Low cost Gear Position Indicator, interest?
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Out of my mind, back in 5
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Getting them in time for X-mas is a pipedream, since it takes around two weeks for me to get them from the PCB manufacturer, and I haven't even tested them yet... And since it's snowing outside, on top of the previous 6-7 inches already, I won't be doing that for now... You wanna be the guinea pig?
Otherwise tell the wifey she can get a gift certificate...
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Um... I did play on a frozen lake with a dirtbike with studded tires... Does that count?
Actually the bike is about ready to come out of hibernation now, the temps have finally climbed to where the roads aren't ice covered in the first part of the day, and ice and water in the later... I'm just holding out for the last few degrees to make the tires behave like rubber and not concrete...
The GPI is hooked up and ready, and once I have put some miles on it and calibrated it, so that I know the design works, I'll start taking orders and buying parts...
I'm kind of unwilling to spend the money on ordering 200-300 PCB's, only to find I want to fix a problem afterwards... All the components that go on the PCB can be bought in small batches (although bigger keeps the price down), but for the PCB's 5 pieces cost the same as 100+... So there really is no middle ground...
The Speedohealer clone is all software, ie the hardware is just signal processing, so on that design I can order the PCB's and know that they will work... And then I can make all the adjustments I want in the programming... It's more a matter of enough wanting to buy it to make it semi-profitable for me...
Actually the bike is about ready to come out of hibernation now, the temps have finally climbed to where the roads aren't ice covered in the first part of the day, and ice and water in the later... I'm just holding out for the last few degrees to make the tires behave like rubber and not concrete...
The GPI is hooked up and ready, and once I have put some miles on it and calibrated it, so that I know the design works, I'll start taking orders and buying parts...
I'm kind of unwilling to spend the money on ordering 200-300 PCB's, only to find I want to fix a problem afterwards... All the components that go on the PCB can be bought in small batches (although bigger keeps the price down), but for the PCB's 5 pieces cost the same as 100+... So there really is no middle ground...
The Speedohealer clone is all software, ie the hardware is just signal processing, so on that design I can order the PCB's and know that they will work... And then I can make all the adjustments I want in the programming... It's more a matter of enough wanting to buy it to make it semi-profitable for me...
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From: thorold ontario
why not get people to pay up front? ill glady pay up front for a gpi, ive got a speedohealer already so gpi is all i want. let me know if that works for you, that way anyone whos interested will be sure to get one for sure and you wont be out hundreds of dollars in parts.
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Well... "still making" might be the wrong thing to say... I made a couple of prototypes and have tested it to my satisfaction... Now I need to start producing them, but real life issues like moving house, switching work, and a whole list of other have delayed it a bit...
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From: thorold ontario
hey i wont be needing one as i sold my bike and my new bike has one. i would however be interested in knowing if you could make me a speedohealer of sorts for my 01 gixxer 1000. no rush on it as i just flow with traffic but i need to do my full bike license at some point in the next 3 or 4 years so it would be nice to know how fast im going. lol. good luck with the switch and why the move and job change?
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Marcus, any progress on this?
Last edited by RWhisen; May 13, 2012 at 07:17 AM.
Well take off, eh.
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Intrested in purchasing a gear indicator, and before spending the 150-175$ with shipping on ebay, figured I'd check with my friends here first.
Doug up this thread, with tweety inventing one, and wanted to know who has one, and, if it's worth the money. This wether it be Tweety's one, or an Ebay one ?
I have not read the whole thread, just the first ones, since it's pretty long, and, I'm such a lazy ***. So, please forgive me for asking again if the question has already been asked more then once, but Tweety, if you read this, have you finished your model ? ( or anyone elso who might know this feel free to answer please)
If anyone has the GI Pro, intrested in your comments...
Doug up this thread, with tweety inventing one, and wanted to know who has one, and, if it's worth the money. This wether it be Tweety's one, or an Ebay one ?
I have not read the whole thread, just the first ones, since it's pretty long, and, I'm such a lazy ***. So, please forgive me for asking again if the question has already been asked more then once, but Tweety, if you read this, have you finished your model ? ( or anyone elso who might know this feel free to answer please)
If anyone has the GI Pro, intrested in your comments...
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Out of my mind, back in 5
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Intrested in purchasing a gear indicator, and before spending the 150-175$ with shipping on ebay, figured I'd check with my friends here first.
Doug up this thread, with tweety inventing one, and wanted to know who has one, and, if it's worth the money. This wether it be Tweety's one, or an Ebay one ?
I have not read the whole thread, just the first ones, since it's pretty long, and, I'm such a lazy ***. So, please forgive me for asking again if the question has already been asked more then once, but Tweety, if you read this, have you finished your model ? ( or anyone elso who might know this feel free to answer please)
If anyone has the GI Pro, intrested in your comments...
Doug up this thread, with tweety inventing one, and wanted to know who has one, and, if it's worth the money. This wether it be Tweety's one, or an Ebay one ?
I have not read the whole thread, just the first ones, since it's pretty long, and, I'm such a lazy ***. So, please forgive me for asking again if the question has already been asked more then once, but Tweety, if you read this, have you finished your model ? ( or anyone elso who might know this feel free to answer please)
If anyone has the GI Pro, intrested in your comments...
