Trail Tech

[tbcustomz]

After posting a bad review of Alba on here I wanted to post up a positive experience I have had recently. I have purchased a number of products from Trailtech over the years and I have always been impressed by their quality and customer service. I have two sets of the their torch lights and they have performed flawlessly. I was recently looking to upgrade my older panoram computer to the new vapor. I have the bar clamp with the "dashboard" that goes around the computer. I noticed the vapor dashboard appeared to fit on the clamp the same way and contacted customer support via email. I received an immediate response with a link to the part i needed to upgrade without buying a whole new clamp. Alot of manufacturers would probably make you buy a whole new setup. I would not hesitate to order anything from trailtech.

[Overboost]

I love my vapor.

 

the only downside is the speed is picky, dont use the method they give you to tune it, I tuned mine via GPS as it was a consistant 5 MPH faster than acual, now it is almost dead nuts on.

 

love the tach and temp. ride time is handy also, as is the odometer.

Edited June 13, 2009 by Overboost

[evro]

yeah, i love my trailtech. i like being able to keep a close eye on the temperature. i calibrated mine with a gps as well. I'm within 2%, thats pretty damn close, as close the average automobile. at speed, the tires get narrower and taller* so theres always gonna be fluctuations. :thumbsup: freudian slip

Edited June 13, 2009 by evro

[Washburn]

What is all needed for the trailtech Vapor to be installed? and how much am I looking at?

[evro]

i paid about 155 beans (Canadian, probably find one for less down there, 120 maybe?). everything you need is in there including a cheap plastic handlebar mount. it works, but you can also get nice billet dashboards but they are a few $$$. there is a magnetic rotor bolt to replace one of your stockers but be careful, they dont take much torque and snap easily. i speak from experience on that one. they also include a small magnet that you can epoxy to the rotor but i had my doubts that it would stay on so i tapped out one of the rotor cooling holes and epoxied the little bugger right into it. Its been working great. the sensor mount may take a little fabricating, but if you can use a drill and have bits its not a problem...just remember to "dry" fit first so the sensor and magnet will line up when the wheel turns.

 

As for the electrical, i tapped right into the harness under the seat (yellow wire if i recall correctly but i can post pics in a few days if you like). if you dont hook up to a power supply, your warning lights and gauge backlight won't function. Temperature gauge sensor just splices into your hot rad hose.....stupid simple....just remember to drain some of the coolant first. i used it as a good opportunity to flush my cooling system.

 

as for the tach wire, different guys do it a different ways. i started with 10 tight wraps around my plug wire, then tried 5 with little difference, and now i actually just ran the lead wire parallel down the plug wire for about four inches, electrical taped it on and thats how i've been running it since.

 

If you're mechanically inclined, and know your quad, you can have this unit installed in a few hours with e-tape, soldering gun & solder, and a few basic tools. This will also include the time you need to drink a few beers while you're at it. :thumbsup:

 

i dont have the link, but just go to Trail Tech's home page it and you can download the PDF installation files and check them out. If you do get one, by the time it gets to you, you can already know pretty much exactly what you have to do.