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InvisiBill · March 7th, 2014, 07:53 PM

Rather than using the shifter lever, another option is to mount the magnet on (and the pickups near) the shifter rod. It doesn't avoid the problem of having to align everything precisely, but it changes the details so it might be easier to set up.

http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/automotive/006/ is a DIY version of these things.

I bought a gear indicator display back when I had my Vulcan. Just like http://www.ebay.com/itm/320907030237.

I really like that it has the numbers in red, plus a green N - I haven't seen that on any of the other setups. It only goes up to 5, but that just means it would turn off in 6th (which could actually be nice for when I'm just cruising around). It's designed for bikes that come with (or are at least wired for) a gear indicator like this, so I still have to come up with an actual gear detector to go along with it. This has all the number-display-smarts on the LED (a common power wire and a ground for each number), whereas the indicator circuits I've seen are designed for a generic 7-segment LED and include the smarts for which segments should be lit up, so it's not a direct swap into the DIY stuff I've seen. The first one they sent me had a half-dead segment, so they sent me a free replacement - maybe I'll take the first one apart sometime and see what I can come up with.

March 7th, 2014, 07:53 PM	#9
InvisiBill EX500 full of EX250 parts Name: Bill Location: Grand Rapids-ish, MI Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): '18 Ninja 400 • '09 Ninja 500R (selling) • '98 VFR800 (project) • '85 Vulcan VN700 (sold) Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Aug '15	Rather than using the shifter lever, another option is to mount the magnet on (and the pickups near) the shifter rod. It doesn't avoid the problem of having to align everything precisely, but it changes the details so it might be easier to set up. http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/automotive/006/ is a DIY version of these things. I bought a gear indicator display back when I had my Vulcan. Just like http://www.ebay.com/itm/320907030237. I really like that it has the numbers in red, plus a green N - I haven't seen that on any of the other setups. It only goes up to 5, but that just means it would turn off in 6th (which could actually be nice for when I'm just cruising around). It's designed for bikes that come with (or are at least wired for) a gear indicator like this, so I still have to come up with an actual gear detector to go along with it. This has all the number-display-smarts on the LED (a common power wire and a ground for each number), whereas the indicator circuits I've seen are designed for a generic 7-segment LED and include the smarts for which segments should be lit up, so it's not a direct swap into the DIY stuff I've seen. The first one they sent me had a half-dead segment, so they sent me a free replacement - maybe I'll take the first one apart sometime and see what I can come up with.