Fitted a GIpro gear indicator today. Easiest job I ever did. Just separate the connector from the back of the rev counter, plug in the wiring loom, connect up one other wire with the snap on joiner and you're ready to programme. I just rode up the road and stayed in each gear until the display flashed then changed up a gear and did the same till I hit 6th. Job done, it works a treat. There are a few weird things - there's a slight delay before the number changes after you change up, especially with a quick shifter and sometimes it gets confused on the way down through the box - but it says it will do this in the instructions and you never are watching it then anyway.
All I wanted it for really is to tell me when I'm in top so I don't keep on trying to change up to 7th on motorways! Testing it though it's interesting to see what gear you ride in - never given it much though before, just ride in whatever feels right. But surprising how fast you can get about when in third!!
It can be set to flash when you want to change gear but i can't be bothered with that - I'll change when I want to thanks.

nice one bic! i've gotta get me one of those. Sounds like a breeze to install too. Like you, I'm always upshifting to that elusive 7th gear...lol.

Cheers Rob

I've tried shifting into 7th so often I'm beginning to think there should be an 8th gear!

good timing, i was just researching this product, glad to hear it works well. I will have to mount the readout somewhere on the upper part of the cluster so it is visible with tank bag on for road trips. How does that location work for you?

thanks

I've got the same one, came fitted on my sd.
Mine is mounted next to the instruments. Still have to reset it after changing rear sprocket.

It's mounted on a simple alu strip (I think with double sided tape or glue), which is bolted on with the allen head. Works perfect!

i dont get how it works, its it based on RPM? if so what if you are in a gear but riding in it at a higher rev how does it know what gear you are in or if you shirt at a higher RPM??

It matches speed and revs to work out what gear you are in. That's why it gets confused when you slip the clutch: speed and rpm don't match.

Your welcome

Don'k know how these things work! not an electronics minded person. What I do know is that the wiring loom for the unit just plugs into the wiring loom that comes out of the back of the rev counter console and there is one more wire that you have to splice into the wire that comes out of the back of the rev. counter. It's described well in the instructions, White with blue stripe - and you just have to find it in the wiring loom behind the headlight.

I just followed the instructions and everything worked as it said it would.

The only thing that was an anomaly for me was that I tried to programme the unit with the bike on a stand and running the engine in gear with the throttle set at 4,000 rpm as it suggested in instructions so that it could learn the bike and gears/rpm. Said it might take between 10 seconds and two minutes per gear. But nothing happened.

I had to give up due to time restraints and had to take a run up to Tottenham. As soon as I set off the unit seemed to be learning and indicated the right gear so I tried to make sure that I stayed in each gear until the unit started blinking at me. Trouble was I couldn't get into sixth in London traffic and the unit set it'self finally only showing up to 5th gear. I remembered that it said that this would happen in the instructions and I also remembered that it said that you could reset the unit by turning off the ignition 5 times. So I pulled over on a stretch of dual carridgeway and did this- the unit reset and I set off making sure that I was in each gear for the right time, (until the unit verified), then changed up all the way to 6th. Job done.

Sounds complicated. But it wasn't at all. For a thick like me it was easy.

The reason it didn't program with the bike on stands is because it needs a readout from the speedo. The speedo is on the front wheel, so won't work when in gear on a stand.
I think mine is wired in wrong, when i triest to reset it like you did, my whole instrumentcluster reset itself. Still need to reset it, but don't want to reset the instrument again.

I'm happy to find out I'm not the only one who thinks the SD comes with that extra gear. I was thinking of fitting one of these. Glad to know it's an easy job.

i got one at the nec in 2010,cos coming from a four to a twin,id never a clue what gear i was in!

I never find myself needing a gear indicator on performance liter-twins: So much torque everywhere, that it never matters that much what gear I'm in. If off one from where I think I am - NBD. If I were racing an SD, it would be a different story - consistency being a key factor to success.

Regardless, other than the clutch-slipping issue already mentioned (which I do ... and have seen this problem with GiPro), the GiPro is slow - reeeeeeeeeal slow. I've installed a few of these on I4 supersports (where being in the right gear is critical on the racetrack), and when one does that quick glance to see what gear they are in after shifting down 3 or 4 from high speed into a very slow corner - it doesn't (a little too often) always keep up.

Otherwise a solid a product - seems to hold up to the rigors of racing (and crashing), and a somewhat less clunky product to install than others'. Since the SD doesn't have other sensor indication for all gears, it's probably the best option available, if you just gots to know (what gear you're in).

I don't have one because I want to know what gear I'm in. Don't care as long as the bike is running in optimum revs.

I only fitted one because I was sick of being on fast roads with a quick-shifer and trying to change up from 6th all the time. With the full Akra system and Motobox and everything my bike just pulls and pulls to the red line, it's relentless. Not easy to know you're already in 6th. Just pissed me off a bit and the indicator is a really nice thing to have in that situation. That's the only time I look at it.

Nerd is right though, it's a bit slow and is often trying to catch up.