Dash Computer functions

Curious what functions the dash computer shows on the TE. Does it have a built in hour meter? Rpms? I assume an odometer and trip function.

Speed
Speed maximum
ODO
Clock
Trip 1
Trip 2
RPM graph
RPM numerical value
STP (time on trip 1)
AVS1 (average speed)

And it does have total accumulated engine hours that never resets. Also, STP is hours on the trip1 counter as I recall. At least if you're talking '08 TE 250, 450 or 510. I have no experience with 610s or '09s.

Jon

Thanks

I was hoping it had a built in hour meter and the rpm's are cool too.

How is the mph determined, does it have a sensor on the front wheel?

Yep, front wheel sensor. I assume the '09 has the same functions but the shape is for sure different. The '09 display is shorter and wider than the '08.

Also note that on my FI SMR which I assume will be the same for the TE's, if you leave the ignition key in the on position, the hour meter will run up even if the motor isn't running. Racked up a bit of extra time on the clock at the last SM race when I forgot to turn the key off between heats.

Yeah, I wish they'd have thought to only have the hour meter running when the engine is actually running.

do the fuel injected TE's have a key?


paul.

My 09 TE450 sure does, just to the right of the dash. Also has a steering lock but that's separate, on the side of the headstock. Also the 09 dash is slightly different as jlk_250 mentioned. Most of the same values are available but there's no RPM graph just the number, there's only one trip, and no max speed. Functions are as follows, with current speed always being shown:

Odo
Clock
Trip
Chrono
RPM

And I don't know whether it's different on the 08s but there's no neutral light on the 09 dash, just an "N" which appears on the screen eventually (sometimes a second or more after you actually hit neutral, which makes it somewhat less useful than it might be!). The speed has quite a lot of smoothing applied to it, so it can sometimes still be reading 20 mph briefly after you come to a sharp stop; startled me the first time I saw it!

Come to think of it, there's no mention of an hours counter in the manual as far as I can see and it doesn't appear as you cycle through the options. Chrono is more of a stopwatch/lap timer and the setting is lost if you disconnect the battery so that's not it. Anyone know if it's possible to see the number of hours the bike's run on the 09's dash?

Maybe it requires one of those "stand on one leg while holding the left fork at the lower triple clamp in one hand, pressing on the tail light with the other hand, and pushing the button on the dash with other other hand while the engine is warm and running at exactly 4276 RPM" type of operations?