Vapor dashboard install
Posted: 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
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
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.
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
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
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
As usual I will be having tommorow off due to major hangover so will get it finished then
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
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.
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
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
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
