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Old 02-06-05, 12:22 PM   #9
Mr Toad
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did somebody call - hop hop

yes I have (or should that be had, as the bike is now a write off ) an Acumen Digital Gear Indicator - very similar to the datatool
I chickened out & got the dealer to fit it, but it comes with full instructions so shouldn't be too hard to fit

I called it the random number generator as it tends to get a bit confused around town when you change through more than one gear at a timne, eg when stopping at the lights. If you go linearly up and down the gearbox then there is no problem, although there is a bit of a delay between gears

It caught me out once or twice just after I'd got the bike, when turning into my road I glanced at it to see it said 3rd gear, so changed down into 2nd, only to discover I was already in 2nd, and the drop to 1st almost had me over the bars. Now I'm used to the bike I can usually tell when gear I'm in from the speed & revs, so don't have a problem.

It's good to see the 6 when I'm trundling along the motorway and looking for another gear to change up - usually happens around 115mph or so when the bike feels it could do with another gear

HTH

cheers
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