators canceling too soon, especially on high speeds. They would cancel before I started to turn to exit ramp. So, I investigated and found out that there are three options for time/distance. Bikes come out of the factory with the shortest time/distance. I went to my dealer and asked them to change to middle option. They did, free of charge. Now my indicators cancel only if I forget to cancel them. That means, after some time, so I have to remember to cancel them if I don't want to drive for a while with them on. I'm happy with "middle" option.

 

[GSMarky]

Hold the switch to indicate for a couple of seconds and it stays on longer..

 

[Rowle]

Hold the switch to indicate for a couple of seconds and it stays on longer..

Had the bike 2 years an didnt know that !
Will give it a go later in the week.
Thank you all for the replies - appreciated ����

 

[Rossyuk39]

Yes a dealer can remove the "auto cancel" feature. We had our job bikes done & I have had both my 2010 & 2015 bikes feature removed.

 

[Flipfly]

You know there’s a short 3 blink and a longer self cancellation I assume.

Personally I have no issue with the indicators bar the stupid button rather than the old left grip right grip method which was much less fiddly.