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omeeomy
03-29-2009, 10:01 AM
any body have a tch on their 400?
id like to know
if so what kind and were to get one
how much?
how to hook it up?
omeeomy
03-29-2009, 10:24 AM
looking for dial face
found the tiny tach digital
do they make a dial face for the 400 ex?
tri5ron
03-29-2009, 11:15 AM
not a dial face, but look into the TrailTech "Vapor" computer. many people here use it, and like it.

plus it gives you a odometer, head temp, speedo, trip, and more.
leasureryan
03-29-2009, 11:40 AM
trailtech stuff is junk and inaccurate
omeeomy
03-31-2009, 10:52 AM
anybody???????????????
CJM
03-31-2009, 11:58 AM
Why do you need one? I shift by feel and never pay attention to any tach on anything i ever owned.
scuzz
03-31-2009, 01:14 PM
Originally posted by leasureryan
trailtech stuff is junk and inaccurate

Yeah check out the reviews on Rocky Mountain ATV. Most people who get them...hate them.
03-31-2009, 01:19 PM
I hate how jumpy the trail tech and most digital things are. I am interested in a real gauge needle tachometer for my quad. Not for shifting but just to see how high your revving or what RPM your at for different things.
omeeomy
03-31-2009, 02:01 PM
yea thats why i would like one
just to be different and have one
BamBam730
03-31-2009, 07:38 PM
FYI- My Can -Am 07 ds650X comes with a tach, maybe try ebay and pick one up. Good Luck, you will have to figure out how to mount it.
03-31-2009, 07:42 PM
I believe you can run them off the stator or coil so it either counts flywheel passes or sparks. how does the trail tech one work?
billyboy93
03-31-2009, 07:47 PM
just get a small truck or car tach and hook it up to the coil.i think it wouldnt b too hard to do.like 2or3 wires
03-31-2009, 07:49 PM
google and found this:
http://www.ultimatemotorcyclesite.com/atv-tachometer.html

and then this:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/Tachometer-Gauges/600002124.jcw
billyboy93
03-31-2009, 07:50 PM
this one would b sweeeet to have




small tach (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mini-Custom-Motorcycle-Tachometer-w-7-Color-LED-Face_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a570Q7c66Q3a2 Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3 a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem 250395503707QQitemZ250395503707QQptZMotorcyclesQ5f PartsQ5fAccessories)
03-31-2009, 08:01 PM
a problem i see is that most only go to 8k. whats up with that I know cars that rev out to 11k and the 400ex will do a little over 9k.
FarmerTed
03-31-2009, 10:00 PM
Originally posted by billyboy93
just get a small truck or car tach and hook it up to the coil.i think it wouldnt b too hard to do.like 2or3 wires

An auto tach won't work unless it has a switch on the back to select 1 cylinder. Most aftermarket auto tachs only let you select 4, 6, or 8 cylinders and are triggered by the coil, which fires a different number of times per revolution depending on how many cylinders you have.
bigredisb
04-01-2009, 01:13 AM
Here is a single cylinder analog tach that would look cool however it maxes out at 8,000 as well so it wont tell you full out RPM.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse/c-10101/s-10101/p-100000295643/mediaCode-ZX/appId-100000295643/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:100000295643

The DS650 Baja machines came with a autometer tach but I cant find one in there catalog that works for a single cylinder.

Personally I didnt want a tach but I did want a shift light to tell me when I hit a magic RPM number which the Trail Tech Vapor can do.