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Pat Norman
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Has anybody ever tried to adapt a bicycle or mortorcycle spedometer / odometer to a Max ? Any hints or suggestions ? |
Fred Sowerwine, Montana's Max dealer
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Pat, I think it would have to be calibrated based on the tire size (circumference determines how much ground is covered on each rotation) and the RPMs of the measuring point. Probably not easy to do. |
liflod (Liflod)
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The speedometer on my ATTEX is connected to the front axle. There is a hole drilled into the axle that accepts a snowmobile speedometer adatper (round to small square plastic piece from Dennis Kirk). I'm not sure how accurate it is because it is probably calibrated for the ibgger balloon tires. I would suggest a digital bicycle unit that uses a hall-effect sensor (magnet) they are programmable and you can set the tire diameter. I'm not sure if the calibration can be set low enough to be accurate for such small tires.
It is very hard to actually take your eyes off the trail to see how fast you're going. |
shelzac
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 10:34 pm: |
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Pat,
I would suggest you get one of the digital electronic bicycle speed/odometers. Mount the magnet on the secondary clutch half or one of the sprockets, depending on how easy it will be to mount the pick up coil. Mount the readout, route the wires and calibrate. Should be no problem. Since all the sprockets and secondary clutch always go the same speed relative to the wheels, it shouldn't matter where the pickup is. You can get a lot of info out of those little buggers. Top speed, average speed, trip mileage, overall mileage, time, elapsed trip time. I think it will work out great for you. Good Luck
Sheldon |
mike martindale (Wetsu)
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i think you would be better off instaling a gps.mark harding would be the guy who could tell you how to do it for sure. he put 1 on his max(i don't know what kind)and used it to clock his. |
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