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Custom Vehicle Discussions => 2001 FXDWG2/2002 FXDWG3 => Topic started by: CH on August 17, 2006, 07:57:12 PM

Title: Tach on a FXDWG2 or 3
Post by: CH on August 17, 2006, 07:57:12 PM

How can you install a good tach on the FXDWG2 or 3?

Anybody out there do it?

Title: Re: Tach on a FXDWG2 or 3
Post by: nidan on August 18, 2006, 12:08:10 PM

With the headlight cowl there isn't much room , you may want to check out a Dakota Digital tach.  I had a tach on my Superglide and they are nice , but after 20k miles on it I got to know where the motor was running pretty well.  On my FXDWG3 I don't really miss it .

I got this from the Nightrider site , calculated for the FXDWG3 using a 90/90x21/Fr 150/80 16 Rear 3.15 final

MPH Calculator
RPM      1      2      3      4      5
1000      7.5      10.9      15.2      19.6      23.9
1200      9.0      13.0      18.3      23.5      28.7
1400      10.5      15.2      21.3      27.4      33.5
1600      11.9      17.4      24.4      31.3      38.2
1800      13.4      19.5      27.4      35.3      43.0
2000      14.9      21.7      30.4      39.2      47.8
2200      16.4      23.9      33.5      43.1      52.6
2400      17.9      26.1      36.5      47.0      57.3
2600      19.4      28.2      39.6      50.9      62.1
2800      20.9      30.4      42.6      54.8      66.9
3000      22.4      32.6      45.7      58.8      71.7
3200      23.9      34.8      48.7      62.7      76.5
3400      25.4      36.9      51.7      66.6      81.2
3600      26.9      39.1      54.8      70.5      86.0
3800      28.4      41.3      57.8      74.4      90.8
4000      29.9      43.4      60.9      78.3      95.6
4200      31.4      45.6      63.9      82.3      100.4
4400      32.9      47.8      67.0      86.2      105.1
4600      34.3      50.0      70.0      90.1      109.9
4800      35.8      52.1      73.1      94.0      114.7
5000      37.3      54.3      76.1      97.9      119.5
5200      38.8      56.5      79.1      101.8      124.2
5400      40.3      58.6      82.2      105.8      129.0
5600      41.8      60.8      85.2      109.7      133.8
5800      43.3      63.0      88.3      113.6      138.6
6000      44.8      65.2      91.3      117.5      143.4
6200      46.3      67.3      94.4      121.4      148.1

Title: Re: Tach on a FXDWG2 or 3
Post by: nidan on August 18, 2006, 12:12:11 PM

The HLY-5021 Digital Tachometer includes:

Quick response digital tachometer.
0- 18,000 RPM range with High RPM recall.
Easy push button calibration for a wide range of cylinder combinations from 1- 15 cylinders.
Works with both single and dual fire ignitions.
Dimensions: 3-1/2" x 2" x 1-3/4" deep.
Machined aluminum housing with non-glare scratch resistant lens.
Show Quality Triple Chrome Plating.
* Limited Two Year Warranty!
 
 
Only  $309.95  
 

Title: Re: Tach on a FXDWG2 or 3
Post by: Twolanerider on August 19, 2006, 03:31:24 PM

Sounds counterintuitive I guess, but though I never shift by tach I always like to have them onboard.  On just about any kind of vehicle.  We really should be shifting by ear and feel anyway.  Only time I've ever shifted otherwise was on the strip.  But even then it's a tach light and not the tach itself.  But just for the information gleaned and the analysis and extrapolation you can do from it I always like to have a tach on anything I drive.

Title: Re: Tach on a FXDWG2 or 3
Post by: floridashowbike on September 29, 2006, 02:20:10 PM

I have a tach on mine. I removed the headlight cowling ( I hated it) and think it looks so much better.