RE: [ST] Digital Speedo

[david.funk@xxxxxxxxxxx]

While I like analog speedometers in general, I don't like the Sprint ST gauge. It is too hard to read. The digital gauge on the RS is much easier to read. The ST analog gauge needs larger numbers, less range (say max=150), to be positioned in the center putting the tach on the left, and be 20% larger.
Without at least most of those improvements the RS digital gauge will remain much better.

David W. Funk
'00 Sprint ST
Pleasanton, CA


> As for the generational thing, I'll only be 29 next month, and I hate
> the digital speedo's.  Give me the classic analog gages anytime.  To me,
> it's one of the deciding factors of bikes, even back when I was
> originally looking at the Sprint (ST/RS) years ago.
> 
> Matt Heyer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Andrew F. Kay, Jr. 
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:02 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ST] 2005 ST, First Thoughts
> 
> Well written, Mike, thank you.  But I must disagree about the speedo,
> both from an aesthetic standpoint and a technical one.  My Bonneville
> (Pontiac SSEi) switches it's analog speedo from MPH to KPH at the push
> of a button.
> 
> I suppose it to some extent a generational thing, but digital gauges on
> both bikes and cages are off-putting, at least as far as speedometers
> and tachs are concerned.
> 
> Perhaps Doggydo, even older than I but an RS fan, will disagree.
> 
> Andrew F. Kay, Jr.
> Riders of the Lost Empire, LC,  13355 79th Street, Fellsmere, FL 32948
> www.lostempire.com   andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Holidays
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:19 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ST] 2005 ST, First Thoughts
> 
 

> bulky and dated. It makes the FJR1300 look positively porky and the
> Ducati 
> STs look tired, even though it has just been updated. The ST looks
> sleeker 
> and more refined than the VFR, especially when you see the VFR with the
> bags 
> and I know the valve adjustment will be a lot cheaper. All in all a
> solid 
> effort. My only dissapointment was the fact that they stuck with an
> analog 
> speedo. I've grown used to the digital ones and I like the quick change
> from 
> MPH to KPH.
> 

> All the Best,
> 
> Mike Ciebien
> Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Holidays
> www.rockymtnmoto.com 

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