White LEDs for Neutral and Turn Signal indicator lights

[5th_bike]

And here is the video:
[youtube:h4u4vid1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn5DoYWL0tA[/youtube:h4u4vid1]
or click this link

[mr. softie]

That is neat to know which side is blinking. For me though turning the signals off or not is a good measure of how attentive I am being with my riding. Leaving them on is like a slap upside the head... pay attention fool!

[alanmcorcoran]

I like your tach. Was it hard to install? I found I use mine (on the Strat) as a proxy for knowing what gear I'm in (so I don't try to shift to non-existent "sixth gear") Sometimes, with the earplugs and the wind, I can't always tell by the engine sound.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

And here is the video:

[Thread-jack time!]
My current obsession is idle speed.
I have a vague feeling that we have covered this before; please forgive my old brain if that is true.

Your tach seems to be indicating about 1600......but it sounds like your idle speed is WAY lower than that.....maybe around 800. Is your tach maybe reading 2X the actual speed.......or maybe I need to re-tune my ears ??

I guess I'm gonna have to visit my dealer for some readings.

[music man]

[quote=Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by "5th_bike":34u8xak6

And here is the video:

[Thread-jack time!]
My current obsession is idle speed.
I have a vague feeling that we have covered this before; please forgive my old brain if that is true.

Your tach seems to be indicating about 1600......but it sounds like your idle speed is WAY lower than that.....maybe around 800. Is your tach maybe reading 2X the actual speed.......or maybe I need to re-tune my ears ??

I guess I'm gonna have to visit my dealer for some readings.[/quote:34u8xak6]

No I think you are right Easy, I don't think there is any way his bike is idling at 1,600 rpms in that video, I have been wrong before, but I think you are correct on this one.

[5th_bike]

Alan, it is very easy mount that tach, at the bolt that holds the signal stem. No solder, plastic mixing, wire cutting etc. See at "How to... mount a tachometer" thread for supplier and instructions. BTW re: your earlier "hours of effort" remark, I wasn't looking forward to replacing that little light bulb every 1,500 miles, and I hope these LEDs never need replacing, so that's a lot of time saved ! Eventually.

Others: it idled at about 1,400 rpm (realize you're looking at an angle and the needle was actually below the 1,500 rpm line on the dial), and the tach works fine (i.e. it indicates about 5,100 rpm at 50 mph in 5th gear). The bike was nice and hot after a more than 40 miles ride when I shot the video.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

Others: it idled at about 1,400 rpm (realize you're looking at an angle and the needle was actually below the 1,500 rpm line on the dial), and the tach works fine (i.e. it indicates about 5,100 rpm at 50 mph in 5th gear). The bike was nice and hot after a more than 40 miles ride when I shot the video.

OK, just one more comment for clarification and then the matter will drop.

It sounds like you are not idling smoothly. I think I even hear a few stumbles and can distinguish every power stroke. If that is true, something is amiss.

If the tach is reading correctly and it is making that much noise when it runs at 1400 rpm, I would be concerned. Then again, not having a tach, I have no good frame of reference.

Maybe the audio is just bad. Hope so.

[5th_bike]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

[It sounds like you are not idling smoothly. I think I even hear a few stumbles and can distinguish every power stroke. If that is true, something is amiss.

If the tach is reading correctly and it is making that much noise when it runs at 1400 rpm, I would be concerned. Then again, not having a tach, I have no good frame of reference.

Maybe the audio is just bad. Hope so.

Hm, now you have me worried. Maybe the two years of doing nothing before I got it, took their toll and there is something clogged. Yet, it seems to runs fine and not skip a beat when riding. I may post at the "troubleshooting" forum if the idle stumbles continue.

I checked at Youtube for more idling videos. Jexy's:

his idles a tad bit slower - at 1,300 rpm I presume. A slight stumble in the beginning.

Warlock's runs a little irregular.


This one, "sepu29", also idles with stumbles


Maybe I shouldn't worry.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

Maybe I shouldn't worry.

Maybe not; probably not.
Maybe worry is the wrong word.

Maybe that is "normal" for 100% stock. Maybe that's why the previous owner took the cap off of the idle mixture screw on mine.

Maybe I should shut up about it until I get mine fixed and put a meter on it. :roll:

[5th_bike]

Ooh, I realize now that when it makes 1,400 rpm, it fires only 700 times per minute (two revolutions per ignition, it's a "4-stroke" after all...) therefore there are 11 to 12 'explosions' per second, that sounds about right. You only hear 700 beats yet it does run 1,400 rpm.