Add a Temperature Gauge to ANY Motorcycle

[@SALTxTHExWOUND]

Dude I had no idea the DRZ doesn’t even have an RPM range! A friend of mine had one at the track the other day and I was like whatttt?! 🤯🤣

[@TheGardenSnake]

These dual sports are always on last decades tech. Well the DRZ is last century, 1999 was the first year. I mean like honestly once you have a pipe on a single do you really need an RPM gauge🤣 like the power always drops off my redline. Even the $12k 701/690s don’t have one. But like I said I’d rather have water temp and oil pressure.

[@jeremymcadam7400]

WR's don't either

[@etaunknown4024]

I could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing a tachometer on a dual sport/street and trail bike ever past the 70s. I can't remember exactly 70 what, but some old 2t Suzuki and yamaha I remember seeing dual gauges or a split cluster with both on them. I was doing some crf to xr swapping and am in the process of putting on a digital speedometer and had forgotten where the best place to go for the tachometer without making it bouncy and found your video. About bought that speedometer just before I settled on the one I got instead. I'll have to come back and see how well yours did and tell you if I got mine on and dialed in right and tell you what all features on the thing I got to work right on it lol.

[@seatime674]

​@@TheGardenSnake Wait a minute I want those mirrors are those stock or aftermarket for Honda only?? It looks They are attached to Bark busters...😲

[@MotoMango]

Great idea for adding temp gauge! I've always thought the same thing for air cooled bikes too. I don't like the idea of not knowing my temps when sitting in traffic on an air cooled bike.

[@TheGardenSnake]

Get the spark plug one. I had that on my paramotor. Let me know the cylinder head temp.

[@MotoMango]

@@TheGardenSnake 🤘🤘

[@joseefsimoes]

? The spark plug ?

[@PatchedBandit]

They lost me at non rechargeable non replaceable battery. WHAT?!

[@cinnamonrollypoly]

"Put it in there until it touches both sides." That's what she said. I regret nothing.

[@garrettsharp89]

Hell yeah man, I put one of those and a tach on my 250l. Good piece of mind knowing my bike is suffering from the daily flogging I put it through but will live to be tortured another day.

[@seatime674]

Slow down your bike will thank you

[@JDelta87]

Sheesh! That intro had me rewinding and playing it back at .25x. Also, thanks for the bike mod videos. Even if I never do this to one of my bikes, it's good to see how it can be done at home.

[@austinkulju3839]

It's crazy seeing your channel now!!!! I watched you DAILY for years! I had some person things going on in life and quit watching KZbin for probably 2 years and when I got back on, I only caught up on videos from channels I had seen in my feed. One a few months went by of catching up to those channels I started to try and search channels I remembered and so many channels I looked up seemed like they got shadow banned or something. You don't even show up in my notifications anymore! 😒 people with millions of views only have maybe 100k views on their videos. It's like if you aren't main stream you're on the back burner now! There seems to be so much garbage on KZbin now, I miss the good ol days of watching you, do it with Dan and SubD!

[@HippoDrones]

Neat and simple mod, it is infuriating when bikes don't come with a temp gauge, yet do have all sorts of other tech we don't care about. Happy New Year Jake, may 2022 be good to you! 🙂

[@calebfoster6736]

Dude that was me in the video my dad was riding my dirtbike I was on the white quad

[@ZafiraSteve]

Or maybe even a charge point on it like a usb-c

[@SPROCK3TMONST3R]

-26•F..."thats not gonna happen in Texas". (Except for last February) Lol! But who rides in -26° snyways? Awesome video and product info bro! 🤘

[@TheGardenSnake]

It only got to 9f. I'm pretty sure I won't see -26f in Texas.

[@SPROCK3TMONST3R]

@@TheGardenSnake I hope not! We got down to 2•F out here in East Texas. But it freaking felt like -26•F Lol! I wanted to go home to Utah, where it was a balmy 32'! Lol!

[@mikeskidmore6754]

I added a Water Temp gauge to my snowmobile .. very critical .. on a snowmobile because bare ground or pure ice may not throw any snow in the heat exchanger.. The Brand is called Daytona very compact ..

[@HazeyAuto]

Fuck I love that diagram of the cooling system.

[@TheGardenSnake]

Thank you 😊

[@traphot5119]

can I add temperature gauge to my gilera runner50 sp??

