I like it, though I dont use it all that much, i too use the ear mostly, and on my recent ride, I dont think i saw over 11k the whole time, heck, even 10k was rare, as I only saw my shift light illuminate once all day, it had plenty of power downlow and in the midrange without taking it all the way out.........
I was talking to a friend of mine about the very subject (past AMA / CCS lightweight supersport champ), and I never use the tach either, once you get used to the bike, your ears should be "tuned" to know where the revs are, I went for my ride and also saw the shift light only once and it nearly threw me off the back it was pulling soooo hard 1st - 3rd gears.
I light having the light as a small reminder in my peripheral, so that works great.
Sorry Older Guy, i'm with the majority on this one, no ones gotta sweeter tach than this one. I listen to the engine to shift as well but look at it just for the kicks it gives me.
F*&K IT I was banging gears like a mofo on Sunday at Road Atlanta. I was coming out of T7 and started bangin em like a mofo while on the back wheel from 2-5th. The wheel would sit down when the shift light came on in 5th. By then I was setup for the long shot down the back straight and I put er in 6th and held it to the chock until the shift light came on and then through the kink and hard on the brakes.
I never once looked at the tach. I knew where the sweet spot was on the exhaust note.
i got used to the tach on my 636 so it really doesn't bother me. plus i hardly look at the shit anyway. if i'm tucking on the freeway i MIGHT see the shift light at night out of my peripheral.
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I agree if your on the gas on this machine you better be watching the friggin road or more likely the sky.If your riding hard your not watching the tach anyway.I like it nice and compact suits the bike well.
The few times I have come close to laying down any bike always happened when I was looking at my instruments. I learned real fast to just be in touch with my bikes and use it as an extension of myself. I mean how often do you need to look down to say wow I'm going fast, or damn look at those revs build hehe, However the tach on the bike is tight I like the size I just wish they would have used a diffrent color other than black to build the rpms.
Correct, www.veypor.com would work for another tach, speedo, gear indicator, shift lite, shitload of stuff you do not need....But alas, they are out of stock....But I will be installing one on my 10 as soon as they get them in!!! Have my info to them, so now I wait.
I use rev-lights........peripheral vision.....I have always felt that there is to much going on to find the tach and lots of loud bikes all over the track.
but, to each his own. If it works push it harder.
F*&K IT I was banging gears like a mofo on Sunday at Road Atlanta. I was coming out of T7 and started bangin em like a mofo while on the back wheel from 2-5th. The wheel would sit down when the shift light came on in 5th. By then I was setup for the long shot down the back straight and I put er in 6th and held it to the chock until the shift light came on and then through the kink and hard on the brakes.
I never once looked at the tach. I knew where the sweet spot was on the exhaust note.
F*&K IT I was banging gears like a mofo on Sunday at Road Atlanta. I was coming out of T7 and started bangin em like a mofo while on the back wheel from 2-5th. The wheel would sit down when the shift light came on in 5th. By then I was setup for the long shot down the back straight and I put er in 6th and held it to the chock until the shift light came on and then through the kink and hard on the brakes.
I never once looked at the tach. I knew where the sweet spot was on the exhaust note.
:lol: Last time I did a track day/school at road atlanta, they still had the 2 wheel policy in effect. And that was years before the ZX-10 came out, so i'm pretty sure it's still in effect. :wink:
check out SPA gauges, i'm getting their 18,000rpm tach with digi water temp gauge for my track bike
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