GI pro gear indicator

There are cheaper alternatives (acumen) but they don't work directly off the CPU and are therefore not as accurate. They also need programming, while the beauty of the GiPro is that it simply plugs into the dealer mode socket under the seat. I know its expensive and an extravagance but it is a birthday present after all.

[Dave20046]

dealer mode socket have I stolled into pointy talk?
Think my birthday present to my self will be either a camera set up or a trackday I'll put one on the wish list though, what's battery drain like?

[SoulKiss]

Anyone know which pins and the encoding that this thing uses to read the current gear ?

Shouldnt take brain surgery to put something like this together

[ophic]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Anyone know which pins and the encoding that this thing uses to read the current gear ?

Shouldnt take brain surgery to put something like this together

yeah i looked at doing one - seems entirely possible. The gear position sensor provides a different resistance for each gear - the values are listed in the workshop manual.

[SoulKiss]

Hmm and as I know of a certain programmable microcontroller that can read input resistance and then output to a 7-segment display...........

[ophic]

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by ophic

Maybe add a MP3 decoder, an amp and a speaker then sample Top Gear so that wne it gets into 6th I can have Clarkson yell "POWER!!"

Or maybe not

Originally Posted by Zen Beetle

. The issue of whether bikes should be greener and its ethical implications is best left for another thread. Besides, I don't want to bore you to death.

too late.........

+1 Steve. I suppose I had it coming.

Originally Posted by Stu

Interested to know about the set up though Hob? as I didn't have to go through it. Although mine is an Acu...? not GI, but it looks the same. so you say it learns it, but got it wrong first time how do you teach it? I don't seem to have any input.

The GI thought each gear was higher than it was, (i.e that magic 7th gear), it didn't like the down for first then up for second, it knew each gear was separate but missed gear 2, I had to push a button (hold it for 5 seconds or something) and it would cycle from gear 1 to 6 and you would change gear to suit, once it had recalibrated the gears it was spot on