Silver Ranger
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BicyclistI finally got around to installing a Datel voltmeter in the speaker grill. It was a simple installation. I removed the fairing pockets and the dashboard or meter cover or whatever you want to call it. Behind the speaker grill is a box used for mounting the speaker (see pic). I made a filler piece to go behind the grill from a piece of car detritus found along the road during a bicycle ride. I find all sorts of valuable stuff while I'm out pedaling. The filler piece is intended to keep water out. A little saw blade on a Dremel tool did a neat job of cutting holes through the filler and the grill. The voltmeter is held in place with a brass compression fitting (see pic). The last pic shows the meter in action with the bike at idle. Now I can monitor the charging system while loading it with heated gear, lights, etc.
I liked what you did with your install so I ordered a volt and a temp gage from Cyclemax. When I went to install them in the speaker grills they were very hard to see. So I placed them in the top of the left cowl pocket cover. It takes away some of the space in the pocket witch is not much of an issue because I don?t use it very often. Thanks to all of you for sharing what you did. It was a great starting point.