I'm sure I'm not the only one to notice the irony of the "engine" light being in the shape of an automotive V8 and not a V-twin. How Stupid????

 

Could you show this to me because I'm not seeing how a light of a v8 and a v-twin would look different...

 

Wh[8D]at is a engine light?????

 

Most likely a standard icon used by vehicle manufacturers....It's the same shape as the light in my Dodge truck.....

 

I would guess it is a universaly recognised symbol for engines.No big deal IMO

 

Yes, a universal symbol. Yes, no big deal.

But ......

For cryin' out loud! We're talkin' about the worlds Icon for motorcycles! That crappy V8 symbol was the first thing I noticed with I switched on the ignition. Anyone who rides a Harley would reconize the V-Twin symbol (if there was one) in any language.

For those that don't know, it is a small indicator symbol on the speedometer (idiot light) that tells the operator to "Check Engine". Maybe some older bikes would not have this feature.

 

i never gave it much thought but now that u mention it ,it should be a v twin and not a car engine.

 

I hope the image loads but this is what I'm talking about.

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OK, I'll give you it looks much more like an auto engine than a bike. But don't manufacturers use international symbols to represent these things so they can build rough bike and have everyone recognize what these things mean?

Would BMW have to have various different check engine lights (and please excuse the rough form of my "drawings"):

Flat oppossed twin o[]o
Straight Four [oooo]

OK, we've beat this completely unimportant detail to death..

 

No kidding.. Didn't know I had one of those. Always in such a hurry to get it started, warmed up and off down the road. I've become accustomed to listening to the bike rather than looking at the dash, to know it's running or not.. While playing with the enricher ****. (next one will be a fuelie).

But seriously, anything beats the old 80's style cheap jewels on my old evo with the bulbs that kept going out. Big dull lighting multi-colored rectangles that looked like something out of an old 70's American car.