Instrumentation - digital or analogue?

[Hillbilly]

What type of speedo/tacho do you prefer on a bike? A lot of the sports bikes now have either a digital speedo with analogue tacho, or both. I personally prefer analogue as I can get a idea of what speed I'm doing at a glance as opposed to reading the digital numbers. OK, it's not as accurate as a digital speedo, but all I need to make sure of is that the needle is under 130. (that's the speed of the traffic flow on the F3)

Here are my favourate layouts on new bikes:

1: Triumph Sprint ST

2: Kawasaki ER6F

3: Suzuki GSX750F

4: Suzuki GS500F

[onearmedbandit]

Don't mind my digital speedo, tell's me exactly what I need to know at a glance, instead of having to also read the increments. Rev. counter however I prefer to be analogue, but in saying that I hardly ever look at that, I just go by the sound and pull from the engine. When it hits the rev limiter it's time to go up a gear.

[SpankMe]

Needs more options for different combinations. Digital speedo is easier to read, but prefer an analogue rev counter next to it.

[Cajun]

after spending last 3 years with a digital speedo when i jump on a bike with out one, bit strange

but rev counter needs ot be analogue.

[James Deuce]

I've got option 2 and I'm happy, though the digital speedo/analogue rev counter of the R6 was much easier to read at a glance.

[Indiana_Jones]

I prefer analouge to digital, but it doesn't make any difference really to me.

The digital Rev counter on the FXR is pretty cool.

-Indy

[Squeak the Rat]

Those ER6-f dials look the biz..... I've ridden digital but not owned one. Based on the limited experience I prefer dials except for when going really fast and needing an accurate glance reading (which doesn't happen that much)....

IMHO I reckon digital dials don't age as well due to the bigger technological advancements every year.

[Toaster]

A mixture can look great. Mines got a bit of both with an analogue speedo with a digital odo and tacho.

[imdying]

Don't mind my digital speedo, tell's me exactly what I need to know at a glance, instead of having to also read the increments. Rev. counter however I prefer to be analogue

+1 on that

[N4CR]

i'm on the fence. went from ****gogue to digital and in some ways like digital beign eassier to glance at as said above it's not as cool as having a bike with a 320kmh speedo people go look at mine and ask where speedo is.. it's inside the display above ****ogue rev counter. don't like 04 zx10 with digital revs hard to read.

i love busa layouts.. esp turbo ones. that move needles faster than usual.... revs rise and the speed just buries into the 340 notch.. looks amaing revs/speedo turning almost same speed haha. check gr1 turbo hayabusa run for what i mean.

on the zxr250 you know when the speedo in corner of your eye was pointing noirth she was screaming and you were flying 140+.. looked cool.

digital you have to look at to get speed ****ogue you can sorta get a feel for it, real good when ya riding on tank or something.

[merv]

The digital Rev counter on the FXR is pretty cool.

-Indy

I'm happy with either having had both with cars and bikes.

However, the FXR tell me if I'm wrong but doesn't it have an electronic rev counter that displays a pseudo analogue type picture i.e. its not displaying digits as such? So would we call that digital just coz its being driven digitally?

[RC1]

never had a digital dash so cant comment on which is better but i tend not to look at the speedo to much just listening and feeling what the bike is doing you can usually roughly tell what speed your doing imho.

[Deviant Esq]

Of the above images I like the Kwaka's clocks the best, although the GS500s are okay too. I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to that kind of thing, I prefer the simple yet effective, easy to read, functional but stylish in an understated kind of way that analogue has. Had digital before, not so keen on it. Not really from an accuracy or ease of use standpoint, just don't really like the way it looks.

*Shrug*

[Back Fire]

tacho I prefer analogue display... just more fun to watch... the speedo I dont care either way aslong as I can read it

[Flyingpony]

I like analogue but digital is good too, provided they're designed well.

The FXR digital rev counter & speedo work very good. I like it.

Fuel gauge how ever, should be analogue, the FXR is accurate to 1/4 tank which isn't good enough.