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nightman YaBB Newbies Offline Wahoo! He He Posts: 18 Fredericton New Brunswick Gender:	S40 tach ? 03/24/08 at 18:52:08 I recently bought a tach for my 05 S40, but the diag supplied is pretty lame. Anyone out there installed one on an S40? Any info would be humunglously (new word) more than I have right now....
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #1 - 03/24/08 at 19:21:16 Ok I went down the wrong path with a fellow on here before - so tell me how many wires do you have on the tach - are any labled? pretty easy to hook up - let's hope the tach has 4 wires and no cables
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nightman YaBB Newbies Offline Wahoo! He He Posts: 18 Fredericton New Brunswick Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #2 - 03/25/08 at 04:14:47 Thanks for replying. Yup, it's got 4 wires. And a little diagram with it. Red to ignition on, blue to lamp on, black to gnd, green to negative of coil. Ground is easy to find, but without a diagram, how do I find the other points, especially the coil. Is there one with solid state ignition? As u can tell, I'm no auto mechanic
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Re: S40 tach ?
Reply #3 - 03/25/08 at 04:56:10

Tach on the LS650 is fairly simple to wire if you have the correct tach.

The green wire goes to the "Black with yellow stripe" wire on the ignition coil under the tank. Also, you can get power from the wires going to the handle bars (also under the tank), the orange wire is switched power. I wired my tach light into it also since we don't have a "run with lights off" option. Ground can go on one of the screws holding the Ign coil to the frame.

Also, the Ign coil uses a almost std blade connector, so I made a Y connector (also called a tap) from connectors I got at the local auto parts store (Auto-Zone). That way I can easily disconnect the tach if I want. Note: spend the money and buy the shielded / covered connectors.

Here's a good thread that Greg posted with pict's of the electrical system

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1099317926

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nightman YaBB Newbies Offline Wahoo! He He Posts: 18 Fredericton New Brunswick Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #4 - 03/25/08 at 05:19:13 Great info! Thanks so much. I can't wait to give 'er a try, of course as soon as the 4 feet of snow melts away from the shed door!
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Re: S40 tach ?
Reply #5 - 03/25/08 at 06:13:02

humunglously

Hu mung lously

I know, It IS your word & all, but I am thinking maybe it could use a little tuning// I think I would ditch the L after the G for
Hu mung OUsly, seems it would be a lot easier to say.. might come out
Hu Mun Gus Lee

I hope I dint mess your new word up too badly. I just like to modify stuff. Good luck with your tach.

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nightman YaBB Newbies Offline Wahoo! He He Posts: 18 Fredericton New Brunswick Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #6 - 03/25/08 at 08:05:02 Ha ha! I like your spelling better. We'll go with that. Thanks
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #7 - 03/25/08 at 14:49:01 tach, we don't need no stinking tach.. inho they are at best an appearance mod.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #8 - 03/25/08 at 14:50:13 nightman wrote on 03/24/08 at 18:52:08: I recently bought a tach for my 05 S40, but the diag supplied is pretty lame. Anyone out there installed one on an S40? Any info would be humunglously (new word) more than I have right now.... why don't you just use the new word gianormas it was added to dictonary this year.
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nightman YaBB Newbies Offline Wahoo! He He Posts: 18 Fredericton New Brunswick Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #9 - 03/25/08 at 15:48:53 Your right. There's no problem noin (new word again) when to shift. I just like to dress her up a bit. I'd go for a nice chrome analog clock if I could find one. Not with a pendulum though... Couldn't find gianormas. Butt I like it. Maybe it's gianormasly?
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Re: S40 tach ?
Reply #10 - 03/26/08 at 09:21:00

nightman wrote on 03/25/08 at 15:48:53:

Your right. There's no problem noin (new word again) when to shift. I just like to dress her up a bit. I'd go for a nice chrome analog clock if I could find one. Not with a pendulum though...
Couldn't find gianormas. Butt I like it. Maybe it's gianormasly? Roll Eyes

Nice Chrome Analog Clock (from Marlin's Clocks) --

http://motorcycleclocks.com/

And try spelling it "ginormous" which may be in the dictionary, but it's not on my spell checker!

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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #11 - 03/26/08 at 09:36:28 a little digging around on ebay produced a stem clock
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Reply #12 - 03/26/08 at 12:30:43

Great pix guys. Thanks. That's just what I was looking for. And I like the position of the tach.
Chrome is nice. I'm like an old crow I guess. Liking shiny things. I even replaced my oil filler cap for a chrome one.
It's nice to have a clock so I can get home in time to cook the wife some supper. Wink

I'll send a picture of my bike once I figure out how.

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nightman YaBB Newbies Offline Wahoo! He He Posts: 18 Fredericton New Brunswick Gender:	Re: S40 tach ? Reply #13 - 04/23/08 at 18:53:13 Thanks for your help guys, tach worked out fine!
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Re: S40 tach ?
Reply #14 - 04/23/08 at 18:57:03

drharveys - FSO wrote on 03/26/08 at 09:21:00:

nightman wrote on 03/25/08 at 15:48:53:

Your right. There's no problem noin (new word again) when to shift. I just like to dress her up a bit. I'd go for a nice chrome analog clock if I could find one. Not with a pendulum though...
Couldn't find gianormas. Butt I like it. Maybe it's gianormasly? Roll Eyes

Nice Chrome Analog Clock (from Marlin's Clocks) --

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/drharveys/Suzuki/DSC02287.jpg

http://motorcycleclocks.com/

And try spelling it "ginormous" which may be in the dictionary, but it's not on my spell checker!

whats that sticker on your tank say?? aint got it memorized yet?? Wink

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