Voltmeter

After my stator failure earlier this year, I started thinking it would be nice to have a voltmeter on the bike to catch a charging system problem before it causes worse problems. I found this voltmeter on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-Motorcycle-LED-Digital-Display-Voltmeter-Waterproof-Meter-12V-24V-Hottest-/311325532444?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item487c72a11c

It comes with a handlebar mount, but I didn't find a good place for it. I took it apart and found that the mount and holder were about 5 times bigger than the voltmeter itself.



So I insulated the meter's terminals with electrical tape, and looked for a better place to mount it. Lo and behold, it fit between the instrument panel and headlight plastic like it was made to go there. It fits there snugly without any other means of support.



To wire it, I attached the ground terminal to one of the bolts that holds the insturment panel in place, and spliced the positive lead into the fuse block main feed wire.

Edit:  When I went to eBay to get the link, I saw that you can now buy just the voltmeter without the handlebar mount!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-24V-Car-Motorcycle-LED-Digital-Display-Voltmeter-Waterproof-Meter-GN-Hottest-/141585436481?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f7264f41

i'm gathering heated gear to extend the biking season and i will need to know where to draw the line on voltage being used up..Thanks for the link.. i just ordered 2 of the bare bones units for the bikes in the stable..

I have this on my xt600: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-4-Waterproof-Digital-Voltmeter-0-30V-Blue-LED-Car-Motor-Motorcycle-Panel-Meter-/261227907402?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd265894a

I further waterproofed the rear of it with rtv :)

grw800 wrote:

After my stator failure earlier this year, I started thinking it would be nice to have a voltmeter on the bike to catch a charging system problem before it causes worse problems. I found this voltmeter on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-Motorcycle-LED-Digital-Display-Voltmeter-Waterproof-Meter-12V-24V-Hottest-/311325532444?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item487c72a11c

It comes with a handlebar mount, but I didn't find a good place for it. I took it apart and found that the mount and holder were about 5 times bigger than the voltmeter itself.



So I insulated the meter's terminals with electrical tape, and looked for a better place to mount it. Lo and behold, it fit between the instrument panel and headlight plastic like it was made to go there. It fits there snugly without any other means of support.



To wire it, I attached the ground terminal to one of the bolts that holds the insturment panel in place, and spliced the positive lead into the fuse block main feed wire.

Edit:  When I went to eBay to get the link, I saw that you can now buy just the voltmeter without the handlebar mount!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-24V-Car-Motorcycle-LED-Digital-Display-Voltmeter-Waterproof-Meter-GN-Hottest-/141585436481?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f7264f41

I am confused where you say you get the power for the voltage meter. It sounds like you managed to get a switched source but can you further explain - "spliced the positive lead into the fuse block main feed wire". Is this switched?

littleblue wrote:

I am confused where you say you get the power for the voltage meter.  It sounds like you managed to get a switched source but can you further explain - "spliced the positive lead into the fuse block main feed wire".  Is this switched?

Yes, it is switched. It's the fuse block under the left front side cover, not the main fuse near the battery.

grw800 wrote:

littleblue wrote:

I am confused where you say you get the power for the voltage meter.  It sounds like you managed to get a switched source but can you further explain - "spliced the positive lead into the fuse block main feed wire".  Is this switched?

Yes, it is switched. It's the fuse block under the left front side cover, not the main fuse near the battery.

I have looked, Is there somebody with a pic that shows this location pointed out.

I googled "wr250r fuse"and got this pic, actually from this website, for ya.