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06-14-2010, 03:41 PM | #1 |
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I would like to know if anyone here has or would recommend the
Baron Bullet Mini Tach sold from Scootworks, Part#422018 The price is $36.75. Thanks inadvance, Henryk Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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06-14-2010, 03:47 PM | #2 |
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Barons makes good stuff. I don't know about the mini tach but my wife has a Barons tach on her 900 LT and it is a quality unit.
$36.75 is damn inexpensive for a tach. Sounds like a deal to me. OK, I just went to the website. $36.75 is for the mount. The tach is $211.
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06-14-2010, 04:25 PM | #3 |
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I just went back there and saw my mistake ::)
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06-14-2010, 04:54 PM | #4 |
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Why don't motorcycle manufacturers put tachometers on their cruiser bikes? I rode my Nomad for a week or so and couldn't stand it without a tach so I put one on and it wasn't very cheap. They put tachs on pickup trucks with automatic transmissions...that I don't understand either.
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06-14-2010, 07:09 PM | #6 |
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Before I bought my '09 I had a Honda 600 scooter - automatic - and it had a tach. I thought I'd need one for the Nomad too, so I asked the dealer about installing one. I think he quoted almost $400. I thought I'd wait until I had a spare $400. Yeh, like that will ever happen. Afterlearning to ride the motercycle for a month or so, I realized that I did't need the tach. I agree with redjay, it's just something you get used to.
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06-14-2010, 11:46 PM | #7 |
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Having a tach helps with useful tasks like setting your idle speed. You don't need one to ride the bike any more than you need a Speedo Healer to ride because you can't mentally deduct 10% from the indicated speed.
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06-15-2010, 12:01 AM | #8 |
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Thought that deal was too good to be true.
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06-15-2010, 12:10 PM | #9 |
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Probably most of us with tachs are gear heads, and want to see we are not seeking 6th gear.
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06-15-2010, 01:52 PM | #10 |
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Id prefer a gear indicator so I don't keep searching for sixth gear.
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06-15-2010, 02:10 PM | #11 |
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I struggled (as some of you know) with installing my Baron's tach - but it was well worth it, when I finally got it right! At a glance, you know if it's time to shift or not; especially needed as the Nomad engine is pretty smooth.
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