anyone figured a work around for the display, would like to be able to switch through tach, clock, and trip meter while riding........
Yes, that is annoying if you come off of something that allows display switching on the fly ... like your typical BMW. If there is a way around this I also would love to hear it.
Nope it is a safety thing. Get a trailtech, works way better, way more info and on the fly thumb switch.
I kind of wish I could change it on the fly too. What I do is run my trip meter for my gas gauge until I get to my hammer it place, then I pull over and stop for a second to change it to RPM's mode. When I'm done playing I stop and go back to my trip meter again.
I'd be happy if you could just change the screen without having to flash the high beams three times while standing on you're head and chanting some pagan ritual. The stock screen is not very user friendly, it has a lot of stuff you don't need and is complicated to use. Kelly probably has the best solution, just replace it with a Trail Tech.
The speed sensor is used to detect motion and disable the button. If you disconnect the speedo sensor (temporarily), you can change the display in motion. You can do this by using a DPDT switch and a DPDT relay (or 2 small reed relays). From someone who has tried it, and partially succeeded, it is not worth it. Get the Acewell or Trailtech speedo and be happier. For the curious, here is the summary version of what you might do. 1. Bring a wire soldered in parallel with the mode switch out of the housing and connect it to ground (via the switch). 2. Open both sides of the speedo sensor cable (2 wires) with a relay controlled by the other side of the DPDT switch. I tried a version of this (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=482490) using diodes rather than relays and a single grounding switch. It did not work very well, and there was a small time delay for the speed to average to 0 mph and let the mode switch do its thing. Holding the switch for the required time also resulted in skipping multiple display panels as the timing was not consistent and I was holding the button too long - was very tricky to get right. I tried the diode approach to enable me to use a simple off the shelf kill switch. I put on a trail tech and LEDs for the dash. All in the thread. It might be worth a try with the relays which offer absolute and instant isolation, where the diodes are not a complete isolation, just grounded the signals leaving a small voltage drop that the speedo could still see. Can still rig up a siongle grounding switch I think using a diode to isolate the speedo mode switch, but you would need to to test this. Not sure the circuit coudl tyake 12V from the relays, and the mode switch might want to see 0v, not 0.7V. Too many parts and trouble. Your stock speedo will die soon enough anyway. Mine died for good 2 weeks after I did all the work to mount it to the Lynx dashboard. Had to cover some dashboard holes later when I mounted the smaller Vapor speedo. - Mike
