TOTW Barons Motorcycle Tachometer Tips and Tricks Video Tutorial

[@jamesemond7290]

I’ve had a Baron tach on 3 metric cruisers and I’m about to have one installed on a 4th-a Yamaha V Star 1100 Classic, a Vulcan 1500 Classic, a Vulcan 1600 Nomad, and there will soon be one on my new to me Vulcan 1600 Classic. All metrics and all V-Twins. I’ve logged 111,000 miles over 17 years and these tachs have never failed or given me any problem. I suspect the guys who have issues with them or call them “crap” are guys who decide to install them themselves and don’t know what they’re doing. Have your dealer install it; it connects to the ignition coil and that’s not something you should mess with without the knowledge and experience. It’ll cost you an hour of labor, but it will mean having a tach that works perfectly vs one that doesn’t.

[@craigeby8016]

i am so glad i found this video i have been trying and looking to see how to hook up a tack on my softail, i knew there was a way to do it thru the coil, everyone else says pink wire under tank or ECM well i dont have either.... so THANK YOU

[@bullybrutusandrob393]

So to get a Ignition lead is an orange wire off the main harness rather than your tach adapter for vtwin motor according to the Harley wiring diagram. FYI

[@albertbentzen6481]

I have installed on 2007 heritage classic wired to factory harness under seat and soldered all connections - the needle bounces and this video says the ground is most common cause-I attached a splice to hook to battery ground-with a copper wire- the ones on the tach are aluminum-will this cause the bounce? Also there is a plug on the speedometer with a tach option can I put the green wire from tach to this or do I still need the adapter for single fire?

[@Werewolf600r]

I have a 2000 Suzuki intruder 880 cc I need help show me where to hook the wires any help please

[@wildcat6669]

Will it work accurately on a Harley since both plugs fire at the same time ?

[@joeheydenrych1240]

Good Day. Do you stock universal temp gauges that are bar mounted? Regards Joe

[@3613jeremy]

$200 for 1" bars but if you need one for 1.5" bars it around $300 it's nice and all but for that kinda money I can use a koso handlebar mount that cost $100 and spend $160 on a high end tach that has adjustable shift light

[@terryclotf]

so old video but how does it know how many cylinders or does it matter

[@VitaliyKhomich]

Will it work on my banshee that has been converted from AC to DC current, and now it has a battery?

[@dynamictwist1124]

Will this work on a single cyl? (Honda cbf 125)

[@philmanwarren3666]

Can I get it on my 1500 kowisoki Vulcan classic

[@terrencegavagan4844]

You say" the last one , the green wire just goes to the coil on the negative side, which is the one that picks up the signal". Your picture shows two coils with no designation as to how or where to connect green wire, nor does positive compared to negative and how can I tell which side picks up the signal? I haven't found one clear description as to the coil wire hook up yet so my tach waits to be installed!

[@CruiserCustomizing]

It should not matter which coil is used because they will be firing at the same rate. As for the negative lead you may see some markings on the coil where the wires connect. If not please reply with the Year/make/model and we will establish which wire you need to use.

[@terrencegavagan4844]

Hi, and thanks for the reply. My bike is an 08 Harley FXDF or "Fatbob". The tach is an Autometer procycle model #19325 with a 2 5/8" face. The wires are {2} green, one red, and one black. Thanks alot for any help!

[@CruiserCustomizing]

I don't have one of those tach's in the warehouse, and haven't located a set of direction online yet. I did find the number for Autometer's tech department and they can assist you for the install. The wiring could be different from brand to brand so I want to insure you get direction specific to your tech. Please call 866-248-6357 for the tech department and let me know if you need any additional info to help with the install.

[@paulacabbo466]

the positive or battery side of the coil will light your test light with the key on, engine not running the other side or trigger will not light the test light, technically both sides of the coil are positive. one side is constant 12volts the other is the trigger voltage positive, the ground is the mounting bolts to the frame. if you reversed the two coil wires from the harness it would make no difference the coil would still work the same way, because nether pin is a ground, technically modern coils are not like induction coils of years ago they are step up transformers a totally different animal

[@jbhobbyist9372]

To determine Positive and Negative of your coils: Most motorcycles will have two wires going to each of the two coils. Each coil will share one common color wire and will have one different color wire. The common color is Positive, and the different colors are Negative. For example Harley Davidson has yellow/green for common Positive and the Negatives are blue/orange for the front cylinder, and yellow/blue for the rear cylinder.

[@Allen-Cote-St.-Luc]

Does not work on a Honda VTX1800S 2002. Installed by a motorcycle dealer and the gauges needle jumps like crazy. See my KZbin video.

[@3613jeremy]

Ya those dealers will use those t snaps and there garbage I wonder how many returns they've gotten because they supplied those connections

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

@@3613jeremy That's more likely from noise in the wiring system, so you'd use a tach filter, which is just an R-C highpass filter. Obviously you can make your own for a few cents, like the "single fire adapter".

[@Nevada_Jack]

Throttle Girl! Wassup, lady! You get around, Kelly!

[@theone2be33]

Will it work on my bicycle?

[@fishbmw]

The guy is talking about hard wiring/soldering and the other guy just interrupts him so you can't here the last part of his sentence. What the point in inviting him if you're just gonna talk over him?

[@justinhighdesertkeeper9251]

where to buy ?

Hi, I have a kawasaki kz 650 and it has 2 coils, how can I do to join the 2 negatives of the coils and send signal to the tachometer without burning them? Because I understand that joining both negatives of the coils is bad. Thank you

[@JoseRodriguez-gk8no]

Only one coil, that's all you need just make sure it's the negative dide

[@mikeroberts5436]

These Baron Tachs do not work on the majority of metric bikes. Baron knows this and continues to sell them. If you call Baron's tech support with a problem they say "sorry, must not be compatible with your bike". Even though they list your bike as compatible on the website. Total JUNK in my opinion.

[@JosephBocchino-xs9hs]

If you can't hook up tack.give up.

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

"Singel" fire, lol. Can't spell, nor does he know what he's talking about w/ soldering or compatibility. Hey Barons, how about EVERY SINGLE rear O/D pulley you sell being garbage that wears grooves in a week? Trash soft Chinese aluminum is easier to mill but doesn't perform.

[@billtrent5844]

Junk

[@georgejetson4378]

To whomever produced this video, please learn to spell correctly! Your 3rd grade teacher would be very disappointed!

[@georgejetson4378]

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[@JobyOneKenobi7797]

Transgender Steve-O!

[@andy49106]

I’m lost

[@TomFromYoutube]

@@andy49106 found ya!