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Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:55 pm
by simo
Managed to get this fitted, made easier with having Pyramid lower fairing mountings/brackets to mount contacts

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Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:02 pm
by lloydie
Dose it work ?

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:04 pm
by Jscobey
wow thats awesome. where did you get that?

i dont understand what is mounted down by your gear shifter. can you explain?

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:13 pm
by macdee
nice bit a work there simo

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:13 pm
by simo
Yes it works. Cost £14.50 off EBay Two sensors with the wires on mounted on an alloy angle bracket. A fused live to power after the ignition is turned on. One wire to neutral light switch. The alloy bracket on gear change lever holds a small but strong pulse magnet. That's the hard bit as the magnet has. O mounting points. Mines crimped and glued in place. After that it's a case of getting the correct clearance between magnet and sensor. Don't see a lot of it once the lower fairing is back on. Most of the credit must go to Bluestorm996 who did most of the brackets at the same time as he did his. I think they're great for the money, see how long they last.

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:16 pm
by bsabloke
http://www.exhausist.com/motorcycletensioners.php
vtrdh on the forum has stock & is selling plug & play kit. the link above gets to his website :D

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:45 pm
by simo
bsabloke wrote:http://www.exhausist.com/motorcycletensioners.php
vtrdh on the forum has stock & is selling plug & play kit. the link above gets to his website :D
Others on sale plug into the ECU. That ok for newer bikes but for a Firestorm you'd have to hack into the harness and who knows what wires to look for. Someone might tell us.

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:50 pm
by Mav617
bsabloke wrote:http://www.exhausist.com/motorcycletensioners.php
vtrdh on the forum has stock & is selling plug & play kit. the link above gets to his website :D
Not cheap though...

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:58 pm
by bsabloke
didn't fancy it myself. I think I an right, it was plug & play. how much was it?

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:18 am
by simo
Don't see any at the moment on EBay , they're from Hong Kong but a British Seller. Expect to pay £15 ish.

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:10 pm
by budd

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:42 pm
by simo
Nice find Budd. Only £10.99 too.

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:09 pm
by budd

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:15 pm
by budd
or you can build your see the link for instructions
http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects ... index.html

Re: Manual Gear-change indicator

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:06 pm
by Watty
simo wrote:Managed to get this fitted, made easier with having Pyramid lower fairing mountings/brackets to mount contacts

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Cheap enough mate :thumbup: , keep us posted on its reliability :D . You might have problems with the bike changing gear too fast having a blue led :lol: