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My Gear Indicator Just Arrived !!!!!!!!!!

You had to throw in the exhaust thing didnt you,Jules is gonna kill you ,lol

Dont worry i knew how cut Jules was about the Stumbles exhaust, so ever so delicately at today's ride....well as delicately as a train smash! i told him his bike still sounded like a sewing machine...lol, that was just for you stumbles, someone had to stick up for you!
 
Dont worry i knew how cut Jules was about the Stumbles exhaust, so ever so delicately at today's ride....well as delicately as a train smash! i told him his bike still sounded like a sewing machine...lol, that was just for you stumbles, someone had to stick up for you!

LMFAO... Cheers.

Now he's really gunna come at me (or my bike) with a hammer...lol

:)
 
Took to mine with a hacksaw, and drill before the ride,chopped the back guard and drilled more holes in can, but as you heard wolf says still sounds like crap. Although i dont know how he could have heard mine over the trx, kept thinking he was over taking me, but looking in the mirror he was2-3 car lengths behind, good that sounds sweet.
 
Ok here are a couple of pics.I won't do a write up as there is a really good one on here already and I just followed his instructions.http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-general-discussion/629-digital-gear-indicator-07-fz6.html
First one are they wires you have to get to at the ECU under the tank.
Second one is mounted temporarily , I ran out of time to finish it off.Still have to solder the connections and mount it properly.
Very Happy so far :rockon:
 
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Ok , update on function of indicator.Whenever I pull the clutch in the neutral light glows and then goes out when I release it .Other people have had this too and if you fit a diode in the green wire it stops this.
So I emailed the supplier and he said the only bike he had heard of doing this was a late 05 model FZ6....guess what .....I got one of them , lol
He said any old diode will do the trick so looks like a stop at jaycar one day after work....stay tuned ,lol

Edit:Emailed Acumen in the UK and after explaining the problem to them got a very prompt response and they are going to post me the diode free of charge,how is that for customer service,will just put up with the neutral light glow till it turns up.
 
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Was just about to reply to ask you how that gear indicator is going, as i was about to ring Bike Monkey to finalise my order...then i read about your Neutral light coming on every time you pull the clutch in...my bike does this...and i aint got anything attached to my electrics...was going to ask Yamaha World about it when i put the bike in for a serice this week.

Did'nt quite get your post...what causes this?
 
My bike never did it before I installed the gear indicator Wolfman,and other people on SBN had the same thing,bikemonkey thinks it only happens on a small number of bikes.To fix it you just solder a diode in the green wire of the indicator(neutral wire)and all fixed.Acumen are sending me one.

Your getting an indicator ?
Your going to love it :thumbup: What colour did you get ?

EDIT:Just remembered my bike has had the glow before,but only after I had washed it and got to much water around the ignition , used to dry out pretty quick though.
 
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My bike never did it before I installed the gear indicator Wolfman,and other people on SBN had the same thing,bikemonkey thinks it only happens on a small number of bikes.To fix it you just solder a diode in the green wire of the indicator(neutral wire)and all fixed.Acumen are sending me one.

Your getting an indicator ?
Your going to love it :thumbup: What colour did you get ?

EDIT:Just remembered my bike has had the glow before,but only after I had washed it and got to much water around the ignition , used to dry out pretty quick though.


Well i have been riding my bike around in the rain lots & lots in the last week...have been thinking of installing paddles...lol! so that might explain why my neutral light has started playing funny buggers!

Will still ask about it when i go for a service, and will mention the diode thing.

As for the gear indicator, i am going to go for a blue readout, as that will match the colour of my instrument panel readout at night.

My bike's gonna feel like a bloody fighter jet with all this stuff stuck under my screen - instrument panel, GPS, and now the gear indicator.

And yes, i cant wait to get this thing and install it...drives me nuts sometimes not knowing which gear i am in, especially on rapid downshifts...sometimes you let out that clutch thinking your in 3rd, and your in 2nd, and you get more engine braking than you want, and the bike gets all squirrelly on you, and is ready to rocket out of the corner when you apply the throttle, as rev's are very high...when you really only want to accelerate gently.

I think this is more of a problem on the FZ6 because the gear box is a very "porridgey", and doesnt really give you a distinct click through the gear lever, when you work it hard.

Am hoping that changing my oil to fully synthetic, when i get the bike serviced this week, will help to sharpen up the gear box.
 
You install it, id like to see this. Wolf think about the synthetic, other threads are saying no to full synthetics, as it stuffs bearings. As i oil rep i still dont know what oil to put in the f***ing thing, ended up putting motul 5100 in it.
 
You install it, id like to see this. Wolf think about the synthetic, other threads are saying no to full synthetics, as it stuffs bearings. As i oil rep i still dont know what oil to put in the f***ing thing, ended up putting motul 5100 in it.

Lol...am guessing Jules you are questioning my ability to work out mechanical stuff...and yes, as a dumbass DJ your probably right...but hey i did my FE kit with no stress, and that required a little bit of a brain!

But if the truth is to be known, i would probably F*&% it up!

So, Mr Ozfazer6 you live just down the road from me, would be glad for your help...always got a few cold Pales in the fridge, so we could have a couple of quiet ones, and you could lend me the benefit of your experience.

Will PM you when i get it. Thanks. :)
 
Programing is a cinch,the hard part is getting to the wires.If you want to do it yourself I can give you a hand if you want.Took me about 1 1/2 to 2 hours including soldering.If I can do it anyone can ,lol
How hard was the Acumen compared to the Biketronix for installation? Biketronix works on the wheel revolutions using a magnet but Acumen doesn't?
 
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How hard was the Acumen compared to the Biketronix for installation? Biketronix works on the wheel revolutions using a magnet but Acument doesn't?

Hi Crazy,yeah compared to the biketronix one the acumen was a lot easier to program,from my experience anyways,I had a bitch of a time with that one.
The acumen is completely electrical,no magnets,all you need to know is what wires go where.Power,earth,speedo,tacho and neutral.Then you just tell the indicator how many gears you have by pressing the programing key into the back.Then 1st gear .......4000rpm till bars flash,select neutral,then same for the rest of the gears .You only have to select neutral once.
 
Hi Crazy,yeah compared to the biketronix one the acumen was a lot easier to program,from my experience anyways,I had a bitch of a time with that one.
The acumen is completely electrical,no magnets,all you need to know is what wires go where.Power,earth,speedo,tacho and neutral.Then you just tell the indicator how many gears you have by pressing the programing key into the back.Then 1st gear .......4000rpm till bars flash,select neutral,then same for the rest of the gears .You only have to select neutral once.

Ok great, I've made up my mind to not install it. I've decided not to track my FZ6 so I don't need it. Plus I don't want to open up my ECU. I am now done with my bike mods. Any more money goes on gas and putting on more miles under the belt and Top case.
 
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