Voltmeters

[John Armstrong]

Are these: http://www.aoservices.co.uk/data/bsm.htm any better / more use than the analogue BM ones?

 

[Deleted member CB]

http://www.digitalmeter.com/cgi-bin...t&uid=eniwjbxy12178065276&command=link--order

I'm going to try one of these.

Problem is the guy is reluctant to ship internationally after having them lost in the post. So a friend over there is going to direct one to me.
Shall let you know what it's like.

 

[John Armstrong]

That's another idea

Problem for me is that my bike has just about no spare panel space, as it's the one with the small fairing.

 

[Deleted member CB]

My bike has no panel space at all, so I'll have to make a bracket or something.

Might not look too pretty. It's waterproof so no concerns there.

It will be nice to be able to see the voltage, it will give me more to worry about.

 

[John Armstrong]

It will be nice to be able to see the voltage, it will give me more to worry about.

If it showed the oil temp as well ............

 

[brassmonkey001]

I've got one of these on my F650 GS.
You can probably find space for a single LED?

 

[John Armstrong]

I've got one of these on my F650 GS.
You can probably find space for a single LED?

That looks interesting, might get on for the 650 as well.

 

[Kenny]

I've got one of these on my F650 GS.
You can probably find space for a single LED?

Barssmonkey001...I've never ordered from US of A before...are there any other costs ( stupid customs taxes etc etc ) re this product ( or better still a UK distributor)?

 

[John Armstrong]

Kenny, it depends a lot on the retailer. IIRC there's a price limit before you pay tax, VAT etc etc. The kind ones show it as below that. I've recently had some bits from the USA and the price wasn't increased Also IIRC if there's a need to pay taxes etc and the goods are sent via the Royal Mail, they add on £8 plus the other charges

 

[MattW]

The threshold at which Duty becomes payable is currently £18, so you'd have to work out the dollar value depending on the exchange rate.

However, it might be worth waiting till after the 1st December:

http://www.blevinsfranksaccountants.com/blog/?p=171
http://tinyurl.com/5tlmpo

cheers
Matt

 

[brassmonkey001]

Barssmonkey001...I've never ordered from US of A before...are there any other costs ( stupid customs taxes etc etc ) re this product ( or better still a UK distributor)?

It was a while back when I got mine but I don't think there were any issues.
They might be available from M&P - try googling heads up voltage doodah, I'm sure I spotted a couple over here.

 

[Deleted member CB]

It's personal preference of course but I'd rather see the actual voltage displayed rather than 3 colours telling no info under 12.1volts or over 12.9.

I guess used on a airhead around town & low revs it's going to spend a lot of time flashing red!