Hawkrider

I'm looking for an aftermarket gauge with speedo, tach, and all the normal warning lights. This is for the XS750 cafe project. Since I'm swapping the VTR front end onto the bike I'm losing the speedo drive and I'm going to need something to replace it. I've only found one company so far that's reasonable (Acewell { www.acewell-meter.com } sold in the US by Electrosport) but if anyone knows of others out there I'd appreciate a link or two.

superbling

Don't know what your range is for "reasonable" but here are some that I found when doing mine. I went with the first one but has issues with tach registration and ultimately used another honda unit:

http://www.kosonorthamerica.com/index_us.html
http://www.veypor.com/index.html
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_mult3.asp...r_Blue&Units=E
http://trailtech.net/

kai ju

I can highly recommend the Trail Tech "Vapor", it's been on my XR650R for about two years now and it has so many features it's unreal.
They also have a warning/indicator light base that should cover all your needs.

Kai Ju

Hawkrider

Not fond of the Veypor. The Koso looks nice but is more than I need for some models (and expensive) and no tach for the one that is reasonable. The egauges ones don't have idiot lights and the Trailtech Vapor doesn't either.

Looks like I'm probably going to go with the Acewell. It's a helluva deal for $150.

Thanks for the input guys. Needed to know that I didn't miss something else out there.

kai ju

The Trail Tech Vapor itself does not have the idiot lights but they do have an "Indicator Dashboard" available that has every function you'll need.
The Vapor has programmable shift lights, yes two; programmable high water temp lights, again two, a clock, tripmeter, odometer, hour meter etc.
It's a breeze to install and looks good to boot.

http://www.trailtech.net/022-PDA.html

At least give it another look.

Kai Ju

Hawkrider

Hmm, didn't notice that piece. That changes things, but only slightly. I don't see a backlight on the Vapor. How am I to ride at night?

Well that settles it. Acewell is bought. It just seems more intuitive to me. They are pretty much the same unit with the exception of the backlight. Even the price is the same.

jbeber

Has anyone heard of Starlane? They have some pretty cool products. The Athon model is about $550, but they have some in the $1k range too...a bit over my head. The Athon says it's wireless--fed off GPS for speedo and the tach can be wired to factory or just place pickup near ignition somehow....might be worth looking at.

Here's a couple links also...

http://www.yoyodyneti.com/ProductInf...ductid=CCATHG3
http://www.starlane.com/en_news.htm

kai ju

The Vapor is back lit.

( I ought to own stock in that company as hard as I'm trying to get you to buy one of their units, but I don't )

Kai Ju

seaton001

I am interested how the Acewell goes. Post up your progress if you could please.

Hawkrider

They should advertise it better. Didn't see anywhere in their online literature that said it. Too late anyway. I ordered the Acewell yesterday.

Will do. I'll be posting pics of Alice (the Cafe project) as it comes along.

Death Cattle

definitely go with trail-tech vapor, its a good price for an awesome piece of a equipment. i actually go camping and ride dirt bikes with the creator of the company, everyone has one!

Hawkrider

Got my Acewell today. Looks very cool!

Yeah, yeah...I know...

I'll post pics when it's installed!

RumbleBee

Hawkrider,

what instrument cluster did you go with? How difficult was it to install?

I'm converting my hawk into a street fighter...or should i say, its already a streetfighter but I want it to look cleaner. I still have the factory gauge cluster on mine and i want to get something else.

RumbleBee

Kai ju,

how hard was this to wrie up?