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Message started by theikeman on 12/15/05 at 21:43:32

Title: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by theikeman on 12/15/05 at 21:43:32

Anyone know how to hook up a electronic tach to the savage.
Thanks in advance
Ike

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by Reelthing on 12/15/05 at 21:56:04

yes - what would like to know?

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by theikeman on 12/16/05 at 07:00:15

Where the wires get connected?

Thanks

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by Reelthing on 12/16/05 at 07:51:08

ok - to the coil -

the top connector on the coil where the Black/Yellow wire connects to ign module and is the fire trigger

the bottom connector with the orange/white wire goes to the battery (actually the ing switch) and is the power wire.

on the Barrons tach you have 4 wires - green for the trigger wire - this connects to the top connector of the coil, a red and a blue wire - one is for the tach light(blue one I think) and the other the one is for + battery connection (red i think) connect both of these to the bottom connector of the coil which is the hot wire, the other wire is black and this goes to ground - I just connected this to one of the bolts that holds the coil to the frame.

by the way is pretty important to get good connections here or the tach will bounce around or the engine will die on you if the spade connector vibrates lose - i used tin plated twin tail spade connectors from a boat store - these fit tight and do not rust as quickly.

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by rokrover on 12/16/05 at 08:43:04

There's not much wire to work with out of the harness to the coil. Try to butt splice into this wire so as to reuse the original coil connectors that are metric 5mm. The ones Barons supplies are the typical larger size with a less secure fit. I can't find metric spade connectors anywhere ??? Reelthing - how's your tach working? I read they jump around a lot and have yet to get motivated to finally wire up mine.

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by Reelthing on 12/16/05 at 08:49:48

until I had solid connects it would jump all over the place - but now it's reasonably smooth - may wiggle around +/- 50-75 rpm at times but not bad, and i'm not sure a single runs any smoother than that any way - I have some rf shielding but did not use it.

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by theikeman on 12/17/05 at 20:00:24

Thank you, thank you and thank you :D
Ike

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by Reelthing on 12/17/05 at 21:13:51

so did you get it working?

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by simplyput2600 on 12/18/05 at 01:02:24

what kind of tach did you buy to put on your savage? and where were you able to buy it?

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by theikeman on 12/18/05 at 11:07:39

Have not hooked it up yet, waiting for it to get here. This is the tach I bought on eBay - of course. ;D
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HARLEY-ELECTRONIC-MINI-TACHOMETER-OLD-SCHOOL-CHOPPERS_W0QQitemZ4598429588QQcategoryZ50461QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by simplyput2600 on 12/18/05 at 19:58:14

thanks! :D

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by simplyput2600 on 12/18/05 at 19:58:48

hey you guys know at whar RPM the 1999 LS650 redlines?

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by Reelthing on 12/18/05 at 20:18:14

simplyput2600 wrote:

hey you guys know at whar RPM the 1999 LS650 redlines?

6500 I believe - but I never go over 6 and very seldom more than 5500 - with the stock cam our real power band seems to run ~ 3k-5k

Title: Re: Connecting electronic tachometer
Post by klx650sm2002 on 12/19/05 at 01:38:25

Yes I'd go with 6500 rpm too.

Clive W :D