For me black wire is (-) and green is ignition (+). Was trying to figure out fuel gauge wire and this video helped a lot. thank you. I put this speedo on zontes monster. It has electronic tacho from factory so it wasn't any hasle with rpm, only select 4 stroke engine in menu and readings was same as old tacho.
My old speedo has just one connection for both right and left indicator as it had just one indication light on speedo for both .How can i wire up with this speedo so that this new speedo lights up both right and left indications separately ?
I will be installing one of these on my CB450 K5 and probably another on my SLR 650. The CB450 K does not have a pulse generator that i know of.. where should i hook the wire to?
Hi there, may I ask you that, if I only need the RPM to work, no need to save miles, can I connect the RED wire into the wire that goes after the ignition key?
Hey man, great video! Very helpful and informative. I noticed in your previous video, that the needle of one of your speedometers was stuck at 12 000 rpm and now both are as they should be (at 0 rpm). I have the same issue (I think a accidentally wired it wrong) and I was wondering how did you fix it?
Thanks for the tutorial. When you say the red wire is "power to the speedo all the time" what do you mean by that and how would you wire it? Would you just run a wire to the positive terminal of the battery separate from the ignition wire? Wouldn't that drain your battery constantly? Even if you add a switch to this wire I don't see how that's different from the ignition power source. My speedo seems to work fine with just the black ignition wire hooked up and powers on but will my settings not be saved?
As concern gas wire (blue and white), you said that less is the resistance and more full the tank will be; then you mean more is the resistance and more it's empty. But which are the resitance values in when is full and empty? I really hope you'll answer me. Thank you.
Hi there, Thanks for doing these videos, they've been pretty handy, I bought one of these a long time ago and my wiring colours are different to yours (mine has the black writing on the front), on mine I have a green and red cable... any ideas on what this one is to go? again, thanks for your help :)
@@DRugfree1987 by the way. I'm having an issue where my speedometer panel will turn off after a while. Any idea what might be causing it the whole thing doesn't turn off. The turn signal lights and the back light still works just the speed panel turns off
Cant get the Rpms on this unit, Any advice? It is going onto a 2005 sportster xl1500c. Tried connecting it to the coil wires and wrapping a wire on a spark plug wire and nothing. Set it up between to 2 cylinder and 4 cylinder and nothing. When I turn the ignition on the gauge needle swipes and goes back to 0 please any help will be appreciated.
I need help, please. My speedometer has a pink wire (the data sheet says is the 2nd gear but it is not). Everything is working fine, but i think that pink cable is the same as your red wire, which you mention is the "memory", my question is that I don't understand what exactly the function is. Thank you so much, any help would be appreciated. My speedometer has totally different wires than the ones in this video.
if you just want to test to see of the speedometer works. hook up black to positive and green to negative. when wiring it up normally, black will be wired to your ignition/key. and red will go straight to positive side of the battery battery, and green will go to the negitive side of the battery or to a body ground
I accidentally change my cylinder settings to 2 cylinders. Do you know if it is possible to change it back to 1 cylinder? It looks like it's near impossible. Is it possible to possibly even reset the memory settings?
I have also bought one of these but haven't installed it yet, but what if you disconnect the wires that goe to the battery? Red and Green. Wouldn't that reset the whole thing since it looses all power?
Hi Lucas, yes its quite easy you just long press the button as u turn it on itl come up with something like yyy--- change it to yyy123 then the first parameter u can change is the amount of cylinders
@@DRugfree1987 It's OK I found one on ebay from China that will work on boats and cars ATV's etc for only £30 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/85mm-Waterproof-Digital-Stainless-Speedometer-Gauge-for-Car-Boat-ATV-120MPH/164319393932?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Can't get the lightning (Black cable) to work... I get the calibration but nothing lights up, it did once or twice but when i put it together it doesnt work anymore... There is power everywhere but nothing happens..
Do you mean. Like just the basic two wires to just turn on the speedometer. Theirs 2 positive wires and one neutral wire. Both positive wires need to have power for the meter to come on. One is for memory and to allow the meter to cycle when you turn off the bike. And the other goes to the ignition to send power to the meter and light up when the bike is turned on
Hi there, I did this connection: "when wiring it up normally, black will be wired to your ignition/key. and red will go straight to positive side of the battery battery, and green will go to the negitive side of the battery or to a body ground" When I connect red to battery the speedo stay on all the time (does not turn off), is that correct?? Blinkers and light symbols do not work unit I turn on key.
