Speedometer Retrofit 05-09 models

amylulu1

amylulu1

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I just got a phone call from BDM yesterday about the Medallion speedos...price is now $419 MSRP.
 
REMorris

REMorris

OK Rider Shakey
Don't give BDM the time of day.
Buy the Medallion speedo upgrade directly from Medallion Instrumentation. They sold it to me and I have been extremely happy with it.

Here is a contact Name and number for you:
William Risley
616-850-8053
william.risley@medallionis.com
 
cvegmond

cvegmond

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Dear Mr. Morris,

I am in the process of installing a Medaliion on my 2007 K-9.

Quick question....

The instructions want you to run a live hot wire from the battery to the new 4 pin connector. You may remember that the original 3 pin connector had a red (hot), black (ground) and green (speed sensor).

Medallion wants you to to cut back the red and black wires. Only the green and new live hot red are to be used in the new 4 pin connector.

Question, "Did you use the the original swithched hot (red) in the new 4 pin connector OR did you use the live hot wire harness as the new hot wire?"

The new live hot wire harness is not pretty. I'd rather use the original switched red hot wire if possible since it is already part of the wiring harness.

Thanks, Cor.
 
TCALZ06

TCALZ06

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cvegmond said:
Dear Mr. Morris,

I am in the process of installing a Medaliion on my 2007 K-9.

Quick question....

The instructions want you to run a live hot wire from the battery to the new 4 pin connector. You may remember that the original 3 pin connector had a red (hot), black (ground) and green (speed sensor).

Medallion wants you to to cut back the red and black wires. Only the green and new live hot red are to be used in the new 4 pin connector.

Question, "Did you use the the original swithched hot (red) in the new 4 pin connector OR did you use the live hot wire harness as the new hot wire?"

The new live hot wire harness is not pretty. I'd rather use the original switched red hot wire if possible since it is already part of the wiring harness.

Thanks, Cor.
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I just installed mine this morning and I used the new hot wire as the instructions say. Once the speedo is back in the case you don't see much of that new wire.
 
TCALZ06

TCALZ06

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REMorris said:
Yep, got an update. I got my upgrade from Medallion last week and had it in by Saturday. Wow, I can see the speed at night, additional functions are great.
1. You can have it read MPH on the outter dial and the needle is a great blue color (RPM is in window, digital).
2. Or switch to have RPM on outer dial (speed in window, digital). Needle turns red
3. you can vary brightness manually or use its auto mode.
4 dual trip odometers, and regular odometer.
5 a service mode (not sure what this does)

I am very, very pleased with the display, it's a million times better than the Big Dog speedo.

They currently have only an aluminum bezel and it's not polished well (see my picture of it side view). I was pressed for time or I would have buffed it to look like my chrome housing.

When I got the speedo upgrade, I put it on and found that the big (8 pin I think) connector was perfect (same wire colors as the originals), but the retrofit came with a 4 pin connector not a 3 pin as it should be. My solution was this: I saw that 2 of the wires on the new 4 pin were just like 2 of the wires in the big dog 3 pin connector (read that as 2 of the 3 wires were the same). The 3rd wire on the BD plug was black (normally a ground).

I went to my 2009 service manual and looked at the 2009 Mastiff AND the 2009 Wolf (Wolf has this new speedo in it). I found that the 2 wires in the 4 pin connector that were a mismatch were a fuel gauge and a sensor of some sort (Mastiff and K9 don't have these functions).

I cut the Medallion 4 pin plug down to 2 pins and taped the two connectors together. (visualize that I now have a 2 pin Medallion modified plugging into the 3 pin stock BDM connector).

It worked flawlessly, Medallion asked me to tell them what I did and they will get this message.

I will probably take it apart since we are having some bad weather again and polish the Medallion bezel. While I have it apart, I will take pictures of the slight modification.

I cannot give any contact info yet, but will tell you that they intend to make an even more featured version with variations on the face.

They said I was the 1st one to get this. I suspect that I got the part they were showing to the BDM factory.

Guys, I can't even begin to tell you how great this is. Well worth any cost you have to pay. This is what a very high dollar custom would have, only better...

