How come???

[debdimps]

Hey All,

Theres something that i've been pondering over for a while now, (yes i lead a dull life ) How come motorbikes don't have a gear selector indicator? When i'm out on the bike i've got used to hearing/feeling the tune of the bike, so i rely on that but wouldn't it be much easier if we had a little dial or summin to tell you what gear your in? When i did my CBT the 125 they gave me had one, to be honest i found it useful, so come on then enlighten me, how come they're not fitted as standard????
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[Scouse]

Cars don't have them either.

Some bikes come with them, but they aren't really a necessity. I don't really see the point in them, it doesn't really help any more toward your day to day riding and it's just another thing for you to be looking at instead of where you're going.

[Kwaks]

You can add them on, and some bikes now have them stock. Never found them useful.

I have one on my car, standard, and see no use for it .
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[Scouse]

[Walloper]

[debdimps]

[Feasty]

Even after over a year on me little XR125 I still have to sometimes quickly pop it down to 1st and back up again to know I'm in 2nd gear. Not too often though, and never at speed!!

I'd love to have a bike with a gear indicator...
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(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[gmanxiii]

I think its better to not have them as its just another thing to distract you and keep your eyes off the road. Learn instead to feel roughly what gear you're in from your road speed and engine revs and keep your eyes on the road.
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[McGee]

Y'all be hating on the GSXR.

But since K5 Its had one.

k7 clocks pictured, k5 doesn't have the awful checker thing.

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k5.

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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[veeeffarr]

1984 GSX400 FWS has one too

[NSR Mick]

[adam6177]

I wouldn't mind one on my FZ6.....as said, if I'm coming up to a tight corner I'd like to know what gear to be in to get the power down or even for a quick overtake.

As for the fact that cars dont have them......you only need to just glance at the gear stick, same thing!!

[Itchy]

gear indicators = more weight

More things to go wrong

More OEM parts = less profit for the manufacturers

More complexity compared to say a neutral light
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[Pie-Roe]

Shouldn't you just go round the corner at a comfortable speed, and therefore the gear that that speed is found at? If the engine is screaming you need to change up, if its lumpy change down. Sorted.
The only other real need for it is to stop you going for 7th gear but thats not really a problem, similarly if you aren't sure you are in first when you came to a halt, try and kick it down, if it does, you weren't, if it doesn't you were.

Pyro
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[Blau Zedong]

Bloody hell, I want less equipment and flab on bikes!!!!! If I had my way I'd have just a revcounter and a lights on / off switch.

As above some 70's / 80's suzi's pioneered the digital gear thing - the GT 2T triples and some GS / GSX's.
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[mad4it028]

ive been riding on the roads 15 years now and i never know what gear im in if im low on power i go down 1 if im running out of power i go up 1 i suppose if i was to care what gear i was in ide know but mostly i just know what ever gear im in its the right 1 for the speed im doing simpleas that
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[mistergixer]

[McGee]

[NSR Mick]

That'll be because most gixxer riders are so retarded they need a display to tell them what gear they are in.
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[iooi]

[Feasty]

[.....]

I agree with iooi - pointless.

What matters is what part of the rev range you are currently sat in. Near the limiter go up a gear, dropping near the bottom of the rev range go down a gear.

It's hardly rocket science - I don't see how knowing which particular gear you are in makes any difference.

[sickpup]