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Vapor dashboard install

#1 Post by Pierre » Tue May 15, 2007 5:57 pm

Well, partial install as I'm off to the pub for my weekly bike meet (read: beer and free food with maybe a hint of bikes mentioned)

As usual I will be having tommorow off due to major hangover so will get it finished then :smt002

Paid £76 inc del. for the vapor at @ 2pm monday , arrived by courier 10am tuesday.

Box includes speedo sensor magnet and 1 spare magnet, water temp adapter, crap mounting bracket , power lead and HT sensor lead.
The square card is a business card to judge size with
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Got 12v from the fusebox and earthed the earth onto frame as I chose to power it all the time cos the instructions says it shuts down after 20mins of inactivity anyway. Must only use a tiny amount of power as you can use it with its internal watch battery if you want.

Wrapped one of the leads around the HT lead to the rear cylinder and earthed t'other and bobs your uncle - thats the rev counter working.
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Tommorow I'll be fitting the water temperature thingy but as the adapter is a smaller diameter than the rad pipes I'll see if I can connect it to that smaller pipe on the right side near the expansion tank.
Don't know if I'll bother with the speedo yet, depends how hard it looks :smt003

Got some ally to make a bracket with and I've drilled my ignition lock out to make room for cables coming up which is job no. 78 before cadwell
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Quite impressed so far that it actually works and I dont think the price is too bad. Worth it for the peice of mind of being able to watch the temperature increase and beats burning my retinas out when the fans kicked in with a red bulb wired into the fan connector



PUB :smt078

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#2 Post by Samray » Tue May 15, 2007 6:13 pm

A man after my own heart. :smt001



Can't beat a BIG hammer. :smt003

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#3 Post by Gio » Tue May 15, 2007 9:00 pm

Samray wrote:Can't beat a BIG hammer. :smt003
Won't work then :smt003

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#4 Post by D-Rider » Wed May 16, 2007 1:12 am

Samray wrote:
Can't beat a BIG hammer. :smt003
Essential diagnostic tool. If you're not sure whether something works, hit it with the BIG hammer. Your uncertainty instantly resolved.

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#5 Post by Falcopops » Wed May 16, 2007 10:34 pm

D-Rider wrote:Essential diagnostic tool. If you're not sure whether something works, hit it with the BIG hammer. Your uncertainty instantly resolved.
a classic I must quote that sometime.

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#6 Post by sabestian » Sat May 19, 2007 6:09 pm

D-Rider wrote: Essential diagnostic tool. If you're not sure whether something works, hit it with the BIG hammer. Your uncertainty instantly resolved.
:smt005

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#7 Post by sabestian » Mon May 21, 2007 9:49 am

Hey Pierre, have you tried if the speedo works? Is there a separate sensor+cable etc?
AND is there a backlight on the Vapor at all?

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#8 Post by Pierre » Mon May 21, 2007 7:54 pm

I havent tested the speedo, but it does come with a cable with a sensor on the end and a bolt with a magnet in the end to fix to your disc.

Yes, it has a faint backlight when its running on its internal battery but when its wired up to 12v its quite a bright white backlight, looks cool.

The only thing that isnt very good is the rpm gauge jumps about a bit, ie at tickover its 1500 1500 1500 3000 1500 1500 3500 1500 1500 etc so I'll fiddle with the sensor wire trying different plugleads maybe.

Its just mounted on a crappy bit of aluminium atm, when i tidy it up I'll take a photo

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#9 Post by sabestian » Tue May 22, 2007 6:49 am

Pierre wrote:The only thing that isnt very good is the rpm gauge jumps about a bit, ie at tickover its 1500 1500 1500 3000 1500 1500 3500 1500 1500 etc so I'll fiddle with the sensor wire trying different plugleads maybe.
It may be due to Rotax's slight 'arythmia' :smt003

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