[@jonathanjr1894]

Sup buddy !! Hope you have a great new years

[@Cat-nr7il]

Is Ktm really that bad? Looking at a 390 Duke for first bike lol, used

[@R6trackaddict66]

I have a radiator cap with a temp gauge on my sumo 450. Way easier. Lol

[@chasp_0784]

I've got the blade style probe that you push into the radiator fins on my wr250r, dead accurate and also showed some serious over cooling on cold days so I also made a shroud to reduce airflow when it's chilly.

[@wojciechtechtips1602]

It was looking like overcooling because the thermostat didn't allow coolant in it because it was cold

[@chasp_0784]

@@wojciechtechtips1602 mmm I guess that’s true, klr have an overcooking issue and the bores in those go out of round big time, don’t hear much about the wr so maybe you’re on to something there. Now I want to know the actual coolant temp 😂

[@CraigSmith568]

Since you didn't mess with the original sensor it should still give the the light in case you happen to not be looking at the gauge which is nice.

[@TheGardenSnake]

That’s true

[@tylerseabook9423]

I tried to buy one of these From my local motor sports store they tried to charge me $187 for it each piece separately absolute rip off

[@JustinRoyal]

A Stand Alone Thermal Management System. Not a bad way to spend ten thousand dollars.

[@TheGardenSnake]

Just trying to protect the welds on the manifold

[@H3avyHaul3r]

@jakethegardensnake is the internal diameter really 19mm as the hose looks smaller..and i see you had trouble pushing the hose onto the in-line temp sensor ps: service manual says the following for the thermostat… begin to open: 81-84c (178-183F) fully open: 95c (203F)

[@TheGardenSnake]

19mm is right. It’s snug but still only took a minute to push on.

[@c0munguyforcaz]

happy new year

[@TheGardenSnake]

Happy New Years as well

[@baallen98]

I would love to see Jake get like a 2006 dr200 and mod it, the guy is insanely creative and I would love to see what power he could make with it

[@DashRendar308]

How long does it take you to get to like 170 ish, when you take it easy on the throttle and dont revv it to high?

[@frallinger]

You yanks and your creature comforts... On my 100% EURO9 compliant, emissions free, 150mpg - BONE STOCK - FE450, I can smell when temps are getting a little high. I feel it in my eyeballs when valves are out of spec. Oil changes - it's in the bike's aura, man. Become one with the bike and you won't need feelers and gauges and sensors. Become one with the bike, man.... Oh, did I mention that it has like a solid hunred HP and twerk? Seriously, it does! Man, dudes like Rolf Tibblin had no gauges, gadgets, gubbins or gizmos. And they still crushed like MX, trials - even baja racing. They where *one* with the bike man. (And on a side note, anyone have any idea as to why an FE450 would have a speedo that works *intermittently*?)

[@TheGardenSnake]

This comment is great 😂

[@csiautodetail]

what mirrors do you have installed?

[@BerryTheBnnuy]

Sure, install on any motorcycle, except the ones you can't... Water temp sensors are useless on an air cooled bike.

[@VojtechTren]

very nice video, thank you!

[@Mr450pro]

Can’t you add something to see oil temp?

[@jackmurray7093]

Trail Tech does have a new version of the TTO temp gauge that can wire directly to the battery and even has a backlight BUT i think currently is only available for the spark plug applications. Seems like it would be an easy swap in the future if your current gauge loses its battery life

[@TheGardenSnake]

Oh really 🤔 that would be great.

[@hernanjaafar8947]

Did you do something to remove the cable that crosses the entire screen? PD: Nice viedeo tutorial, I'm going to buy that mod.

[@TheGardenSnake]

If you watch my video on the brake lines I show how you can mess with that

[@Qaswrdx]

I think Fortnine has a video about this and the dash for the klr they've got

[@TheGardenSnake]

Oh yeah. They make some fun videos.

[@carlovelasco6343]

I'm still wondering why some honda motorcycle don't have coolant temp gauge despite they have digital speedometer

[@etaunknown4024]

Not gonna lie, the ktm comment at around 1:30 made my like and subscribe lol. Truth be flipping known by damn it lolol

[@TwistedTriggerEnduro]

Temp gauge is brilliant. I added a fan with 1 and replaced a cap with another. Course I ride a KTM XCF350, so little different but I agree with the practice. 😃👍

[@Mac-bn]

My CRF 250L 2014 radiator is on the left, what model and year is the bike.

