Royal Enfield Bullet 350 DIY: Installing a Tachometer / Rev Counter

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The Bullet arsenic good arsenic the Classic Reborn travel with this neat looking badge, which tin beryllium replaced with a Tripper navigation display. I was not keen connected adding a Tripper - arsenic I americium comfy utilizing Apple / Google Maps, and besides did not privation to adhd yet different integer show to the retro-themed Bullet.

I was looking astir for an analogue metre to regenerate the badge with - adjacent an ammeter arsenic successful the older procreation Bullets. I had successful information requested Hitchcocks to marque a kit, which they should beryllium releasing soon. But it would person been a spot pointless to beryllium honest. Hitchcocks bash merchantability a ready-to-install Daytona Velona tachometer kit for the Bullet and Classic Reborn. But successful my eyes, it is simply a half-hearted occupation from Hitchcocks - with needle and fonts wholly mismatched to the archetypal speedo connected the bike, a tiny integer show and adjacent a displacement airy - nary of which suited the Bullet successful my view.

While casually looking around, I came up connected a fewer posts connected the Royal Enfield Owners Forum by a idiosyncratic named 'nissbird' who makes tachometer kits for astir each the modern Royal Enfields. Although I americium not a subordinate of the forum, I was capable to find his interaction details and ordered a kit for my Bullet. He is Mr. Philip Kench from the UK, and I americium sharing his email code present with his permission, successful lawsuit anyone is funny to acquisition a rev antagonistic kit from him. It is [email protected].

I person nary relation with him different than this 1 acquisition that I made, and the kit outgo maine GBP 155 including shipping to Japan.

I person nary thought which vendor helium sources the basal tachometer itself from, but helium designs and builds the housings, bezels, wiring and connectors each by himself. He did stock a fewer of his CAD designs for the antithetic RE models upon my request. He takes attraction to usage matching needles, fonts, bezels and adjacent backlighting. The bezel connected my tacho is made from stainless steel, and it is neatly polished.

He besides provides a 6 period instrumentality warranty, but I bash anticipation it lasts overmuch longer than that.

Neat packaging

Contents

The kit consisted of the existent tachometer, torx operator to region the factory-fitted badge, USB thrust with instructions and wiring diagram and a mates of plug-and-play wiring harnesses.

A person look

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Installation - Part 1 / 2

: As always, earlier doing immoderate electrical enactment connected your bike, disconnect the antagonistic terminal (normally black) of the battery.

Disconnect artillery antagonistic (inside the RHS 'tool box' connected the Bullet / Classic)

The plug and play harness to prime up the signals from the ignition coil

Remove the spot (#6 allen cardinal bolts x 4)

The substance vessel is fixed utilizing conscionable 1 bolt and seed (M10 / M8)

Remove the bolt and seed carefully

Cover the beforehand information of the vessel with fluffy apparel to debar scratches

Lift the backside of the vessel mildly and prop it up utilizing a suitable object

Tank propped up to summation access

The achromatic coupler is the 1 going to the ignition coil

If you are dexterous, usage your fingers. But if you are similar me, usage a tiny screwdriver to

Tie up the wiring neatly utilizing the provided cablegram necktie and the substance vessel and spot tin beryllium refitted.

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Installation - Part 2/2

Now we tin determination connected to the installation of the existent tachometer itself.

Refit everything neatly including the artillery terminal astatine the precise end. And yes, bash not hide to plug successful the awesome ligament (bullet connector) that you brought successful from the ignition coil.

Installation complete

Switch connected the ignition and your tacho should bash a bully expanse close erstwhile the speedo expanse ends. It's not simultaneous, but it is much similar a synchronized dance.

I made this abbreviated video to amusement the tachometer successful action. It is beauteous acold wherever I americium arsenic we are approaching winter, and the video is of a acold start. The motorcycle fired up and went consecutive to astir 1,500 rpm and yet settee down betwixt 900 and 1,000 rpm. After riding astir 10 km, I realized that I displacement up astatine astir 2,500 rpm wrong the city.

Any questions are ever welcome.

Ride harmless and anticipation to spot you successful the adjacent one!

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Thread moved from the Assembly Line to the Motorcycle section. Thanks for sharing!

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Nice mod! In information the tacho suits the slot amended than the earlier RE logo, oregon the Tripper show IMHO!

Royal Enfield could person provided thing similar this, astatine slightest connected the Classic 650!