Koso tachometer

[Macrider]

Hans sorry you have not fitted the tacho i have looked into the Garmin unit and it seems a good idea if a little expensive ,i am going to keep looking into a tacho for the R3T so keep an eye on the posts.
paul

Not that expensive considering what you get.
If you already have the GPS thats a bonus..
a regular tach will cost $200-300 anyways
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[ballyono]

Called the GPS shop this morning where I have bought my Zumo 660 about the Nuvi and Ecoroute:

Well respected company which also has a big forum, technical service etc,etc.
They simply adviced me not to install a Nuvi on a Bike:

1: It is not waterproof.
2: Not chockproof, they got back severall Nuvi's in Time which broke down because of the chocks it gets on the Bike.

The Ecoroute works fantistic they said.

Hans (NL)

 

[Macrider]

Garmin Nuvi

Never had a problem with mine.
When it rains, I put it away or put a clear baggie over it.
It went thru some heavy real rainstorms when I did a ride to Canada's east coast a couple of years ago.
The vibration might be a problem if you ride off road or on a Harley paint shaker,
but our Rockets are very smooth riding bikes.
I love my Nuvi, I use it in my car too when I am not on the bike.

 

[ballyono]

I agree what you say:
For the Money you get a whole system including the GPS.
If it breaks you can Always use the warranty. You do not have to say it is used on a Bike.
I will surtainly have a look at it.
If you used it already a long Time on the Rocket it helds better then the GPS shop says.

Regards,

Hans (NL)

 

[Hayabusa]

Paul,

What about the Tachometer which is used on the normal Rocket?
This should work....??

In the manual from the Koso I aslo saw something about a wire on a spark plug.

Maybe this only works on Flintstone Bikes but not on our Rocket

I will send the stuff back and will keep a close look on the Forum.

Thanks for the replies etc.

Hans ( NL)

Hans the normal rocket one is wired into the ECU and the better Rocket does not have an output for this ,The one i put on mine was run from the spark plug and did not work well ,you can change some of the bits inside but that is something i can not do.

Macrider thanks for the info