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Old 06-22-2010, 04:31 PM   #70 (permalink)
JacobAziza
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Seems to me the simplest way to both make and use a manual brake light switch would be to just adjust the point on the brake pedal where the light goes on. In other words, move the linkage so that the lights come on with a very light application of pedal, before the brakes actually engage.
Then the motion to activate is natural, plus no extra wiring is involved.
In fact, I already use the slack between light switch and brake pressure to alert people I'm going slow in both the truck and the motorcycle, without having had to adjust it any.
More often though I use the hazard lights in the truck. Simplest solution of all.
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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