Shift Light / Gear Indicator - Custom by ninja250

[jdoucet93]

Originally Posted by Phil7153

Well if you do, id sure appreciated it. As im sure a lot of other members would as well. Damn kawasaki and their ****** gauge clusters. Why cant they just and a temp gauge and gear indicator?

AMEN! haha but then again... it's only a $4000 bike...

[jdoucet93]

Originally Posted by Phil7153

$4000 plus maybe $20 extra on their part. Id gladly pay $100 more for those features.

Good point. Well I just ordered the ebay indicator. I'll take some good pictures and put together a good DIY for you guys as soon as it comes in.

[gadgetguy1288]

Originally Posted by jdoucet93

Good point. Well I just ordered the ebay indicator. I'll take some good pictures and put together a good DIY for you guys as soon as it comes in.

You rock!

[jdoucet93]

Originally Posted by gadgetguy1288

You rock!

haha thanks. Just trying to help out some fellow riders. Paying it forward.

[wellcraft]

Originally Posted by jdoucet93

First of all, let me say that I'm jealous. I've been wanting to get one of those gauges. Probably will at some point in the near future.

Anyway... It should be the blue wire coming from the harness on the koso gauge.
If it isn't that one, I'm not sure. If you have a multimeter, you can always start randomly testing wires by putting the bike in gear, start testing wires until you find one that doesn't read a 12v signal, then wile still touching that wire, shift back into neutral. If the voltage jumps to around 12v, You've found your neutral line.

EDIT: Not sure if you have an RX-2 or and RX-2N. The RX-2N neutral wire is blue, the RX-2 neutral wire is white.

Thanks man, I was trying that and surprisingly I couldn't a signal from any of the wires. The koso I have is the rx2, super nice gauge. If I connect the white wire from the gear indicator directly to the battery (+) should the gauge change to neutral?

[wellcraft]

I disconnected the light green wire from the bike plug which is the white wire on the koso gauge and no signal on the koso gauge, this means I have the correct wire. No when I do the test with the tester it doesn't do anything and I hooked up the gear indicator and it doesn't do anything either. I'm guessing the gear indicator isn't working properly.

[jdoucet93]

Yes, if you hook the white wire from the gauge straight to the battery the gauge should read neutral. If not, then there is a chance that the indicator is malfunctioning.

[wellcraft]

That's what I thought, I did that and it doesn't change. This sucks

[wellcraft]

Just found out that if I touch the negative pole in the battery with the white wire the gauge change to neutral. So the gauge is good. I just need to find the sweet spot.

[wellcraft]

This thing is alive and works real nice, so far worth the $28. You guys just need to Fab some brackets to put the sensors and one for the magnet.
Is the light green wire the one needed to connect the wite wire from the gear indicator. White from the koso gauge side.

[headshrink]

Originally Posted by wellcraft

I ended up buying the ebay one, installed yesterday and works great. I had to fabricate a bracket to work on this bike but works nicely.

Only problem I have is that I dont know where to hook up the white wire from the gauge and get a neutral signal.

How can I do it. I go through all the gears but I'm just missing the neutral.

Thanks for any help.

Any chance you can put up some pictures of the switch/mount you fabricated?

[jdoucet93]

Originally Posted by wellcraft

This thing is alive and works real nice, so far worth the $28. You guys just need to Fab some brackets to put the sensors and one for the magnet.
Is the light green wire the one needed to connect the wite wire from the gear indicator. White from the koso gauge side.

AWESOME! Well thats definitely some good news.

[pilotgeorge747]

Originally Posted by headshrink

Any chance you can put up some pictures of the switch/mount you fabricated?

Yes please do! I installed my ebay gear indicator a few weeks back and just mounts the senors on the sprocket cover and let's just say its pretty useless. I placed the magnets on the shifter and it did work for awhile after stationary testing but as soon as I went for a ride it displays just about every gear BUT the gear you are actually in lol.

[wellcraft]

Originally Posted by headshrink

Any chance you can put up some pictures of the switch/mount you fabricated?

Sure Bob.

[wellcraft]

Some pics of the bracket. This was a test fit so I'm fabing another one tomorrow and paint it. The fits 3 pics is the bracket with the sensors and the last 2 is the bracket with the magnet.
Installation was simple after I figured out the neutral issue. After everything is installed it takes quite sometime to adjust the magnet. I still need to work on that tomorrow because I'm having a small false reading with first gear. Just need some more adjustment. I b.believe I can correct this by adding an additional magnet, getting some tomorrow.

[headshrink]

Not the prettiest thing, but well done with what we have to work with. I'm thinking some double-sided sticky tape, or similar, could be good to use on the switches until you get the placement perfect.... then bolt them down.

[wellcraft]

A few more of the gauge installed. Planning on incorporate the gauge somehow to the koso bezel. Will be working on this in a few weeks.

Any question guys, feel free to ask. I will try to answer theme the best I can. English is my second language so sometimes is hard for me to use the right words.
I would love to do a DIY but I think I could be kind of confusing for you guys to understand me.
I could try if it helps in any way.

[headshrink]

Your "cockpit" is amazing looking, great job!



When I compare your pics of the magnetic switched to the pics on ebay, they are mounted differently. It appears they flip one switch upside down, where you turned yours around.

I don't know if that makes any difference functionally, but thought I would point it out in case it helps.

[wellcraft]

Originally Posted by headshrink

Not the prettiest thing, but well done with what we have to work with. I'm thinking some double-sided sticky tape, or similar, could be good to use on the switches until you get the placement perfect.... then bolt them down.

