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posted February 18, 2004 10:53 AM
Edited By: worm~hole on 18 Feb 2004 10:55
HEY SPORTBIKE MOTORCYCLE MFGs! ...repeat after me: READABLE DIGITAL SPEEDO, LARGE ANALOG TACH FACE WITH NEEDLE, BRIGHT PROGRAMMABLE SHIFT LIGHT, TWO LOW BEAMS ON, TWO HIGH BEAMS ON...READABLE DIGITAL SPEEDO, LARGE ANALOG TACH FACE WITH NEEDLE, BRIGHT PROGRAMMABLE SHIFT LIGHT, TWO LOW BEAMS ON, TWO HIGH BEAMS ON...got it?...THEN GET TO IT!
with the speed and sophistication that these new 'clean-sheet' litre-plus bikes possess, anything less than these is probably unacceptable...hey you had a clean sheet, why short sheet it? ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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posted February 18, 2004 11:14 AM
...btw...no matter what year you were born, don't you guys and gals think that for rider's/driver's visual acquisition of data from instrument gages while operating high speed equipment (ie. motorcycles and cars) its easier with the speed reference spelled out in large digits?....when the speedo says 55 MPH, you know that you're doing 55 instead of you guessing that you're 'somewhere' between 55 and 65 as the needle bounces between the small numbers crowded on that speedo face and Ponchorillo nails you with his radar gun....AND...its easier to SEE and reference both the shift light and needle on the tach with your peripheral vison instead of some skinny dimly lit LCD sweep from left to right...its the old K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, stupid)...for quick reacting machines, you need quick data acquisition, right?....RIGHT?....well, okay then....
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posted February 18, 2004 11:15 AM
With regard to instrumentation, how about a standardized interface? In other words, you could go shopping for the particular tach/speedo combo that tripped your trigger. Course, that would take consensus between all the manufacturers.
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posted February 18, 2004 11:17 AM
see my above post for ergo-friendly advice...16y.o. to 116y.o. ...its the way to do it, I think ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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posted February 18, 2004 11:30 AM
Actually, nothing is quicker to reference than an analog guage. Fer instance, go find a Claybrook-era car with an 85mph speedo, and tell me how quick you can tell how fast yer going...But your point is still well taken, in that when the gradiations for a 190mph speedo are spelled out on a 3 inch dial, it's pretty damned hard to tell how fast yer going.
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posted February 18, 2004 11:55 AM
...yes...Dodge K-cars were very nice....AAAAAAAACK!!!!!! :P
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posted February 18, 2004 11:58 AM
You guys need to invest in some glasses...I can see everything just fine,
and BTW....IF your doing a buck fifty....dont try and look at the speedo.
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posted February 18, 2004 12:08 PM
Edited By: worm~hole on 18 Feb 2004 12:11
...yeah but for very hi-perf street bikes ridden on the streets at legal and not-so-legal street speeds, my points are valid, yes?...young eyes and testosterone aside, you know its true
...btw...I just got a new prescription glasses last week...still could use the gage design I spec'd ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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posted February 18, 2004 12:15 PM
...oh, yeah....make said speedo gage easily removed for 'closed course' antics by 'profesional riders' on modified motorcycles used for 'special events' ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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posted February 18, 2004 01:04 PM
Never was a big fan of the shift light and would rather a moving needle for speedo & tach, 2 seperate round gauges and a fuel gauge over a oh shit light would be nice.
posted February 18, 2004 01:41 PM
I was watching my speedo when the limiter kicked in. Pretty easy to see the speedo since my face was less than 12" away from it. All's well under the bubble....
posted February 18, 2004 05:47 PM
Edited By: Dino on 18 Feb 2004 20:52
Wormy,.....go back to bed and exit from the opposite side this time.
bitch,bitch,bitch.......
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posted February 18, 2004 06:17 PM
I just installed my Harlan Shift light tonight......It is plenty bright in the garage. I wonder how it'll be in the mid-day sun.....
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posted February 18, 2004 10:09 PM
YEAH...WHAT DINO SAID, BIATCH!!!!!...now give me all your toys...ya can keep yer' dildos, tho ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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posted February 22, 2004 03:46 PM
was watching my speedo when the limiter kicked in. Pretty easy to see the speedo since my face was less than 12" away from it. All's well under the bubble....
How fast did the speedometer read when the limiter kicked in?
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posted February 22, 2004 05:58 PM
lmfao@ Jon.....
Worm has a point though. I have the digital Speedo pon the 6RR and love it, but the tach sucks.....what I find myself doing is adjusting my shift light down to like 10500 RPM, adn then when On the track I kno wif the shiftlight goes out I am not high enough in the RPM range....so the shift light stays on all the time, if it goes out I down shift, and if I hit the rev limiter I up shift....I really wish the 6RR had a analog tach on it, that I could read easy....like the GSXR setup....just my .02 worth
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posted February 22, 2004 08:36 PM
quote:What's the "~" in your name anyway?
" ~ " is the worm in worm~hole...do ya' see it?
just as:
" * " is the hole in ass*hole...do ya' see that, too?
ok...so I had some creative idle time on my hands to think up these things ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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