THUMPS
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THUMPS, ridden by Dave
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Post by THUMPS on Nov 19, 2008 18:52:00 GMT -5
I just bought a Trail Tech Vapor for my SR500 off of fleabay. Has anyone used them?
My instruments were dead and thought that it looked like a good deal considering that it runs off of internal and or external power. It has speed and tach and I believe that I can get a spark plug sensor to measure cylinder head temperature.
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badcat
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Post by badcat on Nov 19, 2008 21:20:58 GMT -5
i'd be really interested in your progress on this - please keep updating us.
ken
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Post by StewRoss on Nov 19, 2008 23:24:22 GMT -5
I have one but it's not mounted yet. I made a bracket for the speedo pickup so far and it works.  I have also decided to run a cylinder head temp pickup as well. It seems very straightforward. SR  |
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Post by marlon on Nov 20, 2008 1:41:26 GMT -5
Keep us posted Stew.
Are the Vapor units backlit these days?
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Post by mattb on Nov 20, 2008 2:26:25 GMT -5
I have also decided to run a cylinder head temp pickup as well. It sounds worthwhile just for that function alone! |
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Post by StewRoss on Nov 20, 2008 6:35:26 GMT -5
Yes the units are backlit so long as you connect it into the alternator power...as I recall...mine has a dash as well. Looks quite neat. I think I'll run a small sealed 12v battery for that bike anyway. SR |
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Post by Just Plain Bill on Dec 13, 2008 0:12:00 GMT -5
I just bought a Trail Tech Vapor for my SR500 off of fleabay. Has anyone used them? My instruments were dead and thought that it looked like a good deal considering that it runs off of internal and or external power. It has speed and tach and I believe that I can get a spark plug sensor to measure cylinder head temperature. I put a Vapor on a DRZ400E that I was making street legal. It functioned perfectly well... I suppose. It provided speed, RPM, engine temp, warning lights for engine temp and RPM, highest RPM you reached (tattletale) and gobs of other data. And, like most every electronic gadget, you have to toggle thru a myriad of data to find the information you're interested in - something I'm not good at and something I'm really not good at, at speed. I was also handicapped by not being able to easily read the display in bright sunlight (we get a lot of that around here). The display is clear enough in sun, but the characters were too small for me to make out at the distance from the display I ride at (I'm pretty near sighted too). The warning lights are quite small and you almost have to be looking for them to see them when lit. (I did see the engine temp light when riding off road in some very slow, technical stuff -- but I was looking for it.) The installation was quite easy. I recall that I had to adapt my left forkleg caliper bracket for the speed sensor (nothing elegant such as Stew did) and cut into a coolant hose for the temperature sensor. The tach sensor is a wire that wraps around the sparkplug wire. Easy work. TrailTech offers fabulous customer support. The company I bought the Vapor from sent me an adapter kit and instructions for another bike (not DRZ). I called TrailTech to buy the proper kit (had no cofidence in the seller) and they just shipped me the right pieces for free and wouldn't even accept the bad parts in return. When I sold the DRZ, I left the Vapor on the bike. Not as a kindness to the buyer, but as a kindness to me. Riding a motorcycle requires my full and constant attention. I didn't feel that the extra information provided by the Vapor was worth the risk I would be taking trying to monitor anything more than road speed and sometimes RPM. If your speedometer and tachometer work, you might not want a Vapor. If they don't work, you probably need one. Bill |
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Post by colinjay on Dec 13, 2008 1:44:47 GMT -5
I have one that will be going on the new XT500 that I am building up for next year reliability trial series, I had 3 speedo die and broke 3 speedo drive cable this yaer and I descided it just isn't woth the hassle trying to fine servicable 2nd hand speedos anymore when you can get a Vapor for under $200.
CJ
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