I looked for a button that I thought fit my needs and decided to fabricate my own. This button is to change functions on a Dakota digital Speedo, thought of adding one on the other side for a garage opener but in no hurry for that, just something to piddle on in the garage.

Anyone else done something like this, open for another project.

 

I'm going to steal your idea and do the same for my garage door opener...hadn't thought about installing a switch like this but I like it.

Cheers,
Paul in Colorado

 

Just a pointer, notice the big perch, the smaller one will not work, it takes all the room of a biger bracket for the button to fit inside, will also need to do a little hogging out of metal inside to make fit and allow for wires, dremmel tool worked for me. Also look for a short button. Not much to it and good luck.

 

I know back in '08 Harley used to make an accessory switch that went in the same spot. It matched the factory switches also. I believe they discontinued it though.

 

Nicely done and clean , there's add on switches that bolt up a couple different ways out but nothing that clean . Gotta love good old fashion garage ingenuity .

 

HD currently makes an accessory switch that fits the stock controls but it was a little larger than I wanted, it is made to accomidate from one to three switches. It is in the 2011 wish book, dont know if it is like the one previously mentioned.

 

Damn nice job, looks factory!

 

i love it.
i gotta have it.
i'm going to show my ignorance and ask how you did that.
what did you start with and how would you go about creating one of those for a garage door opener...?

Freaking badass.

 

Go to Radio Shack or an electronics store and look at the smallest momentary switches that they have, not on off switches! I knew there were no wires under the bracket because I had just had it off a few months earlier adding internal wiring foe new apes.
I took a center punch and made a mark where I wanted the switch to be centered then drilled a small pilot hole. Drilled out two more times making the hole larger each time. I thought about taping the hole and screwing the switch into it but decided to set the switch into the hole and JB Weld it into place, let that set overnight. The bracket needed to have some material removed from the inside both for the switch and to accommodate wires. I also used small wire first because that is all that is needed and second because there is no room. I soldered the wires while the switch was on the bench, thought it would be better for me. I have a small electrical fish tape that I ran from the bottom of the bars up to the switch location, connected the wires and pulled them back until they cam out the bottom opening. Added the two new wires to the existing wire harness with wore ties and ran to the speedometer along with the other wires going there. At this point if you are adding a garage door opener run the wires to where you are going to mount the opener.

Under seat, inside fairing, etc. Solder those two wires to the momentary switch on the garage door opener, that’s all there is to it. I have added some more pictures but they don’t add much detail to what I have said. Good luck.

 

Nice, Mine is mounted on my tank, I would love to put it on the controls but then I would have a hole or a redundant button on my tank.