Upcoming dashboard mod :D

[spencer2004]

Thanks for that but I'm going 100% custom on this one ;)

[OvercrossMC]

This looks interesting, it basically works the same as my system does. The auction description dosen't give much information about it though, I wonder if there is a way to calibrate the fuel gague and change the wheel diameter setting.

I have found a few that say contact us for different wheel sizes. I am happy to change a speedo cable but I am not 100% when it comes to replacing the whole unit. I may have a look in the summer and see if I can get the speeds checked for accuracy.

[Dave-DR]

The koso ones such as; http://www.digital-speedos.co.uk/rx2...tion-206-p.asp let you set the wheel size amongst other thigns as well as the fuel gauge, so it can all be calibrated to the bike your fitting it on.

[spencer2004]

I would immagine that these universal speedos will have some way to change the wheel size as it would be uneconimacal to have a seperate model for each wheel size, it would probably be some sort of dip switch or potentiometer.

I bet that these are kind of hard to install as a lot of custom wiring will have to be done.

[spencer2004]

Well it's taken a long time because I'm lazy and stuff but my project is basically done, all that's left to do is fit it! I have ironed out 99% of the bugs in the software and it does appear that this thing is going to be pretty accurate when I actually stick it on my bike.

Wires everywhere :O
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I have added a clock to it which should be handy
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A distance and trip meter with a 0.05 mile resolution.
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Top speed and 0-60 times which are kind of the main parts of this project
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A basic fuel reading, the ammount in litres is based on the assumption that my tank holds 14 litres when the reading reads 100% but this will probably need a lot of tweaking to get right. The reading only updates when it is stable to within +/- 5% for 2 seconds which prevents the level from going all over the place while braking and accelerating. I plan to add some way to calculate MPG at some point.
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[spencer2004]

...and a dedicated 0-60 mode which shows the best and last 0-60 times
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[prince666]

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Easy Tiger ... 0-60 mph in 98.99 secs that one quick bike must be a ducati, no all jokes aside

good job well done spencer keep up the post

[spencer2004]

Easy Tiger ... 0-60 mph in 98.99 secs that one quick bike must be a ducati, no all jokes aside

good job well done spencer keep up the post

Thanks prince ;)

Yeah I set the default to 99 (since a default of 0 would never be beaten) and the weird decimal to text algorithm that I'm using rounds it down to 98.99 for some reason.

The good thing about this system is it's universal and could be fitted to anything with a wheel (the RPM reading requires a crank position sensor to tap in to) so prehaps I could have a few of these made as an external unit to mount on the handle bars of a bike or on the dashboard of a car. I have seen some universal dashboards like this before but I don't think they recorded 0-60 times.