Onboard computer display mod

[kwarrgtr]

errr - are we talking about the same thing or have I (or you) got forumconfuseitus??

The bolt on the inside of the bar (handle) so I can insert the tubular rod and then the longer bolt...
(its the 'thingy' from the us - link above ...somewhere...)

[Kwikasfuki]

I'm going with forumconfuseitus 

Are you on about the thing from this link?

http://projektd.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_39_46&products_id=162

[kwarrgtr]

thats the kiddie - simples

[Kwikasfuki]

Ah. I've not tried mine at all. I should imagine the nut has thread locker on it

[Kwikasfuki]

Well done Kwikasfuki, I have just spent as happy few hours doing this mod. It is one of those things that has bugged me since day one, and now it is fixed.

Great tip, very worth wile doing,

Thanks for your time and effort putting this on here!

Where did you mount the switch?

[Barry7]

I mounted the switch in the left hand switch unit, as described by you.

Switch via Maplin

Thanks again

Barry

[kwarrgtr]

Ah. I've not tried mine at all. I should imagine the nut has thread locker on it

tried it earnest this afternoon, couldn't shift the bugger for love nor money.
Thread swapping ...... "Gonna need a bigger boat" (spanner!!!)

[Debs]

Love the look of this mod.. I was only thinking the other day that its a pain in the ass trying to scroll through the menu on the go... 

Ive found a Momentary Switch with Waterproof Cover on web so gonna order it and do this mod... Watch this space 

[shaggs147]

Just a thought ....... has anyone tried using a multimeter between the solder point and the pins at the female part of the plug to check for continuity?
I'd guess this has already been checked, but if there is continuity to one of the pins then it should be possible to wire into the loom instead of the dash.

[Kwikasfuki]

Good point Shaggs. Didn't check that for an alternative approach

[Debs]

Shaggs that has just gone straight over my head 

I have no idea what you are on about 

[shaggs147]

Sorry Debs, I'm an engineer, didn't mean it to sound complicated.
Basically you can buy a cheap multimeter from a place like Maplins for a fiver, its pretty crap as meters go, but will do this job no problem. You put the meter onto a setting which measures resistance. Touch the meter leads together and the display will show 0 and the meter may also make a beep to show you have a circuit or "continuity"
Right, next step ..... place one of the leads onto the point where Asif shows you where the wire is to be soldered, and keep it there. Then run the other multimeter lead along all the socket pins at the back of the display. If the multimeter beeps on any of those pins then it shows you have a circuit or "continuity" between that pin to the solder point. This means you can then look at the loom plug, find the corresponding pin and then just solder onto that wire..........
Alternatively, if you give me an idea when you're thinking of pulling out the dash, I might be able to tie it into one of my many trips back to Plymouth, as you're not too far out of the way. I'll check it for you, and if its possible will solder a wire into the loom, if not, I'll solder the wire into the dash for you............. you're making the coffee though!     

[Debs]

Ok... So what you are saying is that there may be a pin in the plug already assigned to that solder point? Its just a case of finding which pin corresponds with it? Am I understanding that correctly?

Then all you do is find the wire in the loom that connects to the pin and connect the switch to the wire? 

[shaggs147]

Basically yes. There might be a common connection between the solder point and one of the pins at the back of the plug socket. If you find that you can solder a wire directly to the loom wire in the plug.
I guess there might not be much of an advantage in this for you, other than it being a little neater, but it might help another member in the future as you could post the cable colour / pin number on here, then anyone who does the mod wouldn't have to take their dash apart.
I'd have checked it out on my own bike for you, but I have the 2010 model.
Hope this helps Debs

[Ubertours]

There won't be a connection on the multiplug as you need to break into the the circuit between the button and the readout and thats all internal.