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Old 10-28-2009, 05:58 PM   #1
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there is such a thing as a gear indicator... but I'd just get used to remembering where you are based on speed vs tach indicator as it's a good way to get more familliar with your bike.
I figured out early on that if I match my speed around 35mph tach is around 3K rpm, then I'm probably in 3rd gear... same with 4th - 45mph @ 4000rpm, 5th and 6th - 65mph, 6000rpm.
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Old 10-29-2009, 02:43 PM   #2
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I figured out early on that if I match my speed around 35mph tach is around 3K rpm, then I'm probably in 3rd gear... same with 4th - 45mph @ 4000rpm, 5th and 6th - 65mph, 6000rpm.
My speedo quit working on my Zuk years ago. I knew in 5th gear the RPM matched the road speed. 5k = 50mph for example.
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My speedo quit working on my Zuk years ago. I knew in 5th gear the RPM matched the road speed. 5k = 50mph for example.
they were so easy to fix back then, since they were run off the front wheel.
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I figured out early on that if I match my speed around 35mph tach is around 3K rpm, then I'm probably in 3rd gear... same with 4th - 45mph @ 4000rpm, 5th and 6th - 65mph, 6000rpm.
And you've probably noticed other things about your bike as a result, right?

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they were so easy to fix back then, since they were run off the front wheel.
the SV still is
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And you've probably noticed other things about your bike as a result, right?
Noticed on the way in to work that I no longer have to look at the speedo/tach to know what gear I'm in. I've been to the track enough now and live in 3rd to know what it sounds like and I go from there. I never paid attention to that before. I think I just knew but didn't "know" it.

Anything else I might now but am forgetting, that you might be implying?
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Old 10-30-2009, 04:06 PM   #6
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So i'm still riding around, keeping the rubber side down.
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Old 10-30-2009, 07:01 PM   #7
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Old 10-30-2009, 09:16 PM   #8
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they were so easy to fix back then, since they were run off the front wheel.
I know it. I just never got around to fixing it. I could change all 4 plugs in that bike in 10 minutes. Took me 2 days to do the 2 plugs in the Buell the first time.
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Noticed on the way in to work that I no longer have to look at the speedo/tach to know what gear I'm in. I've been to the track enough now and live in 3rd to know what it sounds like and I go from there. I never paid attention to that before. I think I just knew but didn't "know" it.

Anything else I might now but am forgetting, that you might be implying?
nope, just stuff like that

Why, what were YOU thinking?
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