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I have commented in the past, some others have well, about the 2017ex speedo look, that it's too busy with both mph and kph and the funny font.
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Care across some photos of the India Scout 2020, and this is what I'd rather see, whether miles per or kilometers, it wouldn't even matter to me. The font might even be the same, but it looks so uncluttered:
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a 200 mph speedo? World Fastest Indian lol
yes in comparison the 17 speedo looks rather busy.
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I know what you mean but it does not bother me.
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An instrument should give you just the information you need. Anything more is distractiing.
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they should have stayed green!
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I like the 2013 gauges best, especially the green faces. Even though the stainless rims are not structurally needed, it reminds me of old Smiths gauges. But I have found the gear indicator increasingly useful.
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Pekingduck...what CB is that bottom speedometer from? That's exactly the look I'd have given it. Balanced. The '17ex feels like it always pulls to the left--now I now why...it's the extra weight of that speedo lettering compared to the tach lettering.
EDIT: wait, is that one them thar photo shopped photos?!?!
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(03-15-2020, 05:22 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote: Pekingduck...what CB is that bottom speedometer from? That's exactly the look I'd have given it. Balanced. The '17ex feels like it always pulls to the left--now I now why...it's the extra weight of that speedo lettering compared to the tach lettering.
EDIT: wait, is that one them thar photo shopped photos?!?!
Yessiree. If only life were that easy. As kids believe.
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I love the angled font on the '17. The smaller second row of KPH digits doesn't bother me in the least. Makes it easier to differentiate the speedo from the tach at a quick glance. Some of my VWs had tachs that read 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 x 100 rather than the usual 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 x 1000, which made the tach look just like the speedo.
Yep, I'm fine with the numbers and fonts on the '17. I just wish they'd kept the green face.
