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Reason for editing: Last Edit: October 04, 2014, 00:51:36 AM by Bucko

I have one on my 1500.  Can remember the make but it's the same as the one pictured below (not mine).  It's basically an angled plate that replaced the handlebar clamp.  The round tach fits into the angle part of the plate.  It's ball milled and chromed very nicely so fit's in with the rest of the chrome details on my 01.

I was initially concerned that the tach would look a bit goofy sticking up from the centre of the handlebars - it's bigger that I imagined it would be when I ordered it -  but at this point I think it looks pretty good.  With the headlamp housing behind it (as shown in the picture) the tach doesn't really 'stick up', at least not from the drivers perspective.

[img width=225 height=225]http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mNsM7Cx4L-Lyf_VMRA-H4ug.jpg[/img]

One annoyance, and it's a small one,  is that whenever I wash the bike, and even though I cover the tach with a plastic bag, moisture gets inside and condenses on the inside of the glass.  Sometimes there's condensation even when I haven't washed the bike.  The condensation disappears after riding a bit on a warm day but it's a bit annoying.

Couple of other things....

I would have preferred a white face, to better match the lighter colour of the speedo face on my 01, but couldn't' find a white one.

I think the tach goes up to about 8k but the needle spends most of its time occupying only fraction of the available sweep (0 ~ 3k) - too bad there's wasn't a way to make the red line (I think it's about 5500 for a Vulcan) at the extreme end of the sweep which would make the tach more useful.  I thought about adding a little circuitry to double the RPM input to the tach but never bothered.

When originally installing the tach, I thought they had sent me the wrong one.  After calling the supplier and providing the model number, which is stamped on the under side, they insisted that it was the right tach but there was no way it would fit on to the handlebar clamps, the holes were off by 1/4 inch!  In the end, they were right and I was wrong!  Once I loosened the nuts on the lower part of the dogbones (where they bolt through the the top of the tripple tree plate) the clamps easily moved out enough to line up with the tach plate holes - there's that much play in the handlebar clamp mounting holes.

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Posted by gdrudd13

- October 03, 2014, 22:10:17 PM

I looked into it awhile ago, but I didn't want to clutter the handlebars any more than they already are. Plus it started to get too pricey to be worth it for me.

Posted by chief

- October 03, 2014, 19:26:45 PM

Here's a couple of references:

http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/draginstall.html

http://www.gadgetjq.com/tach_install.htm

Posted by 2beers

- October 03, 2014, 18:52:31 PM

I've been thinking about adding a tach, too. So, anybody??

Posted by scamp62

- October 02, 2014, 17:19:06 PM

Anybody out there add a Tachometer, to your Drifter ? If so what unit did you go with, and how was the installation ?............good !....bad !

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