Red is the memory wire. Allows the speedo to cycle completely off when turning the bike off. And to act as power to settings. It will come on and off normally. But you will notice when you turn the bike off the tach will cycle then go to zero
Hey thanks for the quick reply! Sorry I confused myself! I wired it like you said, black ignition/key, red straight to battery, green ground. When wired like this, no power to speedo (nothing lights up, tach doesn't cycle) but, when I turn key on, blinkers, light & hi-beam light symbols work when in use. (The speedometer works hooked up black to positive and green to negative - tach will cycle then go to zero)
dvers 411 make sure you are getting power to to black wire. Might even want to test it by running a wire straight to the battery. And make sure no fuses are popped
I also have a xs650. And I will be doing this very soon. Great video, very informative. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for this video. Mine didn't come with a wiring diagram and what you showed here is correct. You saved me a lot of time, thanks man.
You're very welcome!
Excellent video saved me a massive drama trying to wire up my new custom
For me black wire is (-) and green is ignition (+). Was trying to figure out fuel gauge wire and this video helped a lot. thank you. I put this speedo on zontes monster. It has electronic tacho from factory so it wasn't any hasle with rpm, only select 4 stroke engine in menu and readings was same as old tacho.
Hi, You've helped me a lot. I couldn't find the description for the wires anywhere. Thank you
My old speedo has just one connection for both right and left indicator as it had just one indication light on speedo for both .How can i wire up with this speedo so that this new speedo lights up both right and left indications separately ?
I will be installing one of these on my CB450 K5 and probably another on my SLR 650.
The CB450 K does not have a pulse generator that i know of.. where should i hook the wire to?
Hi there, may I ask you that, if I only need the RPM to work, no need to save miles, can I connect the RED wire into the wire that goes after the ignition key?
Hey man, great video! Very helpful and informative.
I noticed in your previous video, that the needle of one of your speedometers was stuck at 12 000 rpm and now both are as they should be (at 0 rpm). I have the same issue (I think a accidentally wired it wrong) and I was wondering how did you fix it?
Is it possible for the gas gauge to work and measure the fuel
Can you tell me or send me a link of the universal speedo that you used? Thanks
Nice xs650!
I have a TUSK LIGHTING KIT. I would like to see how to connect this speedometer with that on my dirt bike
Thanks for the tutorial. When you say the red wire is "power to the speedo all the time" what do you mean by that and how would you wire it? Would you just run a wire to the positive terminal of the battery separate from the ignition wire? Wouldn't that drain your battery constantly? Even if you add a switch to this wire I don't see how that's different from the ignition power source. My speedo seems to work fine with just the black ignition wire hooked up and powers on but will my settings not be saved?
Same question here. Mine doesn't even have a red wire, it is pink. What did you do to solve it?
hi on my 9 pin plug i have a black & yellow wire is that the rpm as i have no purple one.
As concern gas wire (blue and white), you said that less is the resistance and more full the tank will be; then you mean more is the resistance and more it's empty. But which are the resitance values in when is full and empty? I really hope you'll answer me. Thank you.
Luigi Mastrangelo sorry. I'm not able to answer that. The info might be somewhere but I was never able to find it.
brother i have a gs75082 and it does not mark the rpm you could fix it
Can you fit this taco to an electronic ignition?
Can these work on efi motorcycles?
Hi there, Thanks for doing these videos, they've been pretty handy, I bought one of these a long time ago and my wiring colours are different to yours (mine has the black writing on the front), on mine I have a green and red cable... any ideas on what this one is to go? again, thanks for your help :)
green-red = neutral cable
Thank you
Can you help with my tachometer?
2x Gray
3x Black-White
1x Orange-Green
1x Yellow-Black
Lol the instructions that came with the speedometer had this videos address in it. Great video
No way. Haha they need to start paying me
@@DRugfree1987 I was watching this video and then was like let's put this address in and it took me to the same video
@@DRugfree1987 by the way. I'm having an issue where my speedometer panel will turn off after a while. Any idea what might be causing it the whole thing doesn't turn off. The turn signal lights and the back light still works just the speed panel turns off
@@YahyaHaqiqi when you turn the ignition on and off does the needle cycle back and forth?
@@DRugfree1987 yes it does
hi sir can you please help me how to wire my sensor to the socket
Hi I've followed the instructions but all I'm getting is the neutral light and nothing else .. what am I doing wrong?
