Quote from: ben2go on March 16, 2008, 12:42:27 AM
$100 with neutral/gear position switch and dimmer= I am going to try to do a bulk buy on the gear switch and other parts.

I have always really liked this design! I just thought I'd mention that for $100 you could build a 7-segment display version: http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=39580.0

Whatever suits your tastes  I could see how the LED display would be too clunky for some people. 

Quote from: John Bates on March 16, 2008, 08:44:31 PM
It's good to see someone take this and improve on it. 

Here's a suggestion, I found that if you just arbitrarily take six leds they won't match in light intensity.
So it's best to power them up and match them before building the assembly.

Also the brightness control is a must.  The intensity needed for daytime is way too much for nighttime.



John

Thanks for the additional info.

Quote from: beRto on March 16, 2008, 08:54:46 PM

Quote from: ben2go on March 16, 2008, 12:42:27 AM
$100 with neutral/gear position switch and dimmer= I am going to try to do a bulk buy on the gear switch and other parts.

I have always really liked this design! I just thought I'd mention that for $100 you could build a 7-segment display version: http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=39580.0

Whatever suits your tastes  I could see how the LED display would be too clunky for some people. 

I'm to impatient to try to build the 7 segmented display.Plus I had some of the stuff for the 6 LED set up.Monday I hope to talk to my friend and get a bulk discount on parts.

I'm still waiting for ridenow.com to ship the switch to me.they must have had to order it from there supplier.  I just got the tracking number.

I believe they went to the single position switch at the gear box in 96. I got one with all 7 wires and the switch off my GR.
Cool.
Srinath.

Got the switch still waiting on the connector that matches the switch.Thought it would have arrived 1st.

Just to be sure, if one were to purchase this gear indicator switch for the GS450, it would fit easily into the existing spot, and each wire coming off of it would be the ground wire for the gear it's in?

I'm personally only interested in seeing 2nd gear and neutral.  So I could just take the neutral wire and connect that to the existing neutral wire, then take the 2nd gear wire, and connect that to a single LED to be lit for when it's in 2nd?  Then just disregard all the other wires, correct?

I also have a 1996 GS500E.  I was seeing that something switched during or after 96 that may affect this.  Would it work on mine with this gs450 switch?

Quote from: quiktaco on May 09, 2008, 01:54:11 PM
Just to be sure, if one were to purchase this gear indicator switch for the GS450, it would fit easily into the existing spot, and each wire coming off of it would be the ground wire for the gear it's in?

I'm personally only interested in seeing 2nd gear and neutral.  So I could just take the neutral wire and connect that to the existing neutral wire, then take the 2nd gear wire, and connect that to a single LED to be lit for when it's in 2nd?  Then just disregard all the other wires, correct?

I also have a 1996 GS500E.  I was seeing that something switched during or after 96 that may affect this.  Would it work on mine with this gs450 switch?

I made a gear indicator for a 1995 using Suzuki switch part number: 37720-45100. I'm not sure what bike this came from, but you can compare this number against the microfiche for the GS450.

The instructions I posted on the Wiki show which wire corresponds to which gear: http://cgi.stanford.edu/~sanjayd/gs500/Upgrades/7-segmentLEDGearIndicator

If you're only indicating 2nd gear, you would probably want to insulate the wires that you don't use. This will help prevent a short circuit.

Good luck... let us know how it turns out.

Quote from: ben2go on March 16, 2008, 12:42:27 AM

I know this is an old-ass thread, but does this actually exist? the individual LED's and mount are really nice looking to me, much better than the numeric one on the Wiki IMO. Anyway- this is really cool and if one of you engineer types is/can build them I wouls be interested in buying one.

+1 on buying one for the right price

Looking at the wiki, the single LED version seems crazy easy to build... The new switch grounds a different pin for every gear you're in, so you just connect an LED to each pin and a power source, throw in a resistor and you're done... The hard part would be making that nice looking mount for the LEDs and routing your new wiring so it looked decent and survived the harsh conditions that bike wiring exists in. I don't think it would be hard to do at all...

http://www.bikehps.com/acatalog/BikeHPS_OnlineStore_Gear_Indicators_24.html

I thought the appeal of the GS 500 is that it's a straightforward, no-nonsense motorcycle.  I count to 6 in my head without much trouble, and I went to public school!

Quote from: bill14224 on February 09, 2009, 09:48:42 PM
I thought the appeal of the GS 500 is that it's a straightforward, no-nonsense motorcycle.  I count to 6 in my head without much trouble, and I went to public school!

You don't even need to count. I just shift up until there are no more gears and then shift down until I'm in first. Pretty easy... It is a cool pice of bling though...

I find myself on the highway wondering why I can't go any faster, then I remember I have another gear....

Quote from: Farakin on February 10, 2009, 12:26:11 PM
I find myself on the highway wondering why I can't go any faster, then I remember I have another gear....

I'm totally the opposite way, I'm on the highway noticing how high the bike is reving, so I try to shift up, realizing that I'm already in 6th... Some days I wish I had an 8th gear...

an 8th gear... now that would be something to see! I wonder if thats physically possible?


Sorry to ressurect this post but would any of this apply to an '08 GS500F? I know that the engine has hardly changed (or at least it doesn't look much different to an '89 450 I had).

and just to make sure I got this right:

• Install a gear switch indicator where the front sprocket is, this has 6 wires; one for neutral and five for each gear.     Where/How do you earth the wires to each gear?


• Take each of the wires up to a LED with a diode after each.


• take power from the battery or grey wire in the speedometer


• mount it all up

Quote from: Lifeforce99 on February 23, 2010, 12:04:42 PM
an 8th gear... now that would be something to see! I wonder if thats physically possible?


Sorry to ressurect this post but would any of this apply to an '08 GS500F? I know that the engine has hardly changed (or at least it doesn't look much different to an '89 450 I had).

and just to make sure I got this right:

• Install a gear switch indicator where the front sprocket is, this has 6 wires; one for neutral and five for each gear.     Where/How do you earth the wires to each gear?

I assume you are referring to my design.  The wiring diagram is in reply #81 of this thread on page 5.

You don't have to do anything to get earth.
Earth comes from the gear indicator switch.  The source is internal to the transmission.

• Take each of the wires up to a LED with a diode after each.

There are no diodes, only LEDs.

• take power from the battery or grey wire in the speedometer

Or anywhere you can find it.  On my bike there was an unused fused brown wire in the headlight housing. Just make sure what you use is fused.


John

Ooooops!  Sorry for the screwed up format.  It's been a long time since I posted here.

• mount it all up

Quote from: The Buddha on March 25, 2008, 07:04:25 AM
I believe they went to the single position switch at the gear box in 96. I got one with all 7 wires and the switch off my GR.
Cool.
Srinath.

I'm confused.. will the gear switch with the 37720-45100 part number fit a 2008 bike or no? 

Thanks John,

i meant to type resistor instead of diode (my brain stops working after a while)

I must have missed that diagram as i was reading up on the topic, I'll re-read it in a moment


Oh, in the UK (and possibly the US/international) there the mail order electronics company Rapid Electronics. they sell cheap LEDs and other bits and bobs, they dont stock many colours but their cheap at around 17p a shot