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How hard would it be to make a pressure/temp combo set that works with electrics instead so we can have the guages up on the handlebars or next to the speedo somehow?



Thanks for the review - lots of good info there. Pics coming soon? I wanted to ask, does the guage have a light built in? Couldn't find any reference to it on the website. Also just how hard is it to see while riding? Impossible, possible but stupidly dangerous, or not too bad if you're going in a straight line?

I've been thinking the same thing as you re: electric guages on the handlebars. The problem as I see it is that on a bike you really want liquid filled guages to handle the vibration but all the liquid filled guages I've found are mechanical. Don't know about you but the idea of having an oil line coming up onto the handlebars and pointing at my face while flexing all the time scares me a bit.

The other option is to go digital - Dakota Digital do a nice round multifuncion guage that can display any two (at a time) of volts, Oil Pressure, Water Temperature, Oil Temperature, and either Fuel Level or Air Pressure. Nice, till you look at the US$350 pricetag.

If you wanted to go with air-filled electric ones the only two issues I can see with it is the chance of failure due to vibration and waterproofing - if you're not careful about the second thing one good shower could fry your bike's electrics.

Thinking I might order the pressure guage, and skip the temperature one - on our bikes oil temp's not as big an issue as the HD's, so the temp guage'd just be for looks really, and as someone else pointed out - too easilly stolen.

Matt

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