I took the pictures with my iPhone and was unable to get rid of the flare (which is the oil light). It looks great in person.
Notice that Medallion put my current miles on it. I was very happy for that.
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I just installed mine and went for a test ride this morning. Have you noticed around 5k the tach seems to lose signal or something?
My old speedo was having all kinds of problems but this one seems to be working except for the higher rpm. I'm not sure if its because I'm only at that rpm for a second or not
 
cvegmond

cvegmond

Member
Medallion Intallation

TCALZ06 said:
I just installed mine and went for a test ride this morning. Have you noticed around 5k the tach seems to lose signal or something?
My old speedo was having all kinds of problems but this one seems to be working except for the higher rpm. I'm not sure if its because I'm only at that rpm for a second or not
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Yes, I also expereince this problem sensing rpm. Also the needle bounces a lot when the analog gauge is displaying the rpms.

What to do, what to do? I'm spending too much money trying to get stylish, realiable instrumentation.

I have...
(1) the stock speedometer
(2) a Dakota Digital
(3) and an extra rpm PCB
sitting on the work table.

In order to get a better signal for rpms to the instrument, I have made a new wire from the coil. That worked for the stock rpm PCB. The analog display on the Medallion seems to bounce around too much.

Are you experiencing a bouncing rpm needle when you set the analog display to be the tachometer?

Thanks, Cor.
 
cvegmond

cvegmond

Member
nextbd said:
I called this guy but he is not longer selling it he told me to go to BDM so is not for me at their price.
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I never could get any response from Medallion directly. I had to order the instrument through the BDM website.

Only the polished is available. I wouldn't be surprised if they just sell what they've produced and call it quits. Who builds aftermarket parts for a defuncted motorcycle company anyway?

I will admit the Medallion looks very nice. It makes the Dakota Digital look archaic. The stock guage was nice but was very difficult to read, so what's the point.

I realize that I review the data in the instrument a lot while I ride. On the Medallion you can see everything clearly and quickly and it looks nice too.
 
jimizee028

jimizee028

TRUE COLORS COLLISION
So is the reviews negative for these newer Speedos? Is everyone that has installed them finding them a little unreliable as to the needle bouncing around alot????? The reason I would like this one is cause I would like to have a tach,beings as though the one from my original speedo has bit the dust,or else I would just get the dakota,but if its available I surely would like having a tach......if this isnt a good option,what options for speedo/tach are we left with?????
 
D L

D L

Active Member
I got one installed on my bike, I barely rode the bike with the new speedo.

I like the way it looks and the functionallity. I think its worth the money.

I will try to ride my bike some this weekend and leave you some feeedback.
 
TCALZ06

TCALZ06

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I haven't noticed any needle bounce on mine. I changed the ignition to the Thunderheart adjustable and it seemed to help with the loosing signal some at least when I wind it up now. I've got to put some miles on it to see what it does on a decent ride.

I like the look of the medallion a lot and it is easy to read. I also like the dual trip odometers and the one for maintenance.

I'm guessing once I do the Wiring upgrade to remove the ECH it will fix the rest of my problem
 
Slick-Dog

Slick-Dog

Active Member
TCALZ06 said:
I haven't noticed any needle bounce on mine. I changed the ignition to the Thunderheart adjustable and it seemed to help with the loosing signal some at least when I wind it up now. I've got to put some miles on it to see what it does on a decent ride.

I like the look of the medallion a lot and it is easy to read. I also like the dual trip odometers and the one for maintenance.

I'm guessing once I do the Wiring upgrade to remove the ECH it will fix the rest of my problem
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Your saying you lose the speedo when you get on it?? Mine did that when I passed some punks that pissed me off :rant: ..LOL It was stuck on 65 and when I slowed back down..it took 4 miles ;) The spedo reset it self....
 
TCALZ06

TCALZ06

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Not the actual speed but the tac signal. When I would wind it up somewhere around 5k it would loose signal.
On my test ride I noticed it was still loosing signal sometimes for a second but when I got on it I was no longer loosing signal in the 5k range
 
Slick-Dog

Slick-Dog

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The first time It did that I shook the ground wires loose on the frame, got it fixed.. its amazing what comes loose at 5k LOL!!! mirrors,ect,ect
 
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