Pingel shifter

[ssgzag15]

Pingel Enterprise is currently working on a custom electric shifter for the Gen 1 V-max, ( I work in the R&D dept. it is my personal bike), I am putting out feelers for interest in the project to see if it is worth bringing a kit to market. Enough e-mails to sales may persuade them to offer it in the next catalog, spread the word and call or email Pingel Ent sales dept!
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[ssgzag15]

http://www.pingelonline.com/index.htm

 

[Fire-medic]

I just checked the price for a Suzuki sportbike for the electric shifter, $975!

I think you are going to have a small market here, as many of us probably don't have bikes that would fetch $3500 on the market if we had to sell it. Then there are always the performance guys who would do it if they could shave a few tenths. My comments are only my observation, and if you think the market is there, then please do it. I am sure that much of the stuff is used on other bikes, and it just may be a matter of getting the CAD-design parameters (for the Gen I VMax brackets) stored so you can crank one out when someone wants one. It's always good to have options.

 

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Pingel Enterprise is currently working on a custom electric shifter for the Gen 1 V-max, ( I work in the R&D dept. it is my personal bike), I am putting out feelers for interest in the project to see if it is worth bringing a kit to market. Enough e-mails to sales may persuade them to offer it in the next catalog, spread the word and call or email Pingel Ent sales dept!
[email protected]

I'm not answering your question but.......

I know the Gen 2 owners have an interest. Several owners I know have fit Pingles (with much effort) and one has a DW. No one makes a Gen 2 specific kit that I know of.

A lot of owners already have a quickshifter (fuel interrupt) on their bikes so a basic mechanical kit would be popular to start I would think. The Gen 2 market is not huge either but many owners are doing a lot of fairly expensive mods and are always looking for any new performance mod, even if they don't race their bikes. I could see 20+ units being sold very quickly then some slow steady business after that.

Mark

 

[wildweasel_pt]

http://www.flatshifter.com/products/
http://www.translogicusa.com/powershifters.php - this one is a pretty setup
http://www.kliktronic.co.uk/

If you guys can beat those prices i think you will win the crowd.

 

[FootNote]

Cant say anything about the electric shifter but that air shifter looks to be on the money price point wise.