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HOW TO: 04-06 R1 Digi Gear Indicator Install

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
1. Remove tank, windscreen and right side middle fairing
2. Locate the speedo sense wire (white/yellow)at the right side wire loom.
3. Splice (solder or wire snap) an extension wire to the speedo wire. Make extension wire about 3' long. You will cut it later.
4. Route the extension wire (I used a yellow wire) up along the front wire loom on the right side. Route the wire up in between the headlights.
5. Find a suitable place to install the Gear Indicator so that the display can be read and so that the clip-ons do not interfer with the indicator. I mounted mine to the left side of the display.
6. Crimp-on a 22 gauge eyelet to the Digi black ground wire and install in the ground location on the fairing brace.
7. Solder the green Digi speedo to your extension wire from the speedo sense line. Be sure to install heat shrink first or tape off after soldering.
8. Remove the connector plug that goes into the back of the display.
9. From here you have 2 options A. you can pop out the necessary contacts and solder your connections or B. leave the contacts in and strip back the wire insulation approx 1-2" from the connector. I popped out the contacts and soldered the Digi wires directly to the contacts and re-installed.
10. Solder the Digi yellow wire to the Yellow/Black wire in the connector.
11. Solder the Digi blue wire to the Light Blue/White wire in the connector.
12. Solder the Digi red wire to the Light Brown wire in the connector.
13. The orange wire is not connected and is used for programming the Digi.
14. Wire connections are now complete. I installed a intermediate male/female connector so that the Digi could be removed easily if I wanted.
15. Reinstall the connector into the display.
16. Reinstall items in #1
17. You now need to program the Digi. Turn the key to On position.
18. Ground Digi orange wire. Hold to ground for approx 1 min until the display flashes.
19. Remove and again touch ground. Each time the Digi will flash the next gear. Do this until 6 is acheived on the Digi display.
20. Tape up orange wire and secure .
21. Put bike on stand and put kickstand up.
22. Be sure bike is in neutral.
23. Start bike
24. Proceed to put into 1st gear and release clutch. Digi will blink "1" Rev the bike up to approx 2000 rpms so that the "1" will blink fast and the display will switch to "2" .
25. Shift into 2nd gear briefly pausing in neutral and do the same again.
26. Go through the gears and do the same until you get up to 6th gear. Once 6th is complete the Digi display will cycle.
27. Programming is complete. Enjoy!
 

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#10 ·
I could use white gauge face plate now
 
#12 ·
i ordered an acumen gear indicator the other day. took my bike apart, and the harness behind the tach seem to all plug right in, but i cant figure out where the heck the harness for the speed sensor wire goes. got any close up shots of the harness for the speed sensor?

the harness i ordered said "2002-4 r1" does the 02 even have the same speed sensor harness as the 04 bike?
 
#18 ·
I can't find the speed sensor wire either on my 2003 R1 I have easily found all the others in the back of the display, I just pulled the plug out and stripped back the wires I needed to solder into and bobs ya uncle but for the life of me I can't figure out where the speed sensor wire is, they say on the instructions that it is a White cable with a Yellow stripe, but there is no cable like that in the back of the display??????? is it somewhere else on the bike, will I need extra wire to reach?

any one who is good at this stuff, please help...

;)
 
#19 ·
Tron said:
I can't find the speed sensor wire either on my 2003 R1 I have easily found all the others in the back of the display, I just pulled the plug out and stripped back the wires I needed to solder into and bobs ya uncle but for the life of me I can't figure out where the speed sensor wire is, they say on the instructions that it is a White cable with a Yellow stripe, but there is no cable like that in the back of the display??????? is it somewhere else on the bike, will I need extra wire to reach?

any one who is good at this stuff, please help...

;)
It's under the tank on the right side, find the connector for the speedo sensor and splice it there
 
#21 ·
There are many connectors under the tank on the right side! Can someone please post a picture of the exact location of this "Unicorn" of a wire that is so hard to find. Of all the post on this forum, I have yet to see a picture of this very important step. If this is so much of a problem, and so many people are having trouble, why is there not just a simple picture of it? I need a digital camera so I can do it myself..............but I am still looking for that damn wire!
 
#22 ·
i have a digi gear indicator.. are you looking for the speedo sensor? if so....


take off your seat and side panels off the tank. unbolt the top of the
tank and life it up. if you look near where the feul pump is you will find where you plug in the speedo sensor. try to find something to hold up the tank while you're doing this, it should take like 5 minutes to do.

oh yeah look close to the bottom of the tank where the hinge is. hope this helps. once you get it installed its a matter of finding a nice spot to program it!
 
#25 ·
I have the ACUMEN, plug and play. It was fairly easy to install, and no soldering or splicing. It does change gears a little slow sometimes, and often it might have a flase reading when in the lower gears (1st, 2nd) but it quickly corrects itself. AS far as finding the wire, it's under the right side of the gastank. There is only one wire there that has the same connector. I would take a picture, but I'm outta commision right now.
 
#26 ·
Where Can I get One???

:rant :fork :rant

Hey guys I love the idea of the gear indicator, where can I get it?

I checked McCoy's Tobefast.com website but they don't have it.

Since I am not the brightest star when it comes to electrical work, I would preffer the one with harness plug, just to keep it simple.



:rant :fork :rant