So, completed a few more mods on the 919...

[Monkeywrench]

Garage door opener.
Soldered in a couple of wires to the remote. Squeezed the remote into the headlight bucket, and ran the wires through the factory wire sheathing going to the right switch. Drilled a hole, installed microswitch.



Buell M2 windscreen.
...almost required isn't it?
Ebay - $20.50
prepped, painted, buffed, intalled.



GPS mount.
Didn't really do anything but bolt the purchased mount on.



Helmet lock.
OK, this one I'm pretty pleased with myself on!
If anyone is interested, I can post a walk through (and pics) of how I made it.

[touring919]

Love that garage door opener. Way better thand fumbling around my pocket looking for the button.

Did you take apart a normal opener and wire into it or did you get something else made for this type of aplication?

[touring919]

And is it wired into the bikes electrics so no worries on the batter dieing?

[Monkeywrench]

My garage door opener came with two remotes. They were about the size of a car door/alarm remote.

I never had a use for remote #2 until now.

I popped it open, soldered in two wires across the contact points, snapped it back together with silocone on all the seams.

It's running on it's own battery, not the bikes.

[marylandmike]

Great mods. That helmet lock is genius. Looks like you can still use as a foot peg. You ought to patent that idea.

[Monkeywrench]

Originally Posted by marylandmike

Great mods. That helmet lock is genius.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by marylandmike

Looks like you can still use as a foot peg.

No.
That thought didn't even occur to me until I was all finished, stood back to look at it and said to myself: "Huh, I could've made that helmet lock a functional foot peg with a little more work!"

Curse of diving in and creating as you go.


Ah well. Maybe on version 2.0

[RoboStraub 919]

Nice idea with the garage door opener! +2

Buell windscreen. -1. It's just better completely naked IMO.

But hey, you came out ahead!

[garyb900]

Nice mods. Looking good.
Could you post some more info& pics on your GPS mount?
I have a Nextar too and would like to see what you came up with. Thanks.

[Ripper]

Is that the RAM stem mount you are using for the GPS mount?

You've done some great work there, you should be proud.

[Ripper]

Originally Posted by garyb900

Nice mods. Looking good.
Could you post some more info& pics on your GPS mount?
I have a Nextar too and would like to see what you came up with. Thanks.

I just ordered one, I believe he is using the RAM Stem mount system. If you go to Garmin GPS, XM, Sirius, Magellan GPS, Lowrance GPS, TomTom GPS, MIO GPS & RAM GPS Mount Authorized Dealer at MountGuys.com you can enter your GPS brand and it will put together the correct GPS holder to the style of mount you want. Here is what I got in the 1.75 inch style. https://www.mountguys.com/ProductDet...AM-B-236-GA34U

[Monkeywrench]

Originally Posted by garyb900

Could you post some more info& pics on your GPS mount?
I have a Nextar too and would like to see what you came up with. Thanks.

I bought this one off ebay: MOTORCYCLE/BIKE MOUNT NEXTAR C3 Q3 Q4 W3 W3G X3 X3E GPS - eBay (item 360196280544 end time Apr-05-10 10:58:39 PDT)

Didn't even need to break out a tool to install it.

[REDROKR]

nice work dude

[garyb900]

Originally Posted by Ripper

I just ordered one, I believe he is using the RAM Stem mount system. If you go to Garmin GPS, XM, Sirius, Magellan GPS, Lowrance GPS, TomTom GPS, MIO GPS & RAM GPS Mount Authorized Dealer at MountGuys.com you can enter your GPS brand and it will put together the correct GPS holder to the style of mount you want. Here is what I got in the 1.75 inch style. https://www.mountguys.com/ProductDet...AM-B-236-GA34U

Originally Posted by Monkeywrench

I bought this one off ebay: MOTORCYCLE/BIKE MOUNT NEXTAR C3 Q3 Q4 W3 W3G X3 X3E GPS - eBay (item 360196280544 end time Apr-05-10 10:58:39 PDT)

Didn't even need to break out a tool to install it.

Thanks for the info guys!!

[3dcycle]

hey i got that sheild too, it did not come with and mounting brackets though what are you using?

[UJM]

Really nice work.

Looks like you might want to go ahead and flush your brake fluid - in fact, you're probably not alone, supposed to do that every 2 years I believe.

There are a lot of "NOS" motorcycles being sold that should of had the brake fluid replaced (flushed) before they left the dealerships......

[Monkeywrench]

Originally Posted by 3dcycle

hey i got that sheild too, it did not come with and mounting brackets though what are you using?

Mine came with the original brackets. It was listed as a '97 M2 Cyclone windscreen.
I did elongate the mounting holes on the brackets to shift the screen forward a bit.

[Monkeywrench]

I haven't posted an update in quite awhile, so I figured I'd snap some pics of some more mods.

Changed out the bars for some Renthals.
ASV shorty levers.




Original GPS died, so I bought a new mount for the iPhone and a GPS app.
Gear indicator (don't start with me, I like seeing what gear I'm in!)



Pvsters old Two brothers exhaust, shined up.




Givi crash bars.
Also originally off Pv's bike.
All fixed up.


And the only reason I swapped to the two brothers exhaust, the dummy muffler/storage compartment.
I needed the room for the cruise control modulator.



The cruise is nice for the long straight stretches, and for shaking out the hands.
It is an Audiovox CCS100 kit, that I don't think is being made anymore. I bought it for a previous bike, but couldn't come up with a concealed mounting spot.

The modulator fit in the storage compartment like it was supposed to be there! About 1/32" clearance all around while fitting through the opening.

Drilled a hole on the backside of the dummy pipe to feed the wires, vacuum feed, and actuator cable through.

[Ottawa919]

That is some nice creativity. Great, innovative mods. Thanks for posting!

[K1w1Boy]

Man, you're the master of tidy, cool mods. While the cruise control is both complex and innovative, especially the location, I love that garage door opener switch - it looks completely factory!

Well done.

[cb919]

I like the gear indicator.. im always confused what gear i am in..

[schrock86]

I love that garage door button, Im going to have to do that myself now. Have always liked the ASV shorties and the dummy muffler is also genius, does the endcap atch or just push in? Also those givi bars are looking much better than when I last saw them.

[Monkeywrench]

Originally Posted by K1w1Boy

Man, you're the master of tidy, cool mods.

Aww shucks

Originally Posted by schrock86

does the endcap atch or just push in?

It has a twist lock with a key that kinda looks like a freezer lock key.
I didn't make the dummy muffler it was part of the Two Brothers kit. Single pipe conversion, with a matching fake pipe/storage compartment.

Originally Posted by schrock86

Also those givi bars are looking much better than when I last saw them.

Built up the scratched area with the mig, filed it round, paint.
Thanks again for the deal on those.
I was amazed that nothing was bent with the amount/depth of the scratches!

[croyalc]

Where did you find the gear indicator? Thought about one of those for mine but didn't know where to start looking. Can you choose the color?

[Monkeywrench]

Originally Posted by croyalc

Where did you find the gear indicator? Thought about one of those for mine but didn't know where to start looking. Can you choose the color?

Check here: HealTech Electronics Ltd. - Makers of the SpeedoHealer, GIpro, X-TRE, FI Tuner Pro, OBD Tool

They come in red or blue.

Part numbers are:
Display = GIPRO-X-BL (bl for blue)
Harness =GPX-H01

You can find them on ebay, but I bought mine from these guys: "These guys"