For Sale: Shift Lights (Group Buy)

**Hitcher** · 29th April 2005, 22:29

Buy a bike with some stump-pulling torque and save the Christmas tree lights for the other poofs to play with. Rippling coloured lights that nobody else can see is a serious onanism. I'm surprised they don't come in pink or pastel shades.

**onearmedbandit** · 29th April 2005, 22:43

Originally Posted by wkid_one

Question - why do you need a light to tell you when to shift?

I had one on the R1 - waste of fecken time......unless of course you really want to save 10 one thous of a sec on the commute in to work!

Having three different colours allows you to set them to illuminate at different rev ranges allowing a wide range of uses. These are not just a shift light for maximum revs.

**Hitcher** · 29th April 2005, 22:43

And it appears there are some thin-skinned, ghey, underpowered sportsbike riders with no sense of humour amongst us.

**Eclipze** · 30th April 2005, 02:18

Originally Posted by wkid_one

Question - why do you need a light to tell you when to shift?
I had one on the R1 - waste of fecken time......unless of course you really want to save 10 one thous of a sec on the commute in to work!

All a shift light like on your R1 did is tell you when to shift.
Read this one pager... Usage Guide

**Eclipze** · 30th April 2005, 02:25

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Buy a bike with some stump-pulling torque and save the Christmas tree lights for the other poofs to play with. Rippling coloured lights that nobody else can see is a serious onanism. I'm surprised they don't come in pink or pastel shades.

There was actually someone that requested some light to be a mixed blue/red to give a weird purple effect... kinda looked good, but after reading that I'm not about to post a pic he hee...

Ahh..well. I've got plenty of trackriders, a rally driver and even a top professional using it now, but I enjoy a good taunt every now and then

**wkid_one** · 30th April 2005, 12:37

Funnily enough I prefer to watch the corner, my braking point, my turn in point, my roll off point, and my apex - not a fucken light show on my bikes dash board!

**Eclipze** · 30th April 2005, 12:58

Originally Posted by wkid_one

Funnily enough I prefer to watch the corner, my braking point, my turn in point, my roll off point, and my apex - not a fucken light show on my bikes dash board!

Geesh... lighten up!

I don't think you quite understand the purpose for it. It's not some light show you stare at! It replaces the tacho which you can't see while "watch the corner, my braking point, my turn in point, my roll off point, and my apex" with something you CAN see in your periperal vision, and only the information (section of RPM) you need to know about.

I bet you don't use the tacho at the moment... yet its information of benefit that can improve your riding. You just haven't been able to use it. Check out Valentinos bike and the F1 cars, cos they use these types of display too!

So as you say, its your preference not to use such devices and I can respect that. I would appreciate it though if your comments/critisisms are more constructive than a sterotype comment.

**Badcat** · 30th April 2005, 13:13

Originally Posted by wkid_one

Funnily enough I prefer to watch the corner, my braking point, my turn in point, my roll off point, and my apex - not a fucken light show on my bikes dash board!

obviously, you're just too good a rider for all this modern trickery then...
thanks for the benefit of your supreme wisdom!
we all feel so inadequate after this enlightenment.

**k14** · 30th April 2005, 13:18

Originally Posted by Hitcher

And it appears there are some thin-skinned, ghey, underpowered sportsbike riders with no sense of humour amongst us.

yep

better than being a fat, thick skinnned, overpowered tourer rider.

p.s. isnt "ghey" spelt gay??

**onearmedbandit** · 30th April 2005, 13:38

Oh wkid_one, I only wish I was as well versed as you obviously are in bike control. Damn, after riding for only 18yrs I should realise something like this has no pratical use. Still, put me down for a set.

**BNZ** · 30th April 2005, 16:53

Originally Posted by wkid_one

Question - why do you need a light to tell you when to shift?

I had one on the R1 - waste of fecken time......unless of course you really want to save 10 one thous of a sec on the commute in to work!

Because on a 250 they not only make a fuck load of noise, but also take quite a long time to reach the red line. 15000rpm sounds quite similar to 20000rpm when you are concentrating on the road and not the engine! To be able to give it death and never look at your tacho is a great thing on a 250. You dont need to look at the light to know when to shift, it is bright enough in yout peripheral vision.

**Coyote** · 30th April 2005, 18:19

Originally Posted by ZXR250_NZ

Because on a 250 they not only make a fuck load of noise, but also take quite a long time to reach the red line. 15000rpm sounds quite similar to 20000rpm when you are concentrating on the road and not the engine! To be able to give it death and never look at your tacho is a great thing on a 250. You dont need to look at the light to know when to shift, it is bright enough in yout peripheral vision.

Damn right. One of these will be very handy whilst on the track