matt.c
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 04:45 PM |
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Gear indicator poll
I have been reading the search posts about gear indicators and cant make up my mind.
I want to know if:
1. You have one and its works.
2. You have one and you cant get it to work.
3. Which one and how much was it.
Also i have found this gear indicator with a shift light
How does the shift light work? ie how does it know when to come on?
LINKY
[Edited on 23/3/09 by matt.c]
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afj
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 04:47 PM |
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only had em on bike but the7y allways worked well i think mine were datatool ones
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aka Keith
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 04:49 PM |
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I have a datatool on mine, I could not live without it.
cheers
Craig
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Guinness
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 04:53 PM |
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There is a gear indicator built into the Veypor. Works brilliantly, using Math to work out the ratio between road speed and revs.
Easy to set up. From a standing start engage 1st, pull away, drive for 10 seconds at a steady speed, press a button, change into 2nd, drive for 10
seconds at a steady speed, press button, repeat until you run out of road or gears!
Mike
P.S. It gets confused very occasionally by a slipping clutch, or bucket loads of wheelspin.
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locoR1
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 04:55 PM |
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Had a Acumen DG8 on mine never did get it to work properly gave up in the end and flogged it on ebay for nearly as much as i payed for it 
Got a a digidash 2 now and the gear indicator works spot on!
as you asked about gear indicators and not dashes ive voted 2: You have one and you cant get it to work.
 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 04:58 PM |
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Have one on digidash, never look at it, seat of pants tells me all I need to know.
If you have time to look at it then you ain't driving fast enough (off road of course)
In a BEC shift lights probably worth it as they rev up that fast, saves you mistakenly hitting the limiter but do you ever enter a corner thinking
"mmmmm wonder what gear I'm in ???" or exit for that matter. Neutral light another matter, a must have.
Bling, Just my 2p.
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matt.c
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 05:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locoR1
You have one and you cant get it to work.
Not yet but i dont want to get one if they are a pain in the ar*e and never work.
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 05:12 PM |
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DG8 on a zx9r works perfect after a little advice from acumen. top guys and very helpful
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matt.c
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 05:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by YQUSTA
DG8 on a zx9r works perfect after a little advice from acumen. top guys and very helpful
What was that advice?
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 06:06 PM |
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From previous experience on both a Fireblade and ZX12R engine, I wouldn't even consider trying to fit an Acumen or a Datatool gear indicator
 Couldn't get either one to work properly and spent loads of time trying to set them up without much success. Unless it's made
by GIPro, I wouldn't bother fitting a stand-alone gear indicator.
They are useful for road driving. It's difficult to remember which gear you're in and even though you know you're in sixth gear on
the motorway, you always check just to see if there's another one left.
Phil
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flak monkey
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 06:26 PM |
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Most gear indicators work by determining the ratio of road speed to engine speed so how well they work is usually down to how you set them up, and
there seems to be a knack to it.
I have a gear indicator in my dash which works for 2nd thru 5th, but hasnt got a clue about 1st
To be honest do you really need a gear indicator? If you are blasting along having fun you just keep the revs in the power band and it doesnt matter
what gear you are in. If you are crusiing on A roads or motorways stick it in 6th and forget about it. The you just have to get in the habit of
countng down the gears when you change down.
Buy a veypor matt...you know you want to.
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=13584
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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matt.c
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 07:13 PM |
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Dont get me started on digi dashes or i will come over and steal yours! 
Hmmm i think i will keep the thread running for a bit before i made a decision.
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McLannahan
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 07:19 PM |
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I've just bought a Digidash 2 Lite for my gear indicator - and a few other features!
Heard many positive things about it so can't wait to fit it. Support seems excellent too.
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BenB
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| posted on 23/3/09 at 08:12 PM |
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I've got a homebrew gear indicator on my website. Works off microswitches on the gear stick and a signal from the neutral light. Costs all of
£10 to make.
I must admit I don't bother though!!!
It's really quite easy to keep count and if you lose count a quick look at RPM and MPH will let you know what gear you're in.... Though on
my ST1100 I've only got 5 gears to keep count of which makes it a bit easier....
I designed the gear indicator before I'd driven a BEC much. I thought I'd never get used to the gears and that I'd constantly forget
which gear I'm in. In real life it doesn't really happen....
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 24/3/09 at 12:25 AM |
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The advice was.
1) I only had 1 magnet for best/quickest gear change display you need as many as possible upto 12 i believe. I could only fit 6 max as the KOSO dash
can only take 6 (with out me doing some calcs to sort out the speed).
2) was the tach connection this is the point where I think they went way up on customer service. the guy I spoke too went off and found the exact wire
with the colour for me to connect too. the stayed on the phone whilst I found it and confirmed what I was looking at.
once this was done the car got jacked up the DG8 got setup and worked first time.
quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
quote:
Originally posted by YQUSTA
DG8 on a zx9r works perfect after a little advice from acumen. top guys and very helpful
What was that advice?
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