cheep digital speedometers found

[sonny86504]

No I got the ep7 off eBay, and the tach is electrical.I don't have trail tech, sorry for the confusion.

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[nortstudio]

No that's great sonny. I was originally looking for someone who had experience with this EP7 - which I believe is the one originally listed in this post.

Can you tell me your experiences with it? Tach works by wrapping the wire around a plug wire like a Vapor? the eBay page doesn't really give a ton of info.

How long did it take to get to you?

Thanks

[sonny86504]

It took me about a week and a half from what I can remember. It does wrap around ignition coil like trail tech. It isn't top of the line but works for my application.

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[nortstudio]

Thanks sonny. That's great. I don't need anything too fancy, but having both speedo and tack, and the idiot lights would be great.

[sonny86504]

I'm in the process of wiring up the neutral and oil light, just have to use relays for it to work due to how our stock gauges are wired.

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[nortstudio]

I'd love to pick your brain about the wiring if I end up going this route. You need relays because they are LED?

[sonny86504]

you need relays because stock gauges have constant power to bulb, then when you put it in neutral, it gives that power source a ground which in turns lights the bulb. But the new gauge uses one ground for all indications. So it lights when given a power source. That make sense?

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[nortstudio]

I think it does. Maybe I will hit you up when it comes time to actually wire one of these things

[FZRDave91]

Which model do you have? What's the cost, roughly? They do not have the idiot lights, correct?

I am using the Universal one w/ zip tie sensor. I epoxied the magnet to my brake rotor in an inconspicuous spot.
It retails where I work @ $130 for the kit I got. You can also get a separate kit for $50 that adds the dummy lights if you need them. The generic kit I got comes with a cylinder head temp sensor, but they do have a kit where you can splice in a sensor to your liquid cooling system if you would prefer that.

Concerning wrapping a wire around a plug wire for the tach sensor, it's pretty simple. It uses induction to get a signal from the coil by wrapping a wire 5-10x around your #1 coil wire. I taped mine around it using electricians tape, and it was spot in with the factory tach before I disconnected it. I can take some pics of it and UL them if you would like a better look at it.

[nortstudio]

I'd definitely appreciate the link. I'm having a bad experience with my first purchase from china right now - so a little extra $ for a more local company wouldn't kill me at this point.

Thanks so much.

[nortstudio]

Love to see some photos of either of these two options on the bike if anyone has any.

Thanks,

Scott

[91fzr600r]

just orderd mine today.. says should be here in about 2 weeks

[nortstudio]

Ok folks. I got the Vapor, and aside from having no indicator lights, I'm golden

Sonny, I know you said you were in the process of setting up the bike with relays for the lights. Honestly, I can't even wrap my head around the turn signals indicator, let alone the neutral/oil lights.

Can you give me a brief rundown (dummies version) of how you did yours?

The closest I got was getting the turn signal to indicate only when I turn to the right . I was getting no oil or neutral like at all (which confuses me if it's supposed to be constant). I checked them all hooked directly to the battery, and they all work.

I am using LED with built in resistors from Radio Shack.

Thanks!

[91fzr600r]

my order was lost in shipping. re-sent another set. i think i might end up with 2 by the time im done..but any way i will post pics and info as soon as 1 shows up

[91fzr600r]

tracking says my replacement gauges left sanfransisco yesterday.. should be here in a day or so .. I CANT WAIT!!!!!