630 Handguards?

[Muddy Waters]

Oh nooooooo!

It's turning into a GS!

Indeed, it's the GS's incredibly hot and skinny adopted sister...

 

[jtemple]

Oh nooooooo!

It's turning into a GS!

Definitely not wanting to turn mine into some kind of behemoth with a bunch of stuff hanging off of it. The garage door opener is probably all it'll get. It was just too simple to do, and way more convenient than carrying an opener around in my pocket.

 

[jhan]

Any one used the 2-1/2 lower clamp from HDB? Everything fits okay?

 

[Guoseph]

So far, all I've done is the garage door opener. I wired a keychain opener to my battery (12V opener) and to a switch on the top clamp. I can't think of anything else to do, really. I do love the garage door opener.

Would you mind doing a quick how to on the garage door opener? Did you use an existing opener or a universal one? Where can we get a switch that fits the HDB predrilled holes? Any soldering involved?

Thanks a bunch!

Alex
P.S. Yes, I AM making a GS "Lite", so there

 

[Thumperama]

Any one used the 2-1/2 lower clamp from HDB? Everything fits okay?

Fits fine. It took a few minutes to get used to the look of the bars sitting that much higher, but no problems to date.

 

[jtemple]

Would you mind doing a quick how to on the garage door opener? Did you use an existing opener or a universal one? Where can we get a switch that fits the HDB predrilled holes? Any soldering involved?

Thanks a bunch!

Alex
P.S. Yes, I AM making a GS "Lite", so there

HDB sells switches that fit the holes in their top clamp.

The how-to is here: http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=217769

Here's what you do.

Any opener will do. I used a keychain sized one. A 12V opener makes it easier; you don't have to add a voltage regulator to step the voltage down to 6V or whatever your opener takes.

Solder a jumper in your opener so it's always on.

Solder some wires onto the opener's battery terminals.

If it's not a 12V opener, you need a voltage regulator in there to drop your 12V battery down to someing usable by your opener. Connect the hot side to the HDB switch, an inline fuse and to your battery. What I did was solder mine to a Battery Tender plug. Then, I can plug and unplug the opener/Battery Tender as needed. I never use both at the same time, anyway.

Ground the cold side.

The HDB switch I bought was the 12V 2 amp, momentary. That means the circuit is only alive while you're holding the button down. The switch goes inline with the hot side of your battery. Your garage door opener is always active. What you're doing with the switch is applying power to it. Rather than wiring something up that is equivalent to pressing the button on your opener, you're wiring something up that applies and cuts power to the opener. It's a safer circuit, since it's always open unless you're using it.

Then you weatherproof the whole mess as you see fit and stash it somewhere on the bike. Mine is right behind the fuse box.

 

[Guoseph]

HDB sells switches that fit the holes in their top clamp.

The how-to is here: http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=217769

Here's what you do.

Any opener will do. I used a keychain sized one. A 12V opener makes it easier; you don't have to add a voltage regulator to step the voltage down to 6V or whatever your opener takes.

Solder a jumper in your opener so it's always on.

Solder some wires onto the opener's battery terminals.

If it's not a 12V opener, you need a voltage regulator in there to drop your 12V battery down to someing usable by your opener. Connect the hot side to the HDB switch, an inline fuse and to your battery. What I did was solder mine to a Battery Tender plug. Then, I can plug and unplug the opener/Battery Tender as needed. I never use both at the same time, anyway.

Ground the cold side.

The HDB switch I bought was the 12V 2 amp, momentary. That means the circuit is only alive while you're holding the button down. The switch goes inline with the hot side of your battery. Your garage door opener is always active. What you're doing with the switch is applying power to it. Rather than wiring something up that is equivalent to pressing the button on your opener, you're wiring something up that applies and cuts power to the opener. It's a safer circuit, since it's always open unless you're using it.

Then you weatherproof the whole mess as you see fit and stash it somewhere on the bike. Mine is right behind the fuse box.

Thanks, I was afraid there'd be soldering involved.

Need to also figure out what voltage my current openers are.

 

[1lunger]

These work very good!! Acerbis super moto with 2 sizes of plastis. BTW, they are an extra set and I have them listed in the flea market on ADV. Sorry, but I can put the pic up from my ph.

