Thank you Shadow for the in-depth update. I will order one as soon as I decide if I'm keeping my bike.

 

Here is how I mounted and secured mine with a ziplock freezer bag....

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Emmm... do I have to say something??[:'(]
hehe j/k, sorry but I still have it on hold, haven't made myself the time to install it, don't keep the bike at home (half block away, garage), so 90% of the time I spend with it is riding (another place where we ride all year long), 10% cleaning... hmm doesn't leave much time to MESS with it, right?

Anyway, I promise I will get back to you once it's done, nice trick with the ziplock bag, even with velcro, you can't take away the unit from the bike, unless we put a plug to it so it can be easily removed? something I might consider doing.

 

Ok so I finally got it installed and gave it a try this weekend. First off, it was not exactly what I expected at all:

- Lights on the unit were on all the time, even with the ignition turned OFF (just lights, no display)
- Idle voltage measurement was waaay off, like -0,8v difference with a multimeter
- Charging voltage was OK
- Clock restarts every time I turn on the igntion
- Temperature measurements are OK
- Velcro actually holds the unit very well, 200km ride bits over 220km/h and never moved.
- Installation was so simple, I couldn't figure out what went wrong (black and red to battery, orange to ignition)

After realizing that the lights were on all the time, I just thought "screw this thing" and I pulled the red wire from the battery. Strange thing is, this actually fixed it! I thought the damn thing was dead and just waiting to be removed when I turned on the bike and the display turned on, but with no lights and sound!
Got rid of the annoying "low voltage" alarm, and the lights don't distract me anymore. It still has the same problem with the clock but who cares, at least it tells me if the bike's charging properly or not and, since the clock goes to 0:00 every time I start the bike, I can use it to know for how long I've been riding

Yep, it's all good then

 

I think you have the orange and red wires mixed up Daniel, I found it hard to tell the difference at first, and asked my wife ! This probably is also causing the voltage accuracy problem..........

 

Yeah I know, I made the same mistake the first time and the thing was on all the time. Tried both ways, anyway, but the best result was with the lights on the unit all the time. The negative goes straight to the battery so there's no grounding problems.
The wrong reading at idle is caused because at the ignition fuse there isn't exactly the same voltage as measuring straight from the batt. I can't connect it to the headlight like you did since they aren't on all the time (not US model).
Anyway, can't complain since it works, in a different way, but gets the job done and I'm not annoyed with that beeeep!

 

It's supposed to be on all the time, Daniel - only difference is the lights in the unit come on when the ignition switch is turned on.........maybe connect the orange line into the brake circuit.......