Gear Indicator woes.

[Anonymous]

My gear indicator shows 0 in second gear. All other gears read correct. Is there an adjustment or is mine just possesed? Its an 83 1100E
Thanks,

[Anonymous]

mine shows 1 allthe time 4 works too, i dont think it can be adjusted

[suz82]

LCD Gear Display GS1100E 82

Just got through troubleshooting mine. The light had burned out and I couldn't see what gear I was in when riding at night. I removed the plastic housing from within the instrument panel and disassembled it. I soldered in a new light. When I re-assembled I wasn't getting the correct display. I was getting just a dash. I took the 3 screws out, cleaned the contacts and re-assembled and it work correctly. When the LCD panel mates with the gold fingers on the circuit board if there is any dirt in there or if it's not tightened evenly it wont work correctly. This may be a place to look to fix your issue.

[GS1100ez]

went threw alot of this

my first display would not show the right gear and the light wasnt working
checked the contacts int he unit
at the connection under the tank
even at the engine end
all was good

got another cluster on ebay and put the gear indicator from that into mine worked great except for the light

took the display apart again and wired in an LED and resistor so there wont be a chance of the bulb going out again

i have given my brother my spare non working display, he is an electrica engineer, he said he would try to pull info off of it and see if he can rewrite the info to another rom so next time it happenes (hopefully it wont) i can just reprogram the eeprom
he hasnt had time to try yet tho, that was about 7 months ago


oo 83E has the same has 82E indicator

[bonanzadave]

My headlight took a shot which caused the indicator to fail. The Light was driven back against the wire harness and when I unwound the black electrical tape I found 3 wires cut. Solder and heatshrink. Works like a champ.

[hillsy]

My old 750EF's gear indicator was all over the place (IE: all wrong readings), so I switched the pins around in the connector under the tank until they were right. Took about 10 minutes

It was like that when I bought the bike (secondhand), so I suspect the sensor was replaced with one from another model which had a different wiring layout Either that or the PO was doing drugs....

[Baatfam]

Mine says "0" all the time, in any gear....

I just ignore it....