well. I don't want to again involve in this, but I think gear shift indicator is just for a novice rider/car driver. A good rider can easily judge in which gear is he riding/driving just be the engine/throttle response, and as I owned storm in the past, I seldom tried to see in which gear I am riding.
I may be wrong, but I think its not present in most of the cars, but still it has no use to me.
Dipper: Well, may be some bus/taxi/hiace driver will notice me some day. I would prefer a pressure horn instead of dipper switch. As I have all the controls on motorcycle grip, so for me it takes almost the same time to switch on/off the light and low/high beam etc.
I see dipper and gear indicator just as shashka but may be good for you.
In my opinion, the only edge of Storm over Deluxe is self-starter, and to compensate this Deluxe should decrease the price by 10k. I dont know what special they are giving quality-wise to give such a huge price difference (May be more Japanese parts in engine).
Regardless of speed, I still think Deluxe is the best motorcycle for me because it gives:
1) best riding height for tall guys (higher seat then all)
2) best seating position (flat riding posture), where as gs front rider seat height is too low and deforms and the rider sits further down and low to the footrest. More or less same case is with storm (still better height than gs).
3) best shock absorber of all.
4) best frame and chimta design.
5) No rear tyre alignment issue. I have cg-125 33k drive on original chain-sprocket, and I am still neglecting its oiling/cleaning. I don't know why such arrangement cant be done in gs and storm as they both have a different design from cg and both have such problems like wheel alignment and chain-adjustment and knocking.
I damn myself for not buying a deluxe for the first time as a commuter motorcycle instead of first buying storm and then cg-125. I am happy with a cg as a daily commuter for my life time as it gives my reliability, durability, fuel efficiency to some extent and a little bit fun and thrill too, but want to change it just for the one factor and that is comfort, otherwise, no problem at all of any kind.