Kawasaki ZX-6R 2003, ZX-6R 2004, ZX-6R 2005, ZX-6RR 2003, ZX-6RR 2004 Installation Procedures Manual

INSTALLATION DOCUMENTATION 28/02/2006 P&P KIT

Installation procedure for MXL Strada / MXL Pista

Kawasaki ZX6R-ZX6RR - 2003-2004-2005 kit – Version 1.02

Kawasaki

ZX6R – 6RR

2003-2004-2005

MXL Strada / Pista Plug and Play kit for

Kawasaki ZX-6R and Kawasaki ZX-6RR

This kit is intended only for those bikes completely following the service manual

MXL STRADA DASH

It works like a dash with 6 already configured
channels that show:

• RPM

• Speed

GEAR

rpm

SPEED

km/h

• Water Temperature

• Oil Pressure

• Fuel Level

• Turning Lights

• High Beam

• Engaged Gear Number

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MXL Strada can also receive a beacon

signal, records RPM, speed, water
temperature and oil pressure max and min
values and has 2 other free channe l s .

MXL PISTA DASH AND DATA LOGGER

It works both like a dash and a data logger and
has two configured channels. It shows:

rpm

AL 1

AL 2

AL 3

GEAR

SPEED

km/h

AL 4

AL 5

AL 6

• RPM

• Speed

• Water Temperature

• Engaged Gear Number

MXL Pista can also receive a beacon signal

and has 6 free channels.

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KIT DESCRIPTION

The plug and play kit for Kawasaki ZX-6R – 6RR is composed of the following objects:

MXL Strada kit MXL Pista kit

• MXL Strada

• Plug and play wiring for MXL Strada

• Installation kit with a dedicated bracket

• USB cable for Pc Iterface

• CD-ROM with Race Studio 2 software

• Infrared beacon receiver and transmitter

(optional)

• Documentation

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MXL

kit for Kawasaki ZX-6R – 6RR has been developed for the following year models .

• MXL Pista

• Plug and play wirin g f o r MXL Pista

• Installation kit with a dedicated bracket

• Infrared beacon receiver and transmitter

• USB cable for Pc Interface and data

download

• CD-ROM with Race Studio 2 software

• Documentation

Cubic capacity (cc)

ZX-6R (600 cc)

ZX-6RR (636 cc)

Year 2002 Year 2003 Year 2004 Year 2005

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• = NOT supported

(*) When you find MXL this means we are speakin g of MXL Strada and MXL Pista.

MXL Strada / MXL Pista - Kawasaki ZX-6R – 6RR has been designed a nd develo ped to be

a “plug and play” system to connect to the “on-board” wiring. The aim of this kit is to merge
the functionalities of the stock dash with these of a professional data acquisition system.

MXL Strada / MXL Pi sta - Kawasaki ZX-6R – 6RR version may be used both on track (lap

times, split times, engine parameters, gyroscope to track maps; this one only for MXL Pista)
and on street (odometer, water temperature, oil pressure alarm, fuel level).

The gauge, as the stock dash, is powered by the bike’s master switch and when installing

MXL Strada / MXL Pista, you do not have to cut, bend or drill anything: each component of

the kit has been designed to be plug and play.
The gauge has to be connected to the standard head light using the bracket supplied with the
system. The bracket is made in anodized Aluminum, lightweight and mechanically resistant.

GENERAL NOTES – Read this before installing the system

• Do not cut any wiring: the wiring supplied with the kit is plug and play.

• Be careful not to damage the on-board connectors when plugging / unplugging them.

• If You bought a MXL Pista and you want to connect the TPS cable, please do not

install it when the engine is hot, because TPS on-board connector is quite near to the
engine and you can burn yourself.

• Be careful not to loose screws and washers nor to damage the fairing.

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INSTALLATION STEP # 1 – Removing front transparent fairing and
mirrors.

The first installation step consists in
removing the bike front transparent fairing
and the lateral mirrors.
The front transparent fairing is fixed to the
bikes chassis through 6 screws circled in
Figure 1. Please unscrew them and
remove the front transparent fairing.

Figure 1: front transparent fairing – screws location

It is now necessary to remove both lateral
mirrors. The lateral mirrors are fixed to the
bikes chassis through 2 screws fixed to a
little internal chassis. This chassis is
covered by a little fairing and to remove
this last one you need to remove the
screw circled in Figure 2. Please repeat
this operation on both sides of the bike.

