Installing a Tach on Your Bike

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Gunny

Discussion Starter · May 13, 2008

Has anyone installed a tach on their machine ?? :dontknow:

If you have, is it accurate ? (as far as you can tell) Do you like it ?? :toothy10:

Been thinking about getting one. Here are the two options under consideration ... let me know what ya think ...

http://www.yamahasportsplaza.com/pages/catalogs/products/16/628/1585/1/0/0/1/1/1/8/94/controls.aspx

Later ...
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GRIZZLYWIZARD

· #2 · May 13, 2008

I have been interested in one of these as well. They would be quite handy in clutch tuning. I have a question as to how is wired in. Is it inductive?

Koko

· #3 · May 13, 2008

I'm probably wrong but isn't it just a ground wire and one to the sparkplug wire?

Gunny

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 13, 2008

The Hardline states it is connected to the spark plug wire .... not sure how that is accomplihsed ... but maybe we could have ATV Torture get one (or the other) & do a product review ?? (I know this isn't the place to request this) ... ;;s;;

Too many things to buy ... handlebars, grips, I'd love some new tires & wheels ... & now a tach .... :crybaby2: ... I need to win the lotto !!!! ... :icon_thumleft:

Later ...
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Koko

· #5 · May 13, 2008

I'm pretty sure a wire just wraps around the plug wire. I don't get how that works but it does.

Gunny

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 13, 2008

Good point. They probably pick up the spark pulse like one of those timing lites that clip around your vehicle number 1 plug wire. :icon_thumleft:

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GRIZZLYWIZARD

· #7 · May 13, 2008

Yep, just spoke to them on the phone. Lifetime battery .5 sec delay. The wire wraps around the spark plug wire. You may very well see a review of one in a month or so.

Here are specs....

Hour Tach Meter

* Has the same features as hour meter plus tachometer feature.
* Works on any gas engine up to 2 cylinders and 8000 rpm.
* Firing pattern 1 spark = 1rpm
* Resolution 10RPMs
* Maximum RPMs 8000
* Suitable for all single and twin, two or four cycle gasoline engines operation within specified tachometer firing pattern.

Gunny

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 13, 2008

;;t;; bowdown ;;t;; ...... Awesome .... want me to test it for ya ?? I'd be more than happy too !!! ... No, honest ! no problem !!! .... WHAT ?? ;;s;; :laughing7:

Again ... ;;t;; bowdown :icon_thumleft:

ccasion14:

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GRIZZLYWIZARD

· #9 · May 13, 2008

Gunny said:
;;t;; bowdown ;;t;; ...... Awesome .... want me to test it for ya ?? I'd be more than happy too !!! ... No, honest ! no problem !!! .... WHAT ?? ;;s;; :laughing7:

Again ... ;;t;; bowdown :icon_thumleft: ccasion14:

Later ...
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LOL you offering to buy one and put it through the test?

Gunny

Discussion Starter · #10 · May 13, 2008

What ?? You want ME to buy it AND test it ??? :BangHead: ..... that isn't quiet what I had in mind dude !!! ... :sad2:

However ..... I may just buy one ..... if I do, you tell me what kinda tests you want done .... & I'll "Get-R-Done !" ... :cheer: :BangHead:

Later ....
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chica-n-pablo

· #11 · May 14, 2008

I kind of came in on the tail end of this thread. A tach is one of the good things that came standard on the wife's polaris. It is real handy when we jetted and tuned for the new exhaust system.

Gunny

Discussion Starter · #12 · May 14, 2008

Well that's pretty cool .... too bad all the manufactures don't include them in the digital dashes (or whatever the other bikes have) .... I mean, it wouldn't be that difficult to add one when they're build'in the darn thing. :icon_thumleft: :BangHead:

Hey GrizzlyWizard .... I ordered one !!!! ... ;;s;; :cheer:

Later ...
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GRIZZLYWIZARD

· #13 · May 14, 2008

Gunny said:
Well that's pretty cool .... too bad all the manufactures don't include them in the digital dashes (or whatever the other bikes have) .... I mean, it wouldn't be that difficult to add one when they're build'in the darn thing. :icon_thumleft: :BangHead:

Hey GrizzlyWizard .... I ordered one !!!! ... ;;s;; :cheer:

Later ...
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Good deal Gunny! We expect a full report! LOL.

Gunny

Discussion Starter · #14 · May 14, 2008

Oh crap .... why do I open my mouth sometimes ... :dontknow: .... now he wants a report !!!!! ... :BangHead:

Sure thing there Big Guy .... :icon_thumleft: .... Hopefull it'll show up sometime next week & I get started on it. :beer"

Later ...
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GRIZZLYWIZARD

· #15 · May 15, 2008

That's what I call dedication!

Gunny

Discussion Starter · #16 · May 15, 2008

GRIZZLYWIZARD said:
That's what I call dedication!

................. :BangHead: :sad2: :bs:

Later ....
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Gunny

Discussion Starter · #17 · May 23, 2008

GRIZZLYWIZARD,
Recieved the tach yesterday in the mail. I hope to get it mounted on the Grizz this weekend.
It comes with some two-sided tape & two screws. I looked at different places to mount it & I thinik I'm gonna make a small mounting bracket & mount it just above the dash pod. Not sure how I'm gonna mount the bracket however ....

Once mounted, I'll be able to test it to see if it works, but I'm not going to be to go rid'in until next Friday.

Have you recieved the tachs you were promised yet ??

Later ...
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Gunny

Discussion Starter · #18 · May 24, 2008

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Well ... tried to post this once ... what a pain .... :angry4:

Alrighty, got the Hardline tach installed this morning. :toothy10: Made a bracket out of some 16 ga metal I had lay'in around & it turned out pretty nice, if I say so myself. :icon_thumleft: I don't like the gloss black paint, but that's all I had in the garage ... :sad2:

I mounted the bracket on the loop on the front rack & next to my GPS. I want to change how the wire is attached to the bracket, but this works for now.

I fired the Grizz up & I'll be .... it works ! :cheer:

It shows the Grizz is idling at about 1650 rpms. I revved the Grizz up & held the throttle & the rpms went up as well. There a bit of a lag, but no biggie. :icon_thumleft:

I think this a cool "Add-On" & will be interesting to watch while rid'in. I'll check it out on a ride, which will be next Friday. :icon_thumleft: ;;t;; :icon_thumleft:

Attached are a couple pic's ....

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Gunny

Discussion Starter · #19 · May 24, 2008

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And here's a couple more pic's .... :cheer:

See the post below for more details & a couple other pic's ..... :icon_thumleft:

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