[@TheGardenSnake]

This is the crf300l. They changed the radiator to the other side for… reasons 🤷‍♂️. But should work the same with the same parts for the 250l.

[@clapped_6367]

Id trade the whole gauge cluster on any bike just to have the oil pressure light and the temperature if it doesn’t already tell you that information

[@jp_fishing7901]

What mirrors are those?

[@jimbo80982]

A good point, I don't think the my Yahama XT 660Z Tenere has any temperature guages outside of the light you mention. I could be wrong though...

[@losttheplotcolin]

to re use a copper washer heat it to cherry red than cool it in water. this is called annealing and makes the copper soft again

[@danielgrisdale3208]

How would I hook this up to my older snow machine with no battery?

[@TheGardenSnake]

It has it's own built in battery

[@Big_Stems]

Love it thinking of a fan switch for the drz

[@TheGardenSnake]

Yeah the fan switch I might do as well. But it won’t be as easy as the drz. The 300 uses the built in sensor and it’s the ecu that triggers it on. So I’d need to do a whole relay with a fuse set up. Still might do it.

[@mdanc9248]

In Asia we have the Yamaha WR155R, which has 6 gears , variable valve actuation and assist and slipper clutch . Cool thing

[@richardchristian9411]

Did you really replace the US flag with a SpaceX flag?

[@Spartan375X]

I installed a taco meter on my CRF230M. Yeah.

[@H3avyHaul3r]

this little mod makes total sense…and to think that Honda could have easily done this in its gauge cluster

[@NZBallBag]

We have lots of them delica 4x4 Van's in New Zealand. They 4x4 pretty good too

[@etaunknown4024]

Question, do you like those in the bark buster mirrors? I've thought about getting some but don't know if id like them or not. Dont really use mirrors to be honest but the popo says ive gotta have one or id just take them off completely lol. But yeah, do you like them mounting like that?

[@TheGardenSnake]

They're actually not bad. I've got them on both my bikes now.

[@masked3207]

420th like

[@Mac-bn]

very informative and easy to understand video. is the 05:32 hose size 250L and 300L the same if it is same what is the size?. The connection where it is located is it a spare connector 07:43. Thanks

[@TheGardenSnake]

Oh I’m sure it’s the same size as the 250L. The connectors are from the little thermostat dash and the sensor. That’s where I just ended up connecting them.

[@laxcmc22]

I have a honda 450rl and would like to install this temp sensor. Are the radiator hoses the same size? Would I get the 19mm sensor as well?

[@TheGardenSnake]

I'm not sure but I'm sure if google it you'll find out

[@yorkchris10]

This bike doesn't have OBD port? There aren't Inexpensive motorcycle OBD dashes?

[@TheGardenSnake]

It’s got some kinda diagnostic port but it’s not a OBD. But there are full on aftermarket dashboards you can get. But I’d lose the gear indicator, fuel level and few other things. Also the odometer is now compromised. But if you’re bike didn’t come with a dash at all like my Xr650r then they are nice.

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

We got loads of those Mitsubishi wagon things here in the UK. Always thought they were neat, and even got to ride in one as a kid.

[@martinparker9249]

are these guys all drunk @10:30 onwards ?

[@TheGardenSnake]

🤷‍♂️

[@ishpreetsinghchadha]

Nice video. Also, seems like I'm the only fellow here to notice the fast and furious Easter egg here. Good that the manifold is still intact.

[@TheGardenSnake]

haha you got that

[@mdmeltdown9245]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but coolant temperature will only tell you what the thermostat is set to, not the engine temperature. Don't you really want the engine temperature? At most it will hit 130* or whatever the thermostat is made to so I guess at best you can tell when you need a new thermostat.

[@TheGardenSnake]

No, only under 180f will you be in the dark. And that’s not overheating so it’s not a big deal. Above that you’ll know exactly. In the real world once warmed up you’ll know the water temps on the fly. Big thing here is you can see if it’s overheating or getting up there.

[@Minionmoto529]

always excited to watch Jake.

[@bikewolf7455]

why tf would you pick a coolant temp gauge over an oil temp gauge? oil temp is 100x more important.

