Question about Tach for Roadking
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Question about Tach for Roadking
I have a 1997 FLHR-I and I was told that because it has EFI that I can not put a tach on it, I saw a great factory Roadking tach on EBay and did not bid on it because it may not work. \\; Any help would be great, I know that Ultra's have a tach and they came out in 97 with EFI.
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Lakeman
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From: Billings, MT
RE: Question about Tach for Roadking
The mini tachs are in the 08 catalog. Only no-fit I saw was if you have a windshield bag. Don't see that FI would make any difference. The combination speedo/tach is for 07.
Cruiser
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From: Tucson, Arizona
RE: Question about Tach for Roadking
I had one of the minitachs(purchad from Zanotti) \\;installed on my '08 FLHR\\; dealer charged two hours. \\; I had them do it because the instructions made the job look a little difficult.
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Road Warrior
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From: Celebration, FL
RE: Question about Tach for Roadking
Whoever told you that is full of BS.  \\;Here's a 97 EFI \\;for sale with a mini tach:
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/757767876.html \\;
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The description has the part number for the tach he used.
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/757767876.html \\;
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The description has the part number for the tach he used.
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From: Tidewater
RE: Question about Tach for Roadking
My 05 has efi and my HD mini tach works great. I had a mount custom made for it so I could mount it about the speedo and not interfere with my detachable fairing
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RE: Question about Tach for Roadking
My 97 RK has had a HD tach installed since day 1.Works great
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RE: Question about Tach for Roadking
In order for MOST aftermarket tachs to work you need either a pink wire or a pin in the speedometer plug (usually # 3 pin). If not then you are probably stuck with a combination tach. We are trying to get a mini-tach to work on an '04 EFI softail. We even tried using Dyna's tach adapter with out any luck. I am sure that a top end tach would probably work, but the less expensive mini's can give you problems.