11-13-2017, 02:50 PM | #1 |
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Hawk Gear indicator problem
I finally installed my digital cluster for the Hawk and I am missing the 5th gear indicator. I jumpered to the new harness and the new cluster and harness work fine (When the bike is in 4th and I jumper from the 4th gear wire on the bike harness to 5th in cluster harness, the new cluster says 5th).
But when I try to jumper the 5th gear wire from the bike harness to any of the pins on the cluster harness, I get nothing. All of the other gears and neutral work fine. How hard is it to get to the gear indicator sending unit?
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11-13-2017, 04:48 PM | #2 | |
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Either the ribbon cable from the transmission to the harness was pinched by the housing and wiggling it helped, or it was just magic. Regardless, I am good to go now.
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11-15-2017, 02:02 AM | #4 |
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really can't see the issue....
gear indicator is not needed.... the best way is to listen to the motor... surprising how much feed back the bike will give you.. ..
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11-15-2017, 08:08 AM | #6 |
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Can I get an Amen to that statement, brothers and sisters!
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11-15-2017, 04:09 PM | #7 |
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Needed or not, some of us want things to function, even if we ignore them.
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11-15-2017, 05:53 PM | #8 |
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I know what you mean. Our statements are for the guys who develop gut twisting angst over trivialities. Like the guy who ran two different columns on here asking jet recommendations that a bunch of us answered multiple times. A speedometer that works is a handy thing to have, upon occasion. In fact, I've got a brand new Smith's Chronometric speedo head just waiting for me to get a Hawk to see if I can make it work on it. ....ARH
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11-15-2017, 09:03 PM | #9 |
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I know I'm not riding god and I can't yet channel my inner feng shui with my machine but I kinda like the gear indicator. My bikes in the 80's never had it, but my buddy got a gs550 ( I think) and it had it. I thought it was cool. I do like it telling me, hey dummy you are in 5, stop trying to upshift, there aint no more.
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11-16-2017, 09:47 AM | #15 |
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Well if this engine ever craps out I will convert to a water cooled 250 with 6 gears. A good 10- 12 hp gain.
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