07-11-2014, 05:42 AM
(07-11-2014, 12:08 AM)Gumby 1100_imp Wrote:(07-10-2014, 11:54 PM)shdwghst457_imp Wrote: Gumby, aren't our meters digital (but with an analog display)? I wouldn't think a true analog dial would be able to fully flex like it does when you turn on the bike.
As soon as you have a mechanical needle displaying the RPM it becomes analog. The tiny motor rotating the needle very well may be fed a digital signal, but unless the Tach has been calibrated, you have no idea how accurate the needle readout may be.
Even 'digital' LCD or LED Tachs need to be calibrated to verify accuracy. The term "digital" may imply accuracy, but it does not guaranty it
That's very wrong. The DISPLAY is analog. That says nothing of the way the display gets its data. It's a digital tachometer (and speedometer) as there is no mechanical cable from the engine/wheel/driveshaft to the instruments, driving the gauge via actual revolutions. An electrical impulse is transmitted to the tach and speedo heads, that they then interpret into servo motor movements (also digital) that swing the needles above the gauge surface.
Other than the actual gauge face itself, no part of the gauge package or senders are analog.
That being said, I use 5th gear as much as possible. I usually shift into it at about 45mph. If I had a sixth, I'd probably shift into it at about 50, and I do on my other bike.