 

[SilverBullet]

Thanks, I was afraid there'd be soldering involved.

Need to also figure out what voltage my current openers are.

If you're using a key chain sized opener then really no need to wire it into 12V. Keep it simple and just use the watch battery that comes with it, it doesn't get any smaller if battery is removed and those batteries last practically forever. I have one going on 6 years of daily use now with the original battery.

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[jtemple]

Thanks, I was afraid there'd be soldering involved.

Need to also figure out what voltage my current openers are.

Soldering is easier than it sounds. Do a little internet research and you can probably find some good how-to's. You really have to get in there and screw things up to do any irreversible damage. Just be careful you don't burn any components.

To see what the operating voltage of your openers are, just look at the batteries. The voltage is stamped right on the side of them. Most openers take a single battery. If they take multiple batteries, they're quite likely hooked up in series, which means you add the voltage values together to get your operating voltage. So, if you have a single 12V battery, you have a 12V opener. If you have two 6V batteries, you have a 12V opener, etc.

 

[jtemple]

If you're using a key chain sized opener then really no need to wire it into 12V. Keep it simple and just use the watch battery that comes with it, it doesn't get any smaller if battery is removed and those batteries last practically forever. I have one going on 6 years of daily use now with the original battery.

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I opted to hard wire mine to bike power. My opener was kind of iffy anyway. Too much vibration and the battery terminals would get loose and the opener wouldn't work when I got home. Rather than dealing with that, I just soldered up a power connection.

 

[oneleven]

I got fed up with my cheap ebay mirrors folding-in at high speed so I tossed 'em after taking out the led turn signals. Made some housings out of scrap lexan (free from local plastic store) and mounted them in the center of the HDB bars. Cut some holes in the shields and screwed them into the signals. My better tuono mirrors went back on the bike. Not as pretty as the Ducati Hyopotard mirrors, but mine should fair better in the mud at least.

 

[Muddy Waters]

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That's cool, I almost done something like that but figured I wanted to run them without the plastics in the summer so instead I put my LED strips on the lower shrouds

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilQ2_ThM7KA&feature=autoplay&list=UUA341z3lhPx1tO4ooK2DnuQ&lf=plcp&playnext=1

 

[jtemple]

I love it! Too bad that plate mount would get me pulled over in a New York minute.

 

[Muddy Waters]

I love it! Too bad that plate mount would get me pulled over in a New York minute.

Thanks, I like that some of the States in the United don't get you bogged down by stupid Shiite but instead they just let you be.....you know? It's kinda cool

 

[jtemple]

Thanks, I like that some of the States in the United don't get you bogged down by stupid Shiite but instead they just let you be.....you know? It's kinda cool

For the most part, you get left alone here, too. But, you occasionally encounter the bored state trooper that decides to get nit picky. Unfortunately, my work commute takes me right through a state trooper hot spot.

 

[oneleven]

That's cool, I almost done something like that but figured I wanted to run them without the plastics in the summer so instead I put my LED strips on the lower shrouds

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilQ2_ThM7KA&feature=autoplay&list=UUA341z3lhPx1tO4ooK2DnuQ&lf=plcp&playnext=1

That's slick. How'd you mount the light to the shroud? I considered doing it on mine, but the cheap leds would'nt last long offroad. And where do you buy your led lights? Custom Dynamics? There's soo many sites selling leds.

 

[Muddy Waters]

That's slick. How'd you mount the light to the shroud? I considered doing it on mine, but the cheap leds would'nt last long offroad. And where do you buy your led lights? Custom Dynamics? There's soo many sites selling leds.

Thanks and yes, I did use Custom Dynamics
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/my-led-conversion-from-custom-dynamics.4130/

 

[oneleven]

Thanks and yes, I did use Custom Dynamics
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/my-led-conversion-from-custom-dynamics.4130/

Good thread. I'll hafta order some leds from them soon. I love your bike. Nice clean lines and black!

 

[RDTCU]

ZOMBIE THREAD!!!

Cheap-ish MSR guards.
They are pretty dang strong, had to tweak the ends a bit in a vise to get the angle right and it took some elbow grease...