Yea I saw that too, I was waiting on someone else buying it and doing a review first lol

 

Yeah, I was waiting on someone else too.. I want one.

 

I'd be interested to find out what else you can do with that diagnostic plug.

 

I assume everything you could get from the normal CBR gauges. Tach and such.

 

Sounds like there is some sort of OBD functionality on motorcycles these days. What parameters are supported?

 

I may bite the bullet on this
Just picked my 500 abs today

 

I can't understand why Honda didn't use the same instrumentation used on the other bikes, and just put it into a round housing.

Seems like unnecessary work, and a bit of a rip-off to me. A tach is not essential, but it does come in handy.

 

i think it is due to a lot of Cruisers not having a tach. And they were trying to stay with that style.

 

will the rebel be able to fit the KOSO DB03R cluster?

 

Seems to say it's not available anymore?

 

It says it's been relisted, here:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/252936724509

 

Keep in mid that this will not tell you what gear your in until the clutch is released. Maybe a small detail, but if you're not actually shifting into gear on your way down, you're gonna have to count.

 

Installed my gear indicator today. Normally I'd wait for the boyfriend to do it for me. I figured "What could possibly go wrong"
It actually wasn't that hard. Moving the petrol tank around was the only thing I found difficult. I accidentally pulled a little grey tube of the base of the tank (I have no idea what it was) but it slipped back on easily enough.
all in all it took me about an hour to do and then just a quick ride up the road to tune it in.
Very happy with the outcome. I like knowing what gear I'm in.
I Paid AU$86 with shipping included from eBay

 

Yes I found it is one of the easiest mods to do on the Rebel.
The double sided tape is useless though. Not enough flat surface to adehere too.
Some of us have now used the pipe clip to better mount it, as one member kindly showed us.

 

Installed the gear indicator tonight. I used some industrial strength Velcro on the bottom and side of the unit to secure it. It seems to be holding just fine. Time will tell. Installation and setup was easy.

 

Neat installation!

 

I installed the gear indicator yesterday. I got this one:

https://shop.motofreakz.de/Umbau-St...126_994/GIpro-DS-Ganganzeige-fuer-Honda-CMX500-sehr-leichter-Einbau::20585.html

Installation was easy, as you others already said. I did loosen the tank, and like Gypsy-Rebel, a grey tube on the left side removed itself. I think it is quite loose, does someone know, what it is for?
In fact, for installation you only need to dismount the seat, not the tank. You can tighten the cable to the frame with tank unremoved.
I installed it one the right side of the display on a "light-holder-thing" for a bycicle, hope, it remains there. Will take some photos today

I didnt ride after the installation, so i will today and look, how it will work. I think you have to adjust it for once.

 

The tube could be a breather.

Yes your right' you can fix the cable along along the frame, but some of us have lifted the tank slightly to see & feed the wire through without snagging it.

Show us a pic of your bicycle mount too, I'm still not happy with the pipe clip I've used.

 

The original product is available from North American distributors. I live in Vancouver, Canada and visited their distributor here to see the item in person. It looks very well made and is quite small. The Vancouver vendor alone sells about 300 of these a year and have never had a problem. There are units for many different models. Here is a link to the mfg and you can find the US distributor on their list:
https://www.healtech-electronics.com/wheretobuy/

The Cdn vendor told me the product is made in Hungary.

 

The Healtech is expensive for what little it does, that's why most on the forum here have installed the cheaper unbranded units from eBay,Amazon etc
Long term reliability of these cheap versions I think are not known on the forum yet, but good value & perform as good as the Healtech.
I'd love to have the Healtech bar mount for mine but at $60... nope.

 

Hey guys - newbie here

Just got my Rebel 300 a few weeks ago. Love it so far. I bought the gear indicator from ebay. haven't installed it yet. Do you need to lift the tank to make this the best fit? I don't have a rear tire stand/lift, so am I able to program it by riding? How difficult?

 

You have to take the seat off anyway, so why not just unbolt the tank & lift it a little so you can see more clearly when poking through the cable.
No need to take off the tank just put a wedge under so it leaves both hands free.
You can program it while riding' yes.

 

I found that unless you can pull right onto a road where you can shift through all 6 gears it would be easier to wait until you arrive at that road to plug the Indicator into your Rebel. I thought resetting the Indicator to start over from scratch was a pain to do with traffic buzzing past me.

Kenny G

 

Easy to install

Thanks everyone. I installed the gear indicator this weekend. Was pretty simple to set up. I had to program on the road, and luckily I was able to get through all 6 gears without having to stop. Works great. I got the blue one and it matches well.