[@TheGardenSnake]

If the water temp is high then so is the oil 99% of the time. The water temp is very important in a water cooled engine… And show me an easy way to add an oil temp sensor. I mean yeah I can do it but the time and cost are going up. But thanks for the input bubs….

[@dannyb9083]

my bike has a temp gauge but no fuel gauge

[@alexdamron3170]

I put a temp gauge on my cr125 it’s just a cap that replaces the stock rad cap from Rocky Mountain atv

[@TheGardenSnake]

Those are pretty cool too

[@corecass]

@jake seen you replyed to itchy ... i am wondering is there contact ? you dont have to tell me the outcome as ill be willing to wait for the content.

[@Spaz456]

Good video bro!!

[@Izreal3345]

Jake the trail tech does have a battery door !!!!! Huh u know that lol I don’t know maybe I didn’t here that right let me go listen again hummm?

[@TheGardenSnake]

The full on dash ones have a battery door. Not these little guys.

[@Izreal3345]

@@TheGardenSnake got ya 👍🏾😎

[@SavageSmithy]

you dont have to replace copper crush washers as long as you anneal them with a torch before refitting

[@TheGardenSnake]

Interesting 🤔

[@nelsonannett5427]

will the air cooled one work on my 1980 cb 650 4 cylinder bike. that would be nice. let me no thanks. great idea for your bike. cheers.

[@TheGardenSnake]

Yeah just get that spark plug one. I’d put it on one of the inner cylinders.

[@nelsonannett5427]

@@TheGardenSnake thanks jake im going to try one out for sure. im in canada so ill try it in the summer. thanks buddy. iv been watching for years now. im about 20 years older than you. cheers.

[@calebfoster6736]

Made it in the video 🥳

[@tackermccready6301]

Jake I’m looking to buy a bike to convert to super moto. Do you like the 300L

[@TheGardenSnake]

Yes it’s good bike for the money. Biggest complaint is the suspension but I have a full race tech kit now. Will be installing it soon.

[@tackermccready6301]

Well it looks like I’m getting a 450r tomorrow. Completely rebuilt. Do have a another question. What brand is your helmet? Gonna add to the list of stuff I’m getting for the bike. Have the O’Neal dirt helmet but after I convert it I’ll be riding it to work

[@JamesC213]

The title is a LIE! What about us air-cooled guys?!?

[@TheGardenSnake]

Watch the video without skipping around

[@JamesC213]

@@TheGardenSnake my bad, literally 13 seconds after I left the video it was there 😂

[@chrisbenko6616]

I need honda to release black plastics for this bike! Jake make it all black!!

[@TheGardenSnake]

Do you have a red bike and want to paint it black? No colors anymore, you want them to turn black?

[@chrisbenko6616]

@@TheGardenSnake i have the same bike crf300L, i wish it came in all black

[@r1learner178]

Just keep moving.

[@TheGardenSnake]

Where not as good as you

[@ridered55x84]

That thing needs an exhaust bad…

[@TheGardenSnake]

Unless I get a fmf knock off from Thailand there’s nothing available right now. All the ones in the US are like in bat sh-t banana mode and can’t get anything out. I’ve had exhaust on order for 6-7 months now.

[@ridered55x84]

@@TheGardenSnake wow that sucks for sure. Fuckin Rona…

[@BCBe4tS]

KTM EXC breaking up? Surely you are talking about the 2008 models till 2011 for sure 😂😂 nothing more reliable than a KTM EXC with the RFS engine (400/450/525 only). The 520 some are stupid and break down, 250 rfs models forget about it 😂

[@defector1643]

Hey Jake, I know you completely removed the ABS system on your bike, but do you have any tips for those of us who would prefer to remove the rear ABS only, while making the front ABS switchable? Do you think that it would be possible to totally replace the rear ABS lines with regular brake lines like you did, but keep the front ABS system intact and add a switch to the ABS system via the fuse box? Which fuse would you be tapping into in this case? thanks mate, I'm really enjoying the informative entertaining build content.

[@TheGardenSnake]

I am working on getting my hands on another abs one to make a video putting an abs switch on it. But yeah that should be possible.

[@dylandavidson1709]

Hi Jake

[@TheGardenSnake]

Hi

[@XXXCRSPL]

I was adding a temp sensor but was going to test with the factory coolant so I have a base line then switch to Ice or Evans

[@XXXCRSPL]

Temp gauge and voltage meter are two must haves on the bike