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Shift up indicator
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:44 pm
by paulgelineau
My 2015 1200RT has the "shift up" indicator and I'm curious what that is predicated on. Speed, torque, RPM or a combination of all? I don't generally use it to tell me when to shift as after 30+ years of riding I can tell when to shift up or down. Just a curiosity question.
Cheers,
Paul G.
Re: Shift up indicator
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:37 pm
by exportman
Seems to be on RPM, guess it about meeting the emissions regulations.
Re: Shift up indicator
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:37 pm
by Gavj
On my 2020 it appears to be for economy, not sure of the parameters used but similar to my wife's car. If your light on the throttle it suggests shifting up. I switched mine off, found it distracting having an orange light / symbol appearing on the dash...... as with you, I know when to shift
Re: Shift up indicator
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:11 am
by Peter Baker
As above, pretty sure it is "economy focused" to help you get better mileage... Peter
Re: Shift up indicator
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:23 am
by Casbar
On the KTM 1290, you can adjust it yourself, obviously it won't let you go higher than the max rpm.
Re: Shift up indicator
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:01 am
by PeteM
Gavj wrote:
On my 2020 it appears to be for economy, not sure of the parameters used but similar to my wife's car. If your light on the throttle it suggests shifting up. I switched mine off, found it distracting having an orange light / symbol appearing on the dash...... as with you, I know when to shift
Mine is definitely economy/emissions based. I've turned it off as I find it annoying
Re: Shift up indicator
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:50 am
by Stu
They work in a strange way!
steadily cruising along it will tell you to go in as high a gear as possible
Giving it some stick it will tell you to hold the gears longer
I turned mine off as I found myself following its advise and the bike just felt like it was in the wrong gear all the time