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Tach hook up

Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by Devolution, Apr 9, 2008.

  1. Devolution

    Devolution New Member

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    Hi All, I just received a used HD tach that I bought off of E-Bay. This included the tach mount attached to the handle bar cover and the tach its self. All seems to be in really good condition and I paid less then a hundred buck with shipping, such a deal. Here the problem, I am unsure how to hook it up.
    I have a 95 Roadking and the tach has 3 wires coming from it, red, black and orange. The red wire has a piece of tape on it that says tach. Does anyone know what wires to attach these to?
    Thanks for the help.
    -Devolution.
    Devolution, Apr 9, 2008
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    skull2007 Active Member

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    Should be easy. if you go or call the steeler they should be able to download the instructions for you or tell you how to down load them:D .
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    Injunfxdwg New Member

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    Tach Hookup

    I would suspect that the wire labled tach goes directly to your coil.
    Injunfxdwg, Apr 9, 2008
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  5. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Devo

    That is the tach signal wire,

    take off the dash on the tank, under it you should find an unused Pink Wire, this is the tach signal wire.

    You will need to butt joint and solider a wire to it, shrink wrap the joint, then run the wire up through the nacille through the small hole in the back of the clamp cover, and connect to the back of the tach or to that wire.

    The orange/ white is power and the black is ground.
    hotroadking, Apr 10, 2008
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  6. Devolution

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    Thanks Hotroadking, I see the pink wire in the repair manual schematics. You save me quite a bit of trouble.
    Ride safe-Devo
    Devolution, Apr 10, 2008
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  7. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    It should hook up pretty straight forward stuff
    hotroadking, Apr 10, 2008
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