Once removed the external lateral screw
of Figure 2 and the plastic fairing, please
remove the two screws highlighted with
two arrows in Figure 3, that fix the lateral
mirror to the bike chassis, and the screw
circled in Figure 3 that fixes the stock
dash to a little internal chassis. It is now
possible to remove the lateral mirror.
Please repeat this operation for both
mirrors.

Figure 2: .Lateral screw to remove.

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Figure 3: Lateral mirrors screws.

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INSTALLATION STEP # 2 – Removing the stock dash.

The second installation step consists in
removing the stock dash.
The stock dash is fixed to a little internal
chassis and to remove it you need to
unthread the same chassis. In Figure 4
are circled the three screws that fix
chassis and stock dash to the bike. Please
unscrew them.

Before removing the stock dash you need
to unplug the stock wirings connector. To
unplug it, please press the little black
tongue highlighted with an arrow in Figure
5 and unplug the connector.
It is now possible to unthread this little
chassis together with the stock dash.

Figure 4: location of the little internal fairing screws

Once the chassis and the stock dash have
been unthread from the bike you need to
separate the two objects. Please unscrew
the three screws circled and highlighted
with an arrow in Figure 6.

When the stock dash has been separated
from the chassis, please remount the

chassis on the bike without any dash

using the screws you removed before (see

Figure 4).

Figure 5: the on board wiring connector

Figure 6: screws that fixes the stock dash

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INSTALLATION STEP # 3 – Assembling the kit.

The third installation step consists in
assembling MXL Strada / MXL Pista kit.
First of all, please fix the anchor plugs you
find in the kit as shown in Figure 7.
The four holes circled and highlighted by
an arrow in the figure on the right are
used to fix MXL Strada / MXL Pista to the
same bracket.

The kit You receive, has already mounted
the four anti-vibration mountings on the
back of your MXL Strada / MXL Pista;
Install your MXL Strada / MXL Pista on
the aluminium bracket fixing the bracket to
your MXL Strada in correspondence of
the 4 anti-vibration mounting and using 4
screws and 4 Grover washers.

Figure 8 shows the correct assembly of

MXL Strada / MXL Pista, bracket and

washers (rear view).
The anchor plugs, highlighted in the figure
will lately be inserted in the holes shown
in Figure 6.

Figure 7: Anchor plugs are fixed to the bracket

Figure 8: assembled kit, rear view.

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INSTALLATION STEP # 4 – Wiring connection

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The fourth installation step consists in
installing MXL Strada / MXL Pista wiring.
First of all, please pull back the protective
plastic cover highlighted with an arrow in
Figure 9 and plug the stock connector in
the kit one. You can then replace the
plastic cover.
Please note: if you bought an MXL Pista
you will find in the kit the TPS wiring too.
This cable, that is highlighted with a red
arrow in Figure 9 can be connected later;
please leave it with the connector looking
the right side of the bike.

In Figure 10 you can see MXL correctl
installed on a Kawasaki bike.

Figure 9: wiring connection

Figure 10: MXL correctly installed.

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INSTALLATION STEP # 5 – Connecting the TPS cable.

If you have bought an MXL Pista you find
in the kit an AIM TPS cable too (shown in
Figure 11). This cable is a split one and is
made of two connectors: a male connector
(labelled as “AIM – M” in Figure 11) and a
female one (labelled as “AIM – F” in
Figure 11).
If you want to connect it, please follow this
procedure.

To find the stock TPS connector you need
to remove the bike seat and to uplift the
gas tank.
The bike seat is fixed to the bike with two
screws, hidden by two little lateral plastic
chassis. To remove the little plastic
protective chassis, please unscrew the
screw circled in Figure 12 and the two
screws located on the other side of the
bike.

AIM - M

AIM - F

Figure 11: AIM TPS Cable

When the little protective plastic chassis
has been removed, you need to unscrew
the two screws that fix the seat to the bike.
The first screw is circled in Figure 13,
while the second is specular on the other
side of the bike.

Figure 12: location of right plastic chassis screw

Figure 13: the screw that fixes the seat to the bike.

