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Jan 21, 2007 | 12:06 AM

#21

High Gear

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RE: Compass

All this talk about a compass reminded me of just how screwy the magnetic fields are .
I'm not far from an agonic line (West of Lake Michigan ) so compasses run fairly true here .
But the further away from the midsection well .......heres a link see for yourself .

http://www.disitron.com/freeresources/northamerica.gif

Jan 21, 2007 | 03:48 AM

#22

BigTom

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RE: Compass

Don't do it. After my stealer repaced it 3 times, he gave me my money back and installed my Wally's oil temp gauge for free. I had nothing but problems with that POS compass.

Jan 21, 2007 | 06:14 AM

#23

HogmanFLHX

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RE: Compass

"The sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west..."

Jan 21, 2007 | 06:34 AM

#24

DI75

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RE: Compass

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ORIGINAL: HogmanFLHX

"The sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west..."

I am always learning something on this forum!!

Jan 21, 2007 | 10:10 PM

#25

johnny canuck

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RE: Compass

Except in the "Green Beret"...Hollywood really blew this one...at the end of the movie there is a scene whereJohn Wayne is consoling the little Vietnamese orphan and the South China sea isbehind them...and the sun is setting!!

Jan 22, 2007 | 01:30 PM

#26

Arizona

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RE: Compass

I assume it's a Harley gauge? If not thenwho makes a good Oil Temp gauge that fits in the dash then? Is it easy to install? I'm open to go with it and get a handlebar mounted Air Temp gauge... I do have the dipstick temp gauge, but I can't see it while riding, so would like to have one I can monitor while on the fly.

Jan 22, 2007 | 03:04 PM

#27

60mike06FLHX

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From: Ormond Beach, FL

RE: Compass

I had one, took it off and sold it on ebay. pain in the butt to keep it aligned...

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ORIGINAL: 52edub

The H-D compass is pain to install and align. Every time I disconnected the battery for whatever reason I had to realign the compass. The last time it just kept spinning so I put the air temperature gauge back in. Find something better to put in there like the oil temperature or radar detector.
matt