trail tech vapor

[banshee#44]

I was on ebay looking at some trail tech vapors, I was wondering how accurate they are in the rpm's and speed. i also heard that you can wire them directly into the stator for a power source and just wanted to know if it was difficult.Any info about this product would be appreciated.

[vulvafan537240]

i wired mine in on the hot wire feeding the headlight switch. the installation is pretty easy also.

 

heres a good deal on a vapor

 

http://bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=129369&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1

[bansheesandrider]

I was on ebay looking at some trail tech vapors, I was wondering how accurate they are in the rpm's and speed. i also heard that you can wire them directly into the stator for a power source and just wanted to know if it was difficult.Any info about this product would be appreciated.

I tried to put a Vapor on my 89 Banshee and had problems with it. Whenever the coolant was still cool, if I reved the bike up the Vapor would do a complete reset. Most guys on here will sat you need a BR8ES plug to prevent this from happening, but I was already running one and it still did it. I tried every connection method listed in the instruction manual to make it work- all the different methods of picking up the tach signal, getting power from the wire that supplies the headlight switch, 1 or 2 9V batteries wired in both parallel or series, etc. Since Trail Tech is about 40 minutes away, I took the bike to them and let them try to make it work. They tried every trick they had in their sleeve and finally GAVE me a new coolant sensor to bring home and put in. I did that and rode the bike several time- every time it would still do the same thing. But, while riding it to see what would happen, I discovered that it was very hard to watch the tach and ride the bike also. I came to the conclusion that the tach wasn't really needed, if I did not know when to shift the thing after having it for 18+ years, I should give up and sell the bike. So, back to Trail Tech again, this time they replaced the unit itself and we still had the same problem. They suggested that if I didn't need the tach, I should go with the Vector unit instead- it it the same thing as a Vapor without the tach, and it fits in the same protector/mount. I agreed to it so they GAVE me a Vector unit(let me keep my Vapor unit) and a complete set of sensors and wiring AND 1 of their wire terminal kits with the crimper. I installed the Vector and have not had a problem since. Since I mainly wanted it for the speedo, odometer, hourmeter and temperature functions this has worked perfectly for me. If you don't need a tach, which is very difficult to read when you are flying through the dunes, I would get the Vector. I currently have the Vector powered by the wire that supplies power to the headlight switch and it works great, the display is bright, the indicator lights work fine, etc. This is just what my expeirence has been with it and there are alot of guys on here that have had no problems with the Vapor as long as they use a resistor plug.