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When the bike seat has been removed it is
necessary to uplift the bike gas tank. In
Figure 14 is circled the screw that fixes
the gas tank to the bike, please unscrew it
and uplift the gas tank using the bracket
supplied with the bike. Please remember
not to do this installation when the bike i s
hot, because the available space is quite
reduced and you can burn yourself.

When you have uplifted the gas tank the
bike is as in Figure 15. The TPS
Connector is very deeply hidden behind
the engine on the right side of the bike.
Please follow the wirings of the white
connector circled in Figure 15 and you will
reach the primary throttle valve and the

TPS connector.

Figure 14: location of the gas tank screw

Figure 15: the gas tank has been uplifted

The stock TPS connector, is a male one,
like the one labelled as “M” in Figure 16.
Please unplug it and connect it to the AIM
female connector (labelled as “AIM - F” in
Figure 11); then connect the other

F

connector, labelled as “F” in Figure 16,
with the AIM male connector (labelled as

M

“AIM - M” in Figure 11).

Figure 16: the TPS connector

PLEASE NOTE: before re-mounting the front transparent fairing, the mirrors, the seat
and the gas tank, we suggest You to turn on the bike in order to check the system
integrity and its correct working.

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FIRMWARE FOR MXL KAWASAKI ZX 6R – 6RR - 2003-2004-2005

As your MXL Kawasaki has been designed both for street and track use and as the
information the driver wants to display are different for street and track use, your MXL

Kawasaki is equipped with a special firmware version which provides you with a second

virtual dashboard.

When you are driving on a street, the
display is set to “street mode” and shows
the following parameters:

● RPM graphical bar: settable upper limit;

● RPM digital value / Battery voltage /

Total odometer / Partial odometer /
Current date and time: Fuchsia colour
(button VIEW/QUIT to switch between
them);

● Speed: red colour;

● Gear number: green colour;

● 2 fixed analog inputs (not switchable):

Blue colour

● 4 switchable analog inputs or static

string: Light Blue colour.

Once you start running on a track and your
gauge triggers a lap ( you pass in front o f a
switched-on lap transmitter), the display
switches automatically to “track mode”
and shows the following parameters:

● RPM graphical bar: settable upper limit;

● Lap time / RPM digital value / Battery

voltage / Current date and time: fuchsia
colour (button VIEW/QUIT to switch
between them);

● Speed: red colour;

● Gear number: green colour;

● 2 fixed analog inputs (not switchable):

Blue colour

● 4 switchable analog inputs or static

string: Light Blue colour.

In order to step back from “track mode” to “street mode”, please switch off the gauge and
then re-switch it on. The gauge sets automatically to “street mode”.

NOTE: for further information concerning the display management and its
configuration, please refer to the MXL Strada / Pista / PRO user’s manual.

rpm

GEAR

Figure 17: Street display

GEAR

Figure 18: Track display

rpm

SPEED

km/h

SPEED

km/h

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MXL Pista / MXL Strada KAWASAKI Configuration [Race Studio 2]

Your MXL Pista / MXL Strada Kawasaki may be interfaced with the PC in order to:

● download the data stored in the internal memory;

● upgrade the gauge firmware;

● configure the gauge.

Once you buy a MXL Pista / MXL Strada Kawasaki, the gauge already includes a
configuration properly developed for your Kawasaki bike: all sensors, calibration curves,
engine parameters, speed parameters, etc… have already been set to a default value which
guarantees you the possibility to plug in the input cable and start running.

Anyway, if you wish to change, for instance, the RPM upper value or the shift lights, if you
wish to add a potentiometer sensor or a gyroscope on your MXL Pista / MXL Strada

Kawasaki and you need to calibrate them, if you change the crown or the pinion with a

“different teeth number” one, you need to use our software Race Studio 2.
The CD-ROM including software, USB drivers, installation documentation and user manual is

included in the MXL Pista / MXL Strada Kawasaki kit. If you have any doubt about software
or USB drivers installation, please refer to the installation manual included in the CD-ROM.
The following table shows the input channels for MXL Pista / MXL Strada Kawasaki.