That's why I'm doing a second one, that was a test fit. I used some double tape (automotive type not the 3m) on them but they weren't holding the sensors to well and that's why i used the tie raps.
Whanted to make sure everything was going to work.

I'll post some pics when I have the new bracket.

[wellcraft]

Originally Posted by headshrink

Your "cockpit" is amazing looking, great job!



When I compare your pics of the magnetic switched to the pics on ebay, they are mounted differently. It appears they flip one switch upside down, where you turned yours around.

I don't know if that makes any difference functionally, but thought I would point it out in case it helps.

Thanks for the kind words.
The reason I put the sensors that way is because I when I was doing the bracket I use a piece of aluminium that I had laying around and was to short, so I had put it up side down. I don't think it hurts but you have to take in consideration the wiring since is up side down. I connected severing and whn I was down shifting the gauge as giving me the wrong gears. So I had to check my wiring and then everything was good to go.
Right now is working good, just need to fine tune it and fine the sweet spot.

[Magz]

I have one of these on the way as well. Hopefully they'll last. It's good to see that they at least can be successfully installed.

[wellcraft]

I didn't use the bike today, but tested the bike on the stand, went though all the gears (up/down shifting) a few times and worked very nice. Didn't miss any gear. I think I found the sweet spot when adjusting the magnet.

[wellcraft]

Rode the bike the whole week and put about 400 miles on it and the gear indicator worked perfect.

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by wellcraft

A few more of the gauge installed. Planning on incorporate the gauge somehow to the koso bezel. Will be working on this in a few weeks.

Any question guys, feel free to ask. I will try to answer theme the best I can. English is my second language so sometimes is hard for me to use the right words.
I would love to do a DIY but I think I could be kind of confusing for you guys to understand me.
I could try if it helps in any way.

Are you kidding? You are easier to understand than the vast majority!

[pilotgeorge747]

Thanks for the pics Wellcraft! Using them I was able to actually get my gauge to work properly.

[jdoucet93]

Alright guys, my indicator showed up today and I have the day off from work tomorrow. So, if all goes well, I should be able to get a good write-up done and posted by thursday. So be on the lookout if interested.

[headshrink]

Originally Posted by jdoucet93

Alright guys, my indicator showed up today and I have the day off from work tomorrow. So, if all goes well, I should be able to get a good write-up done and posted by thursday. So be on the lookout if interested.

Sweet. How long did it take to get to you?

[jdoucet93]

About 3 and a half weeks. I ordered it on the 20th.

[jdoucet93]

Finally got this done guys. Sorry for the delay, I've been really busy with work.

But here you go: DIY: Ebay universal gear indicator

Hope this helps some of you out!

[headshrink]

wellcraft: How did the final fabrication of the switch-holding plate go? Did you use sheet metal?

[wellcraft]

Originally Posted by headshrink

wellcraft: How did the final fabrication of the switch-holding plate go? Did you use sheet metal?

It's holding great. I think I already put about 800 miles since installation. I used aluminum, can't remember what gauge I used but it wasn't anything to thick. I was going to make a new one just for looks because this one was going to be more for a test fit, but since it take a while to get the perfect spot and is working great I decided to keep what I have, at least for now, maybe I might try during the winter.

Any other question, please don't hesitate to ask, I would like to help in any way.

Best regards.

[headshrink]

Originally Posted by wellcraft

It's holding great. I think I already put about 800 miles since installation. I used aluminum, can't remember what gauge I used but it wasn't anything to thick. I was going to make a new one just for looks because this one was going to be more for a test fit, but since it take a while to get the perfect spot and is working great I decided to keep what I have, at least for now, maybe I might try during the winter.

Any other question, please don't hesitate to ask, I would like to help in any way.

Best regards.

Sounds good, I may want to bounce a few things around. Let's continue this aspect of our discussion in the DIY: Ebay universal gear indicator thread, so we don't detract from KC's design. http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=91040

[headshrink]

OK... KC, I've been thinking about you for the past two days, which is not a good thing. I'm about to go into the ER with some $hite in my eye.... hopefully it is just a scratch, but I'm really scared. I had a "phone appointment" (good job Kaiser... how ironic), and they don't seem too concerned because it apparently doesn't sound as bad is it is "supposed to be," but it isn't going away two days later..... I cried in front of my wife and young children. I'm not ashamed of crying, but don't want to scare them. I'm really freaked. At least the Mrs. agreed to get naked first.... I guess I'm not dying.......... although it feels like it. **braceing for all the "baby" remarks.**

[Alex]

What type of "$hite" in your eye? Did it happen while on your ninjette? Eyes are pretty resilient, so hopefully all turns out well as soon as they get out whatever needs to get out.

[headshrink]

Originally Posted by Alex

What type of "$hite" in your eye? Did it happen while on your ninjette? Eyes are pretty resilient, so hopefully all turns out well as soon as they get out whatever needs to get out.

I'm not sure... I was in my garage, and think it was airborne, because it happened as I leaned over to empty my shop-vac. There are some metal filings on the work bench, so hopefully it wasn't that (probably wasn't). I ended up going to er last night, and dr didn't find anything in there, but said I have a scratched cornea. I was a pretty anxious patient, and begging for drugs didn't get me anywhere. The cool thing is I just walked straight in, and the place was EMPTY.... it's funny how that still takes a couple hours though.

[Somchai]

Casey, your switch is a clever solution - well done

[headshrink]

Is this project currently dead?
If not, I want to give up my space to someone else who may be eagerly waiting to get on the list.

[SlowBoyRacing]

If there is interest, I can put together a kit to have the best gear indicators on the market work on Ninja 250's.

Check out the thread: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showt...541#post435541