In about a month, I'll be PERMANENTLY settled into a house, with a workshop, in time for winter... So then this will switch to a more active project... But other than if you are willing to wait, I'd say eBay... Soorrrrryyyy....
Well take off, eh.
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projects like that is a no-no, says the responsible party in this relationship, ie spousal unit...
In about a month, I'll be PERMANENTLY settled into a house, with a workshop, in time for winter... So then this will switch to a more active project... But other than if you are willing to wait, I'd say eBay... Soorrrrryyyy....
In about a month, I'll be PERMANENTLY settled into a house, with a workshop, in time for winter... So then this will switch to a more active project... But other than if you are willing to wait, I'd say eBay... Soorrrrryyyy....
As for the wait, it is not a problem at all since in few weeks from now, the only handle bars I will have in my hands will be the one from my Columbia snow blower. Yes, as you in Sweden, that white sh** makes it's way here every Fall. So Tweety, your schedual will be mine, since I preffer spending my money on my friends on the forum, vs someone I don't have a clue who they are.
Keep us posted !
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Markus Maximus, how goes the settling-in process? Is SWMBO at all happy? I know that's a silly question, and remember, they NEVER forget ANYTHING!
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It's me that's suffering... The garage needs a new pair of door, since the ones on there are about to fall off... So the garage is more like a windtunnel... And the workshop, with it's separate doors isn't much better, since the door actually did fall off a couple of days ago...
Now, I knew this when I bought the house, but I wasn't planning to swap doors in a bloddy snowstorm... I had planned to get them shut, nail them together and forget them until it thaws (I have a door from inside the house, and once the bike is in there I don't need the outside doors until spring)...
But the timber was so bad that the nail and hammer sunk in to the shaft when I tried that... Followed by the door falling of (and me looking like WTF!)... So now I'm alternating my time after work by clearing the snow out of my workshop, and building the new doors... Fun, fun, fun...
As you all can imagine, projects that involve fiddly stuff where you cant wear gloves will have to wait a while, until the snow stays outside the shop...
But, it's still on my list of things to get done until my riding season starts...
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Oh she's happy alright, so no problems there...
It's me that's suffering... The garage needs a new pair of door, since the ones on there are about to fall off... So the garage is more like a windtunnel... And the workshop, with it's separate doors isn't much better, since the door actually did fall off a couple of days ago...
Now, I knew this when I bought the house, but I wasn't planning to swap doors in a bloddy snowstorm... I had planned to get them shut, nail them together and forget them until it thaws (I have a door from inside the house, and once the bike is in there I don't need the outside doors until spring)...
But the timber was so bad that the nail and hammer sunk in to the shaft when I tried that... Followed by the door falling of (and me looking like WTF!)... So now I'm alternating my time after work by clearing the snow out of my workshop, and building the new doors... Fun, fun, fun...
As you all can imagine, projects that involve fiddly stuff where you cant wear gloves will have to wait a while, until the snow stays outside the shop...
But, it's still on my list of things to get done until my riding season starts...
It's me that's suffering... The garage needs a new pair of door, since the ones on there are about to fall off... So the garage is more like a windtunnel... And the workshop, with it's separate doors isn't much better, since the door actually did fall off a couple of days ago...
Now, I knew this when I bought the house, but I wasn't planning to swap doors in a bloddy snowstorm... I had planned to get them shut, nail them together and forget them until it thaws (I have a door from inside the house, and once the bike is in there I don't need the outside doors until spring)...
But the timber was so bad that the nail and hammer sunk in to the shaft when I tried that... Followed by the door falling of (and me looking like WTF!)... So now I'm alternating my time after work by clearing the snow out of my workshop, and building the new doors... Fun, fun, fun...
As you all can imagine, projects that involve fiddly stuff where you cant wear gloves will have to wait a while, until the snow stays outside the shop...
But, it's still on my list of things to get done until my riding season starts...
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Dude, it's an old "U" shaped farmhouse from 1809... The part that are are my workshop and garage is the former stable and vagon house, so yeah it's most definetly an old barn in a sense... It's not a newfangled prefab house...
The "doors" are two friggin wooden doors large enough to drive a small tractor inside... So it's not something you just unhinge and swap... You build them in place, and then bolt the hinge and remove a support...
The "small" door to the workshop is simply just one door, roughly the same size as the others... I could drive my car throught there if it wasn't for the fact that I'd get stuck on my workbench...
The "doors" are two friggin wooden doors large enough to drive a small tractor inside... So it's not something you just unhinge and swap... You build them in place, and then bolt the hinge and remove a support...
The "small" door to the workshop is simply just one door, roughly the same size as the others... I could drive my car throught there if it wasn't for the fact that I'd get stuck on my workbench...
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Out of my mind, back in 5
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Around here you need a friggin snowsuit... It's alternating between -1 and snowing vertically, and then it drops to -10c and everything turns into a big friggin ice rink... You're welcome to come around here and try it... My hands get stuck to metal tools if I'm not using gloves... Highly annoying...
