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posted March 10, 2006 02:11 PM
...large enough to see in the rain....goes well with ABS 
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posted March 11, 2006 07:19 PM
I'm wondering if XL could hook me up with the parts for ABS. I could do the retrofit m'self...
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zerMATT
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posted March 11, 2006 09:00 PM
Digital gauges are only useful if you aren't accelerating or decelerating quickly. Sure, if you're crusing along at a given speed, it's easier to see how fast you're going, but if you are on it hard running through the gears, or in the brakes, analog is a better bet...
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posted March 12, 2006 02:08 AM
One could always add that digital speedo like Sigma
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worm~hole
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posted March 12, 2006 03:00 AM
...Juan could...
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posted March 12, 2006 06:43 AM
I've got a cool little cycle computer that I was originally going to install on the ZZR that might go on this bike if there's room for it. I wouldn't mind the additional accuracy and top-speed memory that it offers... plus I'd get another couple of trip odometers to go along with the factory pair...
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worm~hole
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posted March 12, 2006 11:41 AM
 Edited By: worm~hole on 12 Mar 2006 11:46
....or Kawasaki could've just incorporated it (the mph/kph read-out) in the LCD screen front and center....satisfy both analog junkies and digital funkies 
WHAT A GREAT FREEKIN' IDEA!!!!!!!.....you reading this, Kawasaki?....what could it hurt?....do it....do iT...do IT..dO IT...DO IT...DO IT!!!!.....puhleeeeeeze!!!!!....with On/Off ABS switch
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posted March 12, 2006 01:03 PM
Edited By: rodtice on 12 Mar 2006 13:10
I had this digital readout on my Concours.
Just please don't give us the 10's speedo/tach.
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zerMATT
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posted March 12, 2006 01:10 PM
Edited By: zerMATT on 12 Mar 2006 13:10
That's exactly the one I got. It's been suggested elsewhere too... must be popular 
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worm~hole
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posted March 12, 2006 04:56 PM
quote:
Just please don't give us the 10's speedo/tach.
...yes, please don't!.....that one sucks...
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posted March 12, 2006 08:36 PM
A single oval, or round display face. Very light weight. A thumb press on the left switch will toggle a full Tach face only, or toggle the left switch again, you get the Speedo face only. Toggle a third time, both Tach/Speedo on display.
On the right switch, the Speedo/Tach face goes away, now there is a big display of mileage. Toggle again to a single view fuel gauge. Toggle again, and trip shows, oil temp/psi, etc. Add two displays at a time? Read your info, and it defaults back to the Speedo in 10 seconds. Optional default Tach/Speedo selection mode if you rather look at the Tach, rather than the Speedo.
Less cluttered face. Lighter parts for the front end, and bike OL. Optional modes where you can ladder which gauge you rather see when first toggled on the right switch?
The display would read a single display only (if programmed). No hunting the screen for small icons. Oil light comes on if engine problems. Fuel reserve light blinks, and shows remaining fuel on display. Lot's of combinations to play with.
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worm~hole
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posted March 12, 2006 08:52 PM
....some things are 'just right''...digital speed read-out and analog needle tach are one of them, imho...on separate 'guages'....
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posted March 13, 2006 01:25 PM
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....I'd like to have ABS, a slipper clutch, a digital speedo, body-colored engine cover side panels (the Foreman grills), LED tutn-sigs, and a very loud horn on my ZX-14...I hope Kawasaki does something like this for 2007....maybe 2008?
What no airbag?
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posted March 13, 2006 03:40 PM
That's usually found on the rear seat.
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princesskiwi
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posted March 13, 2006 04:56 PM
No...it's on the front seat.
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posted March 13, 2006 07:47 PM
....don't tempt me with the airbagged GoldWing....
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