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Gear Indicator
I have a 04 sv650s with the digi speedo but the tach is analog. I am interested in adding a gear indicator. Most that ive seen for sale say the tach and speedo both have to be electronic. Has anyone added one of these?
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The tach is digital as its run with a signal from the ECU or a pulse from the coils. I think its the ECU on the pointies, not 100% though. Yes people have had these added to pointy SVs.
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I just recently put this on my K5. The tach has an analogue clock but the signal is a digital pulse from the ECU.
If you buy the Acumen digi gear indicator you can buy a plug in unit and it's a half hour job to fit but it'll cost just over £100 (£70 for indicator & about £35 for loom plug in) I fitted the datatool unit which needs to be soldered to the existing wires and needs a wire run from the indicator to the ECU under the seat. I've taken photos as I was doing it if you want to have a look I can send them to you. Datatool one is about £60. |
Veypor's got one built in, plus it does loads of other entertaining stuff... Though to be fair, the gear indicator isn't the best. It's a bit laggy, and it works by matching the revs to the speed so slip the clutch and it all goes a bit funny. Not drastically worse than Digitool or ACument though, IMO.
I seem to recall someone wired the gear indicator to the sv's own gear indicator- the one that's used to activate the timign retard etc. I didn't thik that'd work but it seems it might... |
The datatool one does lag a bit aswell, takes about a second to register but it does stop me from occassionally trying to shift into 7th. I find it most useful for knowing exactly what gear I'm in before approaching a corner as I'm still new to the bike.
If you have an S model then you can build it into the dash, one of the other guys on here did it and I copied what he did. You fit a large grommet around the unit and pop it in place, securing from behind with sticky stuff, I used marine grade sealant which is free if you work offshore :D Wiring it in to the SV's gear indicator would be best but I reckon that's a tricky one to do and get it right. Depends on how much you like "projects" (also sometimes referred to as - how on earth to I put all this back together again??) |
It's a twin, You don't need to know which gear it's in :lol:
Besides there is only 6 of them |
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