Nice job on the bracket!

I tried replacing the stock thermal switch with a thermistor from another manufacturer - the only one I could find with the correct M10x1.25 threads. Either it doesn't work or I fried the temperature circuit in the Vapor. I need to spend some time with a meter and the Vapor thermistor to see if I can figure out what the problem it. I'm really hesitant to splice their sensor into a radiator hose when the bike has a hole already there in the radiator for a sensor.

 

Where did you get that sensor? I see Daytona Motorcycle Parts sells 2 thermistors that are m10x1.25. One is digital and the other analog. I am not sure which the vapor would read correctly.

Also If Trailtech has an M12X1.5 adaptor, why not consider tapping the radiator to this size? Probably the best route to take at this point. I am going to go get an m12 bolt right now and hold it up to the radiator to see if there is room to make this work.

Opinions?

 

Why? it works fine

 

Now that I got looking at the vapor It looks as if I need the original temperature switch to set off the dashboard overheat light. The one spliced into the radiator hose would be for the vapor temp readout. I could see how if you chose not to use the dashboard you might want to use the existing hole in the radiator.

UNLESS: Is there a way to set off that overheat light without using the original temp switch?

 

Why not use the Vapor overheat light? You can program it to trigger the amber and red at whatever temps you set it to?

 

This is true. Then on the dash you would have , neutral light, brights, and seperate left right blinker indicators. Easy enough to splice the wires from the blinkers into the dashboard.

 

Punch out some holes from an old inner tube with a stationary hole punch. Epoxy the dots to the buttons. Makes them much easier to use. Cheers.

 

Not hard at all, actually. I bought a replacement dash connector so I didn't have to destroy the bike's wiring or the original connectors. I used the wiring diagram in the service manual to figure out the pinouts on the connectors. Then wiring the Vapor and dashboard was simply a bunch of soldering. My 4 Vapor dash lights are wired to neutral light, high beam, and separate right and left blinkers.

You could just as easily leave the L/R blinkers combined and use the 4th light for the stock temperature sensor switch. I was bent on separating the blinker lights.

I'll check out the thermistors you mentioned. I didn't come across them when I was searching, but I'm betting the digital one will work.

I'm trying to avoid splicing the Vapor sensor into a radiator line simply because it bugs me that there's a place on the bike for a temperature sensor. It's not a huge deal, and if nothing else works out I'll go that route.

 

 

Nevermind I caught my self asking a redundant question