Cant get the Rpms on this unit, Any advice? It is going onto a 2005 sportster xl1500c. Tried connecting it to the coil wires and wrapping a wire on a spark plug wire and nothing. Set it up between to 2 cylinder and 4 cylinder and nothing. When I turn the ignition on the gauge needle swipes and goes back to 0 please any help will be appreciated.
I connected on a wire for cdi signal wire. Worked much better. Check out my other video. Its titles gauge update
I need help, please. My speedometer has a pink wire (the data sheet says is the 2nd gear but it is not). Everything is working fine, but i think that pink cable is the same as your red wire, which you mention is the "memory", my question is that I don't understand what exactly the function is.
Thank you so much, any help would be appreciated. My speedometer has totally different wires than the ones in this video.
mine has a pink aswell, did you get it to work?
How can i start and check it ? Is it working or not ? Which wire color i use to power on it using battery ?
if you just want to test to see of the speedometer works. hook up black to positive and green to negative. when wiring it up normally, black will be wired to your ignition/key. and red will go straight to positive side of the battery battery, and green will go to the negitive side of the battery or to a body ground
I accidentally change my cylinder settings to 2 cylinders. Do you know if it is possible to change it back to 1 cylinder? It looks like it's near impossible. Is it possible to possibly even reset the memory settings?
I have also bought one of these but haven't installed it yet, but what if you disconnect the wires that goe to the battery? Red and Green. Wouldn't that reset the whole thing since it looses all power?
Hi Lucas, yes its quite easy you just long press the button as u turn it on itl come up with something like yyy--- change it to yyy123 then the first parameter u can change is the amount of cylinders
my bike has no battery, can i use this? does it require a battery to remember its odometer and wheel speed settings? thanks
Yes. It will need a battery. Wont work without one
@@DRugfree1987 thanks for the info, so with this gauge, every time you disconnect the battery from your bike, you have to reprogram the gauge setting?
Can you give the link to the 3x3 connector that you found on eBay?
Alex Jenne they are called 2.8mm connectors. Search that and you will find what you need. You can even find a kit with many different sizes
Can these be used on a diesel car Ford Mondeo Mk3?
Not sure
@@DRugfree1987 It's OK I found one on ebay from China that will work on boats and cars ATV's etc for only £30 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/85mm-Waterproof-Digital-Stainless-Speedometer-Gauge-for-Car-Boat-ATV-120MPH/164319393932?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
But which one is the ground?
Hi do I need a battery or can I use it without cheers
Needs a battery to work
Can't get the lightning (Black cable) to work... I get the calibration but nothing lights up, it did once or twice but when i put it together it doesnt work anymore...
There is power everywhere but nothing happens..
Do you mean. Like just the basic two wires to just turn on the speedometer. Theirs 2 positive wires and one neutral wire. Both positive wires need to have power for the meter to come on. One is for memory and to allow the meter to cycle when you turn off the bike. And the other goes to the ignition to send power to the meter and light up when the bike is turned on
Hi there,
I did this connection:
"when wiring it up normally, black will be wired to your ignition/key. and red will go straight to positive side of the battery battery, and green will go to the negitive side of the battery or to a body ground"
When I connect red to battery the speedo stay on all the time (does not turn off), is that correct?? Blinkers and light symbols do not work unit I turn on key.
Red is the memory wire. Allows the speedo to cycle completely off when turning the bike off. And to act as power to settings. It will come on and off normally. But you will notice when you turn the bike off the tach will cycle then go to zero
Hey thanks for the quick reply! Sorry I confused myself!
I wired it like you said, black ignition/key, red straight to battery, green ground. When wired like this, no power to speedo (nothing lights up, tach doesn't cycle) but, when I turn key on, blinkers, light & hi-beam light symbols work when in use.
(The speedometer works hooked up black to positive and green to negative - tach will cycle then go to zero)
dvers 411 exactly
When I turn the key on, should the tach cycle? Because nothing is on or lights up.
Only the blinkers or light symbols work when I press the buttons.
dvers 411 make sure you are getting power to to black wire. Might even want to test it by running a wire straight to the battery. And make sure no fuses are popped
Why on this list there are 10 wires shown but the plug only has 9
Sorry. A bit misleading. The neutral gear wire is in with the gear indicator wire cluster.
For some reason the video doesnt work, and i could really use this vid cause i got this gauge
The speed sensor is not responsive
Cere Siin make sure the magnetic and the pick up are close enough. There should only be a very tiny gap between the two
hi sir can you please help me how to wire my sensor to the socket