What gear are you in?

[IG.]

Gear indicator seems like a hot item, but I am wondering whether all riders feel the need for them.

At first, I was often lost what gear I was in. Later on, I simply counted, and got lost very rarely. And even later on, I just knew what gear I was in by feel. So, know between automatic counting and the feel for the motor, I feel I really don't need the gear indicator.

What are you thoughts?

 

[twotonevert]

I didnt vote because you dont have an option for my opinion. I dont use it when riding in the twisties, I rely on the engine speed and feel of the bike. I use it when just tooling around town.

 

[BusaBlue]

I didnt vote because you dont have an option for my opinion. I dont use it when riding in the twisties, I rely on the engine speed and feel of the bike. I use it when just tooling around town.

+ 1

 

[TonyMastodon]

They really need to offer a 7th gear and ill be set!!!

 

[twotonevert]

They really need to offer a 7th gear and ill be set!!!

Yeah, but then we would be trying to shift to 8th.

 

[Blazing-Saddle]

I'm fairly cognizant of where I am with the bike so a GI is not much use for me. Just one more idiot lite.....

 

[b4thenite]

don't want one. one more thing to interfere with the perfection.

 

[megawatt]

Why does it matter what gear your in at any time? If you need to go faster then down shift. Engine revs getting too close to the redline or you just want to reduce revs then shift up.

 

[trekfuel]

Wanna go faster...... up on the shifter..... wanna slow down..... down on the shifter.

what gear really dont matter.........just my 2 cents.

the Neutral indicator is nice though....lol

 

[DR1300R]

the Neutral indicator is nice though....lol

What do you need that for, if the bike won't go anywhere it must be in neutral..

 

[trekfuel]

What do you need that for, if the bike won't go anywhere it must be in neutral..

or the darn chain broke again...lol

 

[Justyntym]

Although a gear indicator would be nice and a 6th gear light should be standard
it's not a big deal either way.

I ride daily and a couple years ago sent my gauges in to blue gauges but
I still rode without a console (for a couple weeks)...no speedo, tach, or even a neutral light...

I guess it's easier if you ride daily, you more get more in tune with your bike
additionally, gear choice for a busa is usually wide open...any gear anytime
it's just a question of how fast you want to go...superfast or downshift and
kick in the flux capacitor and go to warp.

 

[dadofthree]

Got it for free, not really, but it came with my latest busi

 

[Busa1166]

+ 1

+2 except i don't do the twisties i am always just tooling around town

 

[DaCol.]

I use it when just tooling around town.

You mean you can't remember when your in town that your in 1st or 2nd GEAR ! twotonevert, is your AARP number --- # 0001

 

[Takeuon]

Coming from riding and racing older FZR's which did not have any indicators...I don't need it, but GenII has it anyways.

 

[oldschool]

It is nice to know I am in 6th so I don't keep trying to put it in 7th but other than that I don't really pay too much attention to the gear indicator.

 

[CCbusa05]

Ahhhh guys? Listen up! Get a REAL bike......GenII............problem solved!

 

[thapp]

i want one just becuase when i'm on the highway i always seem to end in fifth not sixth and wondered why my fuel economy sucked now i know why

 

[warezdog]

The only time it would benifit me is when on the interstate and needing to hammer down to move thru traffic. I have often dropped into 3rd when I thought I had bumped twice to 4 and then hammered it with some WOT. You can do that at 60 or so into 4th but do it in 3 and you are get some wide eyes and that OH SH%T feeling when you realize the steering isnt working because the front wheel isnt on the ground.