internal gear indicator by acumen
 

Maybe i can get some love over here in the big boy area


comments complaints any suggestions are welcome.

There is a service available that you can have a gear indicator installed in you gauges...you also get to have the color changed in the gauges as well if you choose. there is a GB on 600rr.net or you can email Browningbuck@hotmail.com if you have questions.

the 1000rr has been done as well, but i dont have any pictures ..i get a few customers to send me some

EDIT: here is one but there are many more http://www.1000rr.net/vb/showthread....851&page=2

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...DSC_0180-1.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...k/DSC_0097.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...k/IMG_1993.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...k/IMG_1953.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...k/IMG_1998.jpg

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

Very nice:)

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Did you look into putting the gear display into the Neutral indicator spot? Some people thought it might be too small, but I would probably give that a try.

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dayum that is an idea from the past... i keep thinking of it so i might have to give it a try... the only prob it has is the fact that the N in the stock spot would be tough to remove so that it was just a cear glass..ive thought of removing that whole piece and replacing it with new plexy glass but this is too much work, but i might do it as a special project...just havent made up my mind... for those of you wondering what we are talking about here you go. this is only a concept DRAWING

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s.../guagecopy.jpg

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

That would be pimp, I think I would have to thro down some cash for that.

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

What is the const and turn-around time?

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cost is 210 for the stock backlighting to stay the same and me to add the indicator. OR 250 and i change out the backlighting then ass the indicator. turn around is the day i get it in the mail, the next day it is going back to sender.... winter is ariving soon and a flood of gauges will be coming in so thins may change

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

What (if anything) must be done to get the gear indicator to determine what gear the bike is in oncethe little LCD display isinstalled into the cluster?

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

once you get the gauges back all you have to do is...... plug it in with the stock harness back in to the stock plug on the gauges (ie nothing changed) then there is a little button on the back that you will program the bike with.... it takes about 3 minutes. you will have to do this every time you change the gearing on the bike if you change how many teeth the sprocket has. other than that it is pretty simple

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

Wow, very simple.
I'm just curious from an engineering standpoint as to how the indicator determines what gear the bike is in. Does it read a signal from something already on the bike??

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

yes it reads two signals...first the rpms, then the speed(whihc is read at the shaft). it takes those two signals and does a simple equation that makes a linear idea of rpm to speed ratio. being that the rpm to speed ratio is different between each gear it then is able to guess what gear you are in while riding. i pick these two signals up inside the gauges (this is why there are no external wires) (except on the yamahas, there rpm signal is all goofy coming out of the ecu so i have to go back to the engine sensor and bring it back... so there is an external wire on the yamahas..... but i havent released those yet)

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

ahh just thought i would revive this thing from the dead and tell everyone to check out all the new color schemes on these other sites

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From what I have read, the speed on the CBRsis determined from the rpms and from the gear that the bike is in. If this is correct, there must already be gear indicator in the tranny or something. Why then can't that signal be tapped in to and displayed instead of tapping in to the rpms and the speed to come up with the gear? If there is a gear signal already, why must we go about displaying the gear in a Rube Goldsburg manner? Just something to ponder. [sm=wtf.gif], or I may just be full of s**t, who knows?

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

Does Acumen have a kit that can be installed externally for the people who don't want to take apart their instrument clusters?

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

http://www.gear-indicator.com/

I think that is an external kit.

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

there is no "gear signal" it takes the signal of the RPM and makes a linial equation of the Mph per that gear. being each gear has its own equation it VERY quickly guess what gear its in.

also inorder to hook up the plug and external GI you still have to take the front clip apart to get to the harness so you might as well just send them to me :) :) :)

RE: internal gear indicator by acumen
 

Thanks tom. My internet was bogging down and couldn't look it up. That's probably the one I'll end up going with. No more trying to get into that phantom 7th gear anymore. :D

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