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kk lewi Full Member Offline Suki Love Rocks! Posts: 134 Eastern NC	Second speedo light 10/03/09 at 18:49:21 What have you guys/gals done with yours?
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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #1 - 10/03/09 at 18:56:04 ??? Are you talking about the empty light that use to be the side-stand light on the early year bikes?? Also .. I think the 88 or 89 wiring diagram called it the oil light , but the bike never had a oil pressure sensor. Pretty hard to get a pressure switch to sense the 2 to 4 PSIG the bike has at idle.....
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28725 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #2 - 10/03/09 at 19:21:04 You could hook it to your horn,... so you know when you're beeping at someone?....
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28890 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #3 - 10/03/09 at 20:27:05 Why would you want your horn to know you were "beeping" someone?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28725 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #4 - 10/03/09 at 22:10:37 No, no ,no.... I want to know,... when my horn is beeping... My horn already knows it's beeping,... That's would be silly...
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: Second speedo light Reply #5 - 10/04/09 at 10:15:00 But an oil temperature sensor... that's something else.
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kk lewi Full Member Offline Suki Love Rocks! Posts: 134 Eastern NC	Re: Second speedo light Reply #6 - 10/04/09 at 14:25:47 T Mack 1 - FSO wrote on 10/03/09 at 18:56:04: ??? Are you talking about the empty light that use to be the side-stand light on the early year bikes?? Mmm, dunno what is used to be but it's to the right of the one that tells you are in neutral. AFAIK it doesn't do anything on my '07.
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Re: Second speedo light
Reply #7 - 10/04/09 at 18:48:35

kk lewi wrote on 10/04/09 at 14:25:47:

T Mack 1 - FSO wrote on 10/03/09 at 18:56:04:

??? Are you talking about the empty light that use to be the side-stand light on the early year bikes??

Mmm, dunno what is used to be but it's to the right of the one that tells you are in neutral.

AFAIK it doesn't do anything on my '07. Undecided

Yep, that use to be a side stand (kickstand) down light. I guess Suzuki thought "DUH", side stand down, put it in gear and it turns off, DUH. Cost saving deletion....

What would you like to put in there???

An oil pressure light (low oil press) would be nice, but the bike is a low pressure bike. A 3000 RPM the spec says 7 to 10 psig. That translates to about 2-4 psig at idle. Most easily available oil press sensors don't go that low. So everytime you come to a stop sign or wait at a light, the oil light would come on. That would be annoying......

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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #8 - 10/04/09 at 18:57:35 Might be nice to figure out a way to put a LOW FUEL light in there, that would light up and warn you to go to RESERVE before the engine dies in traffic.
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Re: Second speedo light
Reply #9 - 10/04/09 at 19:19:39

Charon wrote on 10/04/09 at 18:57:35:

Might be nice to figure out a way to put a LOW FUEL light in there, that would light up and warn you to go to RESERVE before the engine dies in traffic.

Charon,
WOW, great minds think a like. Cool

I had that typed in but though I was already typing too much. backspced it out.

Yea, low fuel would be great, but hard to do. Maybe an over temp light would be a easy one to do...... but what is the max temp?

T Mack

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28725 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #10 - 10/05/09 at 01:21:35 I rode a Honda 500 Shadow for a while,... that had an indicator for 6th gear, overdrive.... I'm always looking for one more gear?.... Figure that one out!.... I dare ya'!... and then,... I'll copy ya!.... Hunting for sixth gear, is just plain embarrassing sometimes...
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Re: Second speedo light
Reply #11 - 10/05/09 at 05:27:51

My '83 Suzuki 650 Tempter had a digital gear indicator, but it required a switch set in the transmission (probably on the shift star wheel) to make it work.

It probably wouldn't be too difficult to add a "brake light ON" indicator. That might give warning that your brake light was on, should you be one of the people who sometimes rest your right foot on the pedal while riding.

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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #12 - 10/05/09 at 07:35:11 A LOW FUEL light would definitely be my choice! ~
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jabman Senior Member Offline Posts: 411 England Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #13 - 10/06/09 at 04:37:16 what's the tiny black wire that goes into the engine near the oil sight glass?
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2540 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Second speedo light Reply #14 - 10/06/09 at 07:18:54 jabman wrote on 10/06/09 at 04:37:16: what's the tiny black wire that goes into the engine near the oil sight glass? that's for the neutral light
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