Tach

[07grizzlymud]

Does anyone have a tach on there grizz? Or hooked up one for tuning? Think be good for playing with the clutch. Thanks

[Mad Mike]

I have been looking for a tach for a single cylinder also. they are out there but kinda pricey for just a tach.

[rpmlou]

I was looking for a tach also and temp gauge. I found this unit that has all of those options plus some in one. They actually don't make a unit just for the Grizzlys, but make a universal display. Here is the website to them.
http://www.trailtech.net/75-2011.html
The Trail tech vapor # 75-2011 is the one I bought. If someone needs more info on these, I can write up a review for them or how I installed mine. Good luck.

[twisterf4]

Originally Posted by rpmlou

I was looking for a tach also and temp gauge. I found this unit that has all of those options plus some in one. They actually don't make a unit just for the Grizzlys, but make a universal display. Here is the website to them.
http://www.trailtech.net/75-2011.html
The Trail tech vapor # 75-2011 is the one I bought. If someone needs more info on these, I can write up a review for them or how I installed mine. Good luck.

Uh, yeah. Can we see some pics of yours installed?

Thanks,

-T

[07grizzlymud]

Thanks that looks pretty good something Yamaha should have put on the Grizz from factory. Any pictures of yours?

[dieselsmith]

Please do a review.

[rpmlou]

Well, I'm not very good at writing reviews, so please be easy on me.

My main goal was to find a engine temp gauge for my Grizzly. I'm a bit old fashion and have temp gauges on all my cars and toys. Why wait till a light comes on to fix your problem. While looking around on the net, I found this unit that has more than I need, but cheaper than one good digital gauge. The main reason I bought this unit is because it had ambient temp and engine temp together. I have more than enough factory trip meters for me, so I wont used the extra trips.
I also like the tachometer display. It's easy to read even bouncing around some bumps. This unit is very clean and light weight, making it easy to mount securely to thin or not so strong items.
The installation took me around two hours. This included mounting the new sensor and magnet for the speedo (not a bolt on for this model, some fab work is necessary), (I also JB welded the magnet to the rotor so I wouldn't mess with the factory brake rotor bolts), the engine temp coupler, running the sensor wires safely and hooking the power wires to my battery (not needed, self powered) and mounting it to my handle bar plastic cover.
I really like the maximum option it has or recall function. Speed, engine temp, ambient temp and RPM. Touch the button and it tells you how hot you got today.

The negative comments would be the following...
1- It seemed alot smaller than I thought. Yes, I did read the dimensions on the net, just didn't click in my little head.
2- Wires for the sensors are a little short, plan your route with them carefully.
3- The tach is pretty jumpy. I didn't have a manual for the Grizzly at the time and didn't know which wire was the primary one on the coil, so I just wrapped the special wire around the secondary coil wire like the instructions said for a inductive read instead. I'm going to re wire it soon to smooth out the display reading.
4- Ambient temp is around 10 degrees high as soon as the sun hits it. When it's in my shop, it reads very close. The air rising off the engine also makes it read higher than it actually is .

In closing, I still like the unit because I really was just looking for an engine and air temp gauge. It has held up to a few of my crashes and still isn't scratched up from cleaning the display. I would easily buy another one for my next ride.
Thanks for listening to me ramble.

Please help me insert these pictures
I can email them to you or what ever works best.