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Old 12-12-2006, 06:16 PM
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Who makes the best, gauges on a bike? oem, not aftermarket.
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Not Kawasucky.
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Why does it matter?
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Ive never had a kawi but rode my friends and it sucked

Order of preference for me

Honda
Yamaha (would be tied with honda but there tach doesn't speak the truth on the 06!)
Suzuki
Kawi

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stay on topic........thanks
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Do certain gauges that come from the fact, have diff settings? or all they pretty similar in function as well?

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Triumph 675

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thats pretty sweet looking, looks like a car gauge... i like it
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Are there any that are EL?
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If it's car-like gauges you are interested in, check out the Goldwing's.
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Honda FTW
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Maybe it is on topic.

If you were to tell us what you're going to do we could probably give you a better answer than soome loosely based manufacturer wide, listless, stupid picture comparo.

And no, they don't all work the same. Not between manufacturers, and not between bikes.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ASteele2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Maybe it is on topic.

If you were to tell us what you're going to do we could probably give you a better answer than soome loosely based manufacturer wide, listless, stupid picture comparo.

And no, they don't all work the same. Not between manufacturers, and not between bikes. </TD></TR></TABLE>

My exact thoughts, thanks for saving me the typing.
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What's with the hate on kawi gauges? I liked mine?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SHystrdyGSRtdy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What's with the hate on kawi gauges? I liked mine? </TD></TR></TABLE>
Radial tachometer makes it hard to read at a glance. Style-wise, it looks good. Functionally, blegh.
Old 12-12-2006, 09:19 PM
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The only thing I didn't like on the 05 ZX6R was the tach.
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I like new model GIXXER guages.


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I vote 1098

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i liked the RC51 tachometer. I thought it was good looking, but i hated that you had to press a button to switch between odo, trip, and temp. I wouldn't like to see at least two of those at once. I liked my F4i guage cluster, except for the fact that the clutch cable cut in front of the speedo.
Now i'm kinda partial to my SV650s cluster. Very centered and shows me everything i need to see.
The only cluster i've seen so far that really didn't do anything for my was my friend's 2001 Mille cluster. That thing was plain and gross. And it lit up green.
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I like my RC's cluster too although the YZF's old school analog gauges do a great job of letting me know what i need to know.

Hell, I'd put an RC cluster in my Integra if I could figure out how to do it.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jasper_db1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The only thing I didn't like on the 05 ZX6R was the tach.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i love my gauges
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the new 600rr and 1000rr by far i think have the ugliest gauges. looks so outdated for how new the bikes are. imo i think r6 & r1 gauges are nice. but i think the new 2006+ zx-10r has the nicest gauge cluster i've seen.

with that said, i like my 636 cluster except for the LED tachometer is very laggy so sometimes i think it'll read 13k but i'm bouncing off of the rev limiter
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The Aprilia gagues seemed pretty nice, bright, readable from afar and looked good. Didnt actually ride the bike, as its my friends, but they looked good.

The new Gixxer's have nice clusters as well. Once again I dont own one, but have seen em and tey are pretty nice.
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are you gonna put a bike cluster in your car?
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Bwahahahahahahaha LoL


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