locostbuyer83
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| posted on 8/6/11 at 06:55 PM |
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gear selector (on ebay)
Any ideas if this would work on a zx12r?
Digital Gear Indicator for Motorbikes - Universal | eBay UK
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 8/6/11 at 08:38 PM |
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Looking at it, it seems to require a seperate signal for each gear on the box. Normaly the box only has an output for neutral, so where the signal for
the other gears would come from I havnt a clue. I have seen these units before and were about 70 quid and I believe they come with an electronic box
that drives the display. That's my 2 pennys.
Dan
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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locostbuyer83
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| posted on 8/6/11 at 08:40 PM |
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what about combined with this
http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/r.miklos/shiftindicator/gearindicator.htm
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 9/6/11 at 07:57 AM |
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In theory, yes, in practice I don't know if you've got all you need in the 'item' description.
Devices such as this are programmable, it simply looks at the wheel rpm and the engine rpm - it's progammed to then give you what gear
you're in by looking at the figures. This (apparently) just hooks into the speedo/ECU/whatever feeds from the existing sensors?
Some use independent sensors Hall magnets on th eprop/wheel/whatever for the speed, and a simple tacho feed from anywhere else suitable. These devices
would certainly work and are what you need for such certaincy.
Modern bike engines *do* know what gear they're in, or at least the ECU does. They have different ignition/fuel/traction control maps (and a lot
more) for each gear.
Some are simple resisitive drums on the gearchange (GSXR) so that you have a different ohm value for each gear. You can use this directly on an
independent display.... simples.....
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