MXL Pista - Kawasaki MXL Strada - Kawasaki

Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
Ch. 7
Ch. 8

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RS2 = Race Studio 2 software

Water temperature
Free input channel – use RS 2
Free input channel – use RS 2
Free input channel – use RS 2
Free input channel – use RS 2
Free input channel – use RS 2
Free input channel – use RS 2
“On board” gear sensor

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Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
Ch. 7
Ch. 8

To correctly configure your gauge and use Race Studio 2, please follow these instructions.

Run Race Studio 2 and select “MXL”
pushbutton in the buttons toolbar.
Press “System manager” button and then
“New” button: the screenshot shown in
Figure 19 is prompted.

Please the following configuration
parameters (Logger type, vehicle name,
speed, temperature and pressure unit of
measure, etc…) and then press OK
button.

Water temperature
Free input channel – Use RS 2
Oil Pressure
Free input channel – Use RS 2
Fuel Level
Direction Lights
High Beam
“On board” gear sensor

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Figure 19: Race Studio 2 – New configuration

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Once pressed OK button, System
Manager window is prompted on your
monitor, as shown in Figure 20.
In order to correctly configure the input
channels, please select it among the
available ones (in Figure 20, for instance,
there are 2 available configurations: the
yellow-highlighted is the selected one) and
press button “Channels”.

The screenshot in Figure 21 is prompted.

MXL Strada Kawasaki:

This logger has 2 free input channels ,
Channels labelled an CH. 2 and CH. 4.
Clicking in the correspondent cell (row
“CH. 2” or row “CH. 4” column sensor
type) you may set the input channels
among a long list of pre-defined sensors
or you may set a custom sensor selecting
“custom sensor manager”.

MXL Pista Kawasaki:

This logger has 6 free input channels,
labelled from CH. 2 to CH. 7. Clicking in
the correspondent cell (row “CH 2 / CH. 7”
column “Sensor type”) you may set the
input channels among a long list of pre­defined sensors or you may set a custom
sensor selecting “custom sensor
manager”. Moreover, you may set channel
name and sampling frequency.

Once all sensors have been correctly set,
please press button “Configuration”.
Configuration window (Figure 22) allows
the user to set shift lights and alarms
threshold value, change unit of measure,
to modify the speed parameters, etc…

Figure 20: Race Studio 2 – System manager window

Figure 21: Race Studio 2 – Input channels window

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Figure 22: Race Studio 2 – Configuration window

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Speed:

The speed sensor on your Kawasaki bike is installed on the jackshaft that connects the
gearbox to the pinion. The number of teeth is 4. (until 2004 models)***
The wheel circumference written in the proper cell is an “equivalent circumference” calculated
using the following formula:

NCircumfWheel

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p

CircumfEquiv

=

N

c

Np = Pinion teeth n umber

= Crown teeth number

N

c

Using the default values for crown/pinion teeth number and wheel circumference, the
equivalent circumference is 824 mm (32.44 inches) for Kawasaki ZX 6R-6RR. If you change
the pinion or the crown and you do not want to manually compute the equivalent
circumference, please refer to “Equivalent Circumference Compute

” paragraph.
In case of ZX-R 2005, the reference number of teeth is 28 and the signal is taken from the
secondary transmission jackshaft

Shift lights:

The values described in the 5 cells may be modified by the user in order to switch on the led
at the desired RPM value. The 5 default values are the proper ones for a Kawasaki ZX 6R-

6RR.

RPM:

Please, DO NOT modify the “Multiply factor” (the default value is /2).
To change RPM scale upper limit, please select the desired value among the 7 default ones.

Alarm leds MXL Strada Kawasaki:

AL 1

Water Temperature

Maximum alarm
Default value: 100 °C (212 °F).

AL 2

Oil Pressure

Battery Voltage

Minimum alarm
Default value: 2 Bar (29 PSI).

Minimum alarm
Default value: 13 V.

Minimum alarm
Default value: 100 (corresponding to the

Fuel Level

stock dash treasure value).
Please do NOT modify threshold value;
you might run out of fuel.

Minimum alarm
Default value: 250.

Turn Signal

Please do NOT modify threshold value;
you might not see the turn signal on the
display.

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Maximum Alarm

High Beam

Default value: 250
Please do NOT modify threshold value.

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Alarm leds MXL Pista Kawasaki:

AL 1

Water Temperature

Maximum alarm
Default value: 100 °C (212 °F).

