winshield/screen?

[Chris Krok]

> I have not used this company's products yet, but I intend to try out the LED unit. > > Has anyone else road-tested this particular voltmeter on a KLR? > > Mark Tullis > > A12 > > http://www.i4cproducts.com/LED%20Model.htm >

RM Followed:

> It's $75. I just wallet-tested it and it failed. Too bad, because > it has a lot of potential...

We went through this back in May... The unit is much cheaper from the original manufacturer, http://www.datel.com $30 for LCD, $50 for LED. C -- Dr. J. Christopher Krok Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology MS 205-45 Phone: 626.395.4794 Pasadena, CA 91125 Fax: 626.449.2677

[Jake Jakeman]

The ex-Navy electrician inside me would have a word here. Water analogy: volts are like pressure: amps are like flow rate. An almost dead battery will still show the rated volts with no load. A voltmeter might be useful to show the voltage the charging system is putting out: monitors the voltage regulator, mainly. A friend has a "battery indicator" on his cluster: an LED changes from red (showing a net discharge of the system) to green (showing a net charge taking place). Jake _________________________________________________________________ Broadband? Dial-up? Get reliable MSN Internet Access. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp

[Harry Thames]

Your GPS probably has a voltage indicator built in. I saw the LED voltage indicator that Jake mentioned on a KLR. The rider said he got it at the Honda Hoot a couple of years ago for around $20. Harry SC

[denvowell@aol.com]

I bought the Radio Shack voltmeter,clock and themo.I plan to hard wire it in.Any sugjestions on where to mount it? Dennis A18 The Big Red 1 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[rsanders30117]

I mounted my voltmeter on the back of the head light cover by fabricating a mount from 1/8" thick x 1 Aluminum angle. This is easily cut & bent to fit in a home shop. Use double sided mounting tape for mounting. I suggest securing the wiring to the angle using a thin tie wrap to act as a strain relief. Also I've had very good luck using "clear" mounting tape, available at Wal-mart. This tape is waterproof, sticks well but can usually be peeled off if necessary. It's sort of like a strip of that gummy adhesive they stick stuff in magazines.

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, denvowell@a... wrote: > I bought the Radio Shack voltmeter,clock and themo.I plan to hard wire it > in.Any sugjestions on where to mount it? > > Dennis A18 > The Big Red 1 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jim]

It has been raining for the past 2 days here, and I decided to look at my bike tonight to see if my cheap digital clock was still working after the rain. Well the clock works fine, but apparently the voltmeter I installed isn't waterproof...it now has water inside it! It really doesn't surprise me, since it was a very cheap gauge and I only used it because I had it left over from another project. Now I need to find a decent voltmeter thats waterproof and fits in the same 2 1/16" opening. Anyone have suggestions for an affordable, waterproof voltmeter? Jim

[John]

Try a boat store. West marine, Boat US, Boater's World, one of those. John A18 Houston

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" wrote: > > It has been raining for the past 2 days here, and I decided to look at > my bike tonight to see if my cheap digital clock was still working > after the rain. Well the clock works fine, but apparently the voltmeter > I installed isn't waterproof...it now has water inside it! It really > doesn't surprise me, since it was a very cheap gauge and I only used it > because I had it left over from another project. Now I need to find a > decent voltmeter thats waterproof and fits in the same 2 1/16" opening. > Anyone have suggestions for an affordable, waterproof voltmeter? > > Jim >

[Don S]

Hi Rev: I've got my stock windshield in a box in the corner of my garage right next to my gas bar. You know what I mean, the argon, nitrogen....heeheeheeheeheelium. Yep ... I like to keep a variety of gasses available for different styles of riding I might encounter. You know what I mean. Use the argon if I want to ride sophisticated, nitrogen for technical riding and of course the heeheelium for riding that will require the need for achieving exceptionally high elevations and soft as a pillow landings. Oh, by the way. Don't use methane. Tried it once and got a slow leak. That was the day my guard skunk chewed through it's rope, never to be seen again. That was truly a sad day. Have you ever tried to find a skunk that doesn't have a hair trigger? Hard to find my friend, hard to find.... Don S. revmaaatin wrote:

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Don S wrote: 98.7% Snippage How do you find the stock windshield for buffetting? > > Don S. > Hi Don, I find that the stock windshield causes me absolutely no buffeting problem, well, for over 2 years now. I keep it chained, and in a box in the basement so it can't ever beat me up again. After letting the stocker beat me up for nearly a year, I wasn't looking for restitution, I wanted revenge. I now go 'sans- windshield' and have never looked back. Yes Virginia, going with out a windshield is 'free-farkle'. revmaaatin. Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]