It must have taken a lot of effort on Guzzi’s part to design a gear indicator that only indicates what gear your in once you’ve released the clutch lever. How’s that conversation go at the design stage?Unfortunately, the current indicator is "working as designed." In order to get it to work the way you want, they would have to throw out the current solution and build something new from scratch. Fixing it isn't possible.
__Jason
In Italian (likely slurred as you’d have to be drunk to think of something so stupid):
« So, shall we give them a gear indicator? »
« Of course! »
« Shall we make it so you can’t see what gear you’re in until you’ve released the clutch? »
« ohh, that’s a unique idea, is that possible? That’ll screw with their heads! Hilarious idea. Let’s do it! »
« How about we put tubed rims on it but no centre stand. »
Great hilarity all round!
« oh yes, that’s genius, that will fuckem up good n proper if they get a flat »
« How about on the new model we put the Lambda sensor in the most obvious and exposed point on the exhaust? »
« Oh yes, brilliant! Not seen that before, that way it can get caught on stuff all the time, possibly get broken off or bent at the least and look incredibly ugly »
Good ol’ Guzzi.
I can’t understand why only 200 get bought a year. (Sarcastic tone) I guess there must be a few nutters around.
Still, (sigh), what else would you want? I’m not even entirely sure I’d ride anything else but they are er um ´quirky’.