Suzuki bandit

Anne-Martine- I looked at some of the Bandit websites and it looks like
the Bandits don't come with the fuel gauge or gear indicator at least
the newer years. That's too bad, these are some of the features I
really like on my older '82 GS550LZ. I was looking to buy a 600 Bandit
and was hoping that they came with these. It seems like it should be a
good bike especially the liquid cooling. Tom.
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My -96 Bandit 1200 has an analogue fuel gauge as standard, but no gear
position indicator other than the standard Neutral light. I also miss the
gear indicator I saw on some 80's models.
Therefore, I was happy to find this description of how to make one by David
Gonzales from Prairieville, Louisiana. I intend to use his recipe to make my
own by feeding the input to a PIC processor and drive a 7-segment LED
display to show the digits (among other things).
I hope he does not mind me sharing this since I can no longer find his
homepage.

SHIFT INDICATOR FOR SUZUKI
This is a shift indicator set up that will work for almost all Suzuki's
(Bandits, RF900's, GSXR's even the six speeds). You replace the neutral
light switch on the end of the shift drum with Suzuki part number
37720-24A01 (GS1150 switch) cost around $35.00. Be sure and use the oring
from the old switch and do not lose the contactor and spring on the end of
the drum. The neutral switch is located under the sprocket cover just below
the front sprocket. Reconnect the neutral light to the blue wire on the
switch (the part comes with multiple connectors just use the one that fits)
and your neutral light still works. The white/yellow stripe wire is first
gear, blue wire neutral, red/blue second, green/blue third, yellow/green
fourth, green/red fifth, brown/red sixth gear. The switch works by taking
the signal to ground. To make a gear shift indicator use a 750 to 1000 ohm
1/4 watt resistor $0.50, LEDs you can use radio shack part # 276-068 (this
is a metal jacket led with mounting hardware, this number is red they come
in green, yellow, or white) pack of two for $2.50, and some wire about
$3.00. Connect a wire to the 12vdc at the horn (one side is key switch hot
and the other goes to ground when the horn button is pressed) solder the
resistor to the wire you connected to 12vdc. Solder another wire to the
other side of the resistor and tape up or use heated shrink, now take this
wire to the long post on the LEDs (if you are using more than one just jump
from LED to LED with a wire to each ones long post). Solder wires to each of
the short post on each led. Connect the wires from the short post on the
leds to each shift drum switch wire for each gear. If you have a 5 speed you
will not use the brown/red wire. If you just want a 5th gear indicator, then
use one led with resistor and setup, connect it to the green/red stripe
wire. This set up can also be used for multi-stage NOS or Turboing. Take a
fuse 12vdc to a relay (coil side) and then the other side to the switch,
then use the contacts (N.O. or N.C.) from each relay to activate solenoids
ect. for each gear you are in. You can leave the line with lower horse power
just before wheeling and when you shift add more horse power and keep the
wheel on the ground.

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 > Did the bandit models come with a gear position indicator and fuel gauge
 > in the 90's, anyone know? Thanks. Tom.
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Oystein- Thanks for the info, I didn't realize you could use an original
80's gear position switch. I wonder how the switch works, it must be
mechanically actuated by the gear shift lever or something else
internally? You could probably use an original 80's display also?
Thanks. Tom.
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