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Houston_Toad

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Electronic accessory
01/14/06 at 16:52:20

Anyone put an electronic accessory on their Savage?

For $200, I've just installed on my S40, a trip meter, odometer, speedometer, clock, compass and oh yes, a mapping GPS. The unit is "hard wired" to the bike's electrical system.

Here is a picture of it installed.

And a close up---

The tracking feature records the time, location, and speed of the trip.

Since there is no accessories mode, I want to fix (once the warranty runs out) the

headlight, so it doesn't light unless the motor is running.

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #1 - 01/14/06 at 17:03:42 interesting add on. how will it hold up in inclement wx. i sure wouldn't leave it outside anywhere.
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Houston_Toad Ex Member	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #2 - 01/14/06 at 17:11:45 The mount is a quick disconnect and without batteries it doesn't weigh very much.
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #3 - 01/14/06 at 17:21:51 that looks really cool! garmin makes a great product . the only electronic accessory i'd put on my bike would be a cig lighter
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Reply #4 - 01/14/06 at 17:40:34

torque wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

that looks really cool! garmin makes a great product Wink

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the only electronic accessory i'd put on my bike would be a cig lighter Grin

i was going to say something like that also, but houston toad is a newbee and i didn't want to sound harsh. the rest of you know my thoughts about add ons. if it don't make the machine go/stop or legally required, it gets stripped off. Shocked

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #5 - 01/14/06 at 17:56:21 I will shortly be adding the Veypor motorcycle computer. When it goes on the current speedo and tach are gone. Hopefully this will happen within a couple of weeks.
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Richard Amiault

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Reply #6 - 01/14/06 at 18:37:23

Nice job! ... I own an earlier version of that .. the Garmin III .. but I use that in the car to feed my ham radio with my current location.

I found a deal on the Garmin E-Map (discontinuted for a while now) .. added a memory card and bought Garmin's CD with street level maps .. then was lucky enough to find a bicycle mount for it .. so it (the mount anyway) is on the Savage. I don't use it much .. but it's nice to have the option. (acutally the E-Map spends most of it's time in the car .. yes, I have two in the car .. because the detail of the E-Map maps is better than the III .. plus the III is not is a easy position to view while driving)

For the bike I didn't bother to hard wire it in, so I use the internal batteries on the Garmin.

One problem is that more than once when I tried using it .. the darn thing shut itself off in the middle of the ride .. I'm not sure why.

Nice thing about it is the Garmin is *purple* and so is the bike;-) (2004)

Richard in Boston, MA, USA

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #7 - 01/14/06 at 18:42:41 Richard Amiault wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: One problem is that more than once when I tried using it .. the darn thing shut itself off in the middle of the ride .. I'm not sure why. Richard in Boston, MA, USA i believe it's a vibration or sudden shock. next time it shuts off see if it corralates to a recent bump in road.
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Richard Amirault Guest	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #8 - 01/14/06 at 21:57:08 Cant' really do that ... got to keep my eyes on the road! Can only glance down once in a while at the GPS .. or else I'd be Road Rash Richard in Boston, MA, USA
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Jim_R

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Reply #9 - 01/14/06 at 22:34:18

I did like my electronic speedo and almost miss it. It was nice to have a tripometer but I dont think all that gps stuff is needed for me personally. It would be ideal on long trips and u did a nice job. I got my sigma because the speedo is in the tank and I got sick of looking down everytime I wanted to see how fast I was going.

I think I might reinstall it and maybe a cig lighter too.
If I broke down it would be nice to use it if my phone was dead.

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threezukes Ex Member	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #10 - 01/15/06 at 07:39:15 That looks like a great add on, but I'm poor so I have to stick with my $10 bicycle speedometer, which I think is one of the better mods that I have done to the bike. I no longer guess at how far I've gone since that last fill up. The clock also comes in handy too.
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LondonThing Full Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 158 London UK Gender:	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #11 - 01/15/06 at 09:38:24 I have a darn European clock in Km/h... Yes we have Mph here in the UK, LMAO Iv been trying to roll back my Mph clock to the right milage for the motor, but it would take about a year on a drill...
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Re: Electronic accessory
Reply #12 - 01/15/06 at 09:39:46

Toatally agree with you there...

Altho the GPS does come off... in which case you could get rid of the Clock and fill in the hole Wink

sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

i was going to say something like that also, but houston toad is a newbee and i didn't want to sound harsh. the rest of you know my thoughts about add ons. if it don't make the machine go/stop or legally required, it gets stripped off. Shocked

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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Electronic accessory Reply #13 - 01/17/06 at 05:47:40 Richard Amiault wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: One problem is that more than once when I tried using it .. the darn thing shut itself off in the middle of the ride .. I'm not sure why. Had one in a marine application that could take the pounding but not the heat - it would shutdown anytime the air temp was near 100f
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Houston_Toad

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Reply #14 - 01/17/06 at 12:57:43

Richard Amiault wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

For the bike I didn't bother to hard wire it in, so I use the internal batteries on the Garmin.

One problem is that more than once when I tried using it .. the darn thing shut itself off in the middle of the ride .. I'm not sure why.

That is one reason I hard wired the unit. I noticed that if I jar the unit, it shuts off. I think its the heavy batteries momentarily loosing connection.

Reelthing wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

Had one in a marine application that could take the pounding but not the heat - it would shutdown anytime the air temp was near 100f

I have a GPS 12 (now for 7 years) that I keep in my truck just inside the windshield. It also is hard wired to the battery and stays on all the time. When it sets in the "Texas" sun, it gets so hot (the unit is black) that the display disappears, but once it cools down everything looks and works OK.

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