From AL 2 to AL 6

You can set the proper threshold value of the sensor you have
installed on each channel

Gear sensor:

Suzuki plug & play kit allows you to sample the gear directly from an “on-board” sensor
installed inside the gearbox. In order to allow your MXL to sample the gear, please do NOT
modify the gear sensor default value which is set to calculated with Neutral signal.

Calibrating auto calibrating the sensors, transmitting the configuration:

MXL PISTA Kawasaki owners:

If you install a gyroscope (to map tracks)
and/or a fork travel potentiometer (or a
rear shock travel potentiometer), these
sensors needs calibration to sample
correct data. Please, click on “Calibrate”
button: the window shown in Figure 24
appears.
There are 2 categories of sensors: “to be
auto-calibrated” and “to be calibrated”.

The “to be autocalibrated sensors” are:

Gyroscope
Potentiometer distance

The “to be calibrated sensors” are:

Zero based potentiometer
Mid zero potentiometer

Refer to the user manual for more information about calibration / aut o-c alibration procedure.
Once calibrated / auto-calibrated the sensors, please transmit the configuration to the logger
pressing button “Transmit calibration” inside the “Sensor calibration” window.

Once set the desired input channels on your MXL and/or the desired threshold values
for the alarm led of the shift lights, please transmit the configuration to the logger: to

do so, please press OK button and then “Transmit” button on the next screenshot.

ATTENTION: before transmitting the configuration, please ensure that the logger is
connected to a switched on PC as shown in Figure 23.

Figure 24: Race Studio 2 – Calibration window

Figure 23: How to connect the logger to the PC

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AL 1

AL 2

AL 3

MENU

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AL 4

AL 5

AL 6

MEM

VIEW

ok

quit

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EQUIVALENT CIRCUMFERENCE COMPUTE

If you need to compute the equivalent circumference to be inserted in the correspondent
“Configuration” window of Race Studio 2 software, you can use “Bike.exe” software you find
in Race Studio 2 software CD. To do so please browse the Cd:

Double click on “Bike.exe” icon and the
following window appears.
Please:

• insert “Drive gear teeth number”

• insert “Driven gear teeth number”

• select circumference unit of measure

• insert circumference value

• press compute button

The software computes the equivalent
circumference and the final value appears
in the related cell (red circled).

Please insert this value in the related cell of

Race Studio 2 Configuration window.

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MXL PISTA / MXL STRADA SUZUKI MAINTENANCE

MXL Strada / MXL Pista plug & play SUZUKI GSXR kits do not need any special

maintenance. Provided that adequate care is taken of display unit and component, the only
required maintenance is periodical upgrading of software and firmware.
This installation manual has been written using the following parameters:

• Software: Race Studio 2 – Version 2.20.11

• Firmware: MXL – Version 14.33

To check if new software/firmware versions have been published by AIM, please connect to
our website www.aim-sportline.com
software and firmware versions are freely downloadable.

If you find a new software or firmware version, please download and run it and then follow the
instruction prompted on your Pc monitor.

and go to “software download” page where all last

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

KIT DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................2

GENERAL NOTES – Read this before installing the system...........................................2

INSTALLATION STEP # 1 – Removing front transparent fairing and mirrors...............3

INSTALLATION STEP # 2 – Removing the stock dash....................................................4

INSTALLATION STEP # 3 – Assembling the kit....................................................... .........5

INSTALLATION STEP # 4 – Wiring connection ................................................................6

INSTALLATION STEP # 5 – Connecting the TPS cable. ..................................................7

FIRMWARE FOR MXL KAWASAKI ZX 6R – 6RR - 2003-2004-2005 ................................9

MXL Pista / MXL Strada KAWASAKI Configuration [Race Studio 2]............................10

Speed:............................................................................... ..............................................12

Shift lights: .................................................................... ........ .... .... ... ........ .... .... .... ...........12

RPM:...............................................................................................................................12

Alarm leds MXL Strada Kawasaki: .................................................................................12

Alarm leds MXL Pista Kawasaki:....................................................................................14

Gear sensor:................................................................................................................ ...14

Calibrating auto calibrating the sensors, transmitting the configuration:..................14

EQUIVALENT CIRCUMFERENCE COMPUTE..................................................................15

MXL PISTA / MXL STRADA SUZUKI MAINTENANCE...................................... ...............16

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... ........ .... .... .... ...17

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