Like the gear indicator for sure, but not at the cost of that ugly dash... ::007::
As to the ES, again not a fan. On a pure street bike like an FJR or some RT/touring something I guess it would be fine, but why even then? On a dual purpose bike like the Ten, I can see the "why", but it ups the potential failure factor to a point I do not want. One more vulnerable piece of electronic do dad out on the vulnerable handlebars outer regions. Aside form the vulnerable controls, just the abuse suspension takes on a heavy multi purpose bike makes it a no go for me. I understand that Yamaha seems to sort most things out better than BMW does, but even with that in mind, BMW has had a lot of failures and poor performance with ESA on the GS/GSA bikes. I would rather stop for 10 seconds when I change surfaces dramatically and reset to a better pre-load/ compression/ rebound than push a button on the fly but then break a small electric motor or digital circuit board.
Things like CC and easier control of HG are fine to me, because if I drop the bike and break that controller, yes it may cost me a bit to repair later, but it does not end a ride or make something dangerous necessarily. Cold hands or manually holding the throttle on the way home from a ride is not life changing. Broken suspension or a toasted electronic system can cause strand you in a bad situation, or worse cause a crash.
I have certain lines in the sand items for me, ESA not quite at that point for me, given a choice though and I would opt OUT.
TC off on the fly could be easily accomplished but I don't know about turning it back on or switching between levels on the fly....I do not see why that would be impossible though because many cars have on the fly TC changeability....even in my daughters '05 Scion it is switchable.