Suzuki gear indicator lights

On the GN250. Only 3 and 4 were working. OK, so I can count to five, but
I thought I'd have a go at fixing the other three.

There's a separate tiny bulb for each indicator light. Suzuki want more
than £4 for each one (which includes the rubber push-in mount, although
the bulbs themselves can be separated).

I hied me to Maplins with a dead bulb as a pattern. WQ13 0177 is a
direct replacement, for just over a quid each. Page 471 of the current
catalogue, if anyone's interested.

No idea what other Suzukis have illuminated gear indicator panels these
days, but I wouldn't be surprised if they use the same bulbs.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

the V reg GS125ES I passed my test on had one.

 

The Spagthorpe Metro Hexual six-speeder Gentleman's City Motorcycle had
a crank, pivot and rod arrangement which transferred the gearlever
movement to a click-stop moving slit on a quadrant mounted above the
carbide headlamp, thus providing an instant readout of gear placement at
night.
A slight drawback was the tendency for it to change gear whilst
cornering, sometimes more than one, as the linkage wore and got snagged
in the headstock.

 

Didn't they do an after-market cable conversion kit to solve this problem?

 

When my gf's Sportster's rear/brake bulb went all broken in Cortina, after
a morning's Internet research and phoning around Chrysler dealers (ffs) we
ended up going to the nearest HD place, which was in Bolzano. It was,
without doubt, one of the world's best days out on a motorbike, but for a
bulb? And they charged us for the Coke in the showroom bar. Assholes.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Dave Emerson

Of course not, you silly man.

The Spagthorpe solution was absolutely in keeping with the fine
engineering tradition of that august[1] brand.

They simply fitted an interlock cam which monitored the wear in the
linkage. Once it had exceeded a defined limit (which could be adjusted
to suit the owner's preference), an outrigger was automatically deployed
to limit lean-angle. Thus, the unwanted gear-change was completely
eliminated, and normal function was restored.

[1] <nods> to Krusty