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23-01-14, 01:02 PM
You are right on the 30 -34 thing I'm not trying to say I know my speed to the exact 1mph but close enough, and yes that 30-34 can be too close to call solely with spidersense alone. So I have a small strip of red insulating tape on the 30 mark which makes it easy to see in your peripheral.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
23-01-14, 02:03 PM
(23-01-14, 10:20 AM)kawasutra link Wrote: A lot of sports bike riders I know, use a DataTool's Digital Gear Indicator, which is mounted usually next to the clocks, so there are obviously many riders out there who don't automatically know what gear they're in, but DO want to know. Most of us don't need one -that's why they aren't a standard part of a bikes equipment -unless you own a (1978 GSX400) In fact, all of us don't really need one I reckon. I can perhaps imagine a need for a light to indicate when you are in top gear -if you really must wring top speed out of your sportsbike and are very worried you arn't in the highest gear, but i can't see why anyone really needs to know what gear they are in otherwise. 
23-01-14, 03:41 PM
That's usually how I know I'm in 6th :lol
In reality though I know that 4k rpm in 6th is 60mph on the thou so that's my basis. If I'm not looking then I will usually try for 7th 
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23-01-14, 03:43 PM
Try riding a pan European - in their wisdom, Honda blessed the thing with only 5 gears!
23-01-14, 03:48 PM
(23-01-14, 03:41 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: In reality though I know that 4k rpm in 6th is 60mph on the thouYes and thats my point in knowing my speed without always looking as I also know what 4k revs ar 7k reves sound and feel like
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
23-01-14, 05:19 PM
Its not ability. If I am in town I check my speedo. If I am on open roads I ride the bike. Knowing if I am in 4th or 5th is irrelevant and knowing if I am going 50 or 90 isn't important.
Knowing that I am going at the right speed for the corner is what I am looking for and that the engine is spinning enough to get the rush out is important. Neither of these involve speedos or gear indictor, just feel. Ask me how fast I have been down the Chelveston bends or what gear I was I wouldn't know cos there are a lot more important things to think about, or watch out for, than a set of gauges |
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