As the title states, this is a video explaining the install of one of these cheap ebay gauges onto a 1980 XJ650. Link to the one I bought: www.ebay.com/itm/284242423243...
Thanks for the info! I've been fighting with this on a bobber i am building from a honda shadow aero lol. This vid got all my issues straightened out! You sir, are a life saver
You need to use a wire that needs a negative feed as oil warning light. At least on my ‘77 honda needs to be done that way. Oil sensor sends signal via negative. You can use gear indicators on your speedo. I used #6 speed and its working. Good luck.
Hey man this is a great video! Anyway you could update the link to this specific speedometer? I have the same exact bike and want to install an aftermarket speedometer
Thanks for the tutorial. When you say the red wire is "power to the speedo all the time" what do you mean by that and how would you wire it? Would you just run a wire to the positive terminal of the battery separate from the ignition wire? Wouldn't that drain your battery constantly? Even if you add a switch to this wire I don't see how that's different from the ignition power source. My speedo seems to work fine with just the black ignition wire hooked up and powers on but will my settings not be saved?
I was wondering if the speedometer has a battery inside that needs to be charged to keep the settings and if the settings will be saved if you use the bike constantly.
Its almost like wiring a head unit..you need 12v that comes on with the key..and one that is 12 volt constant to keep clock battery charged. I removed my fairing from my goldwing and that left me with the 2 wires that used to feed stereo in fairing. I used those wired as they are already fused to fused box
I have a 2003 honda vtx 1300 s ,here's the ? Can I do that with my please take your time to responde I been looking everywhere and can't find a speedo swap on this bike ,my speedometer shows the miles digitally and speed with needle but is all electric
Hi, if you just know how you have helped me with the meaning of the numbers 1-5. I didn't know what they presented as these china gauges are confused and everyone is made of each other. Thanks a million. Am in Kenya.
it doesn't matter how far from centre you mount the magnet. As you set the circunference, it will multiply revs per time (second or minute) by the circunference you've informed before. So, if the circunference is 1 meter and it revs 10 times per second, the speed reading will be 10 meters per second.
What can happen if it rains? Water will enter the headlight housing (where there are some electrical connectors) and 'goodbye' operation - momentarily or in time. And problems, big problems ...
@@sv8313 They are not electronics, but I was talking about electrical connectors - there is a difference between electronic parts and electrical parts. The electronic parts are located in other parts, those suffer from the vibrations.
@@sv8313I have met connectors in safe places that have been damaged by water... it is not necessary to ride a motorcycle under water, it is enough to circulate important currents or, for example, some signals with a frequency of kHz.
@@flyingfencepost nobody said it didnt...but, would have been nice to see. Most of those have quite a bit of what you would call "lagg" when the rpm revs...just curious if yours did the same.
