Hey, I recently got a PS-3 and will be beginning the install next weekend. I'll keep you posted on how it goes (I'm no wrench either).

 

look on Dale's site, owner testimonials, my set up is the green 12, It shows the solenoid placement, etc. PS3 ROCKS!!!!

BUT, take your time, do the install in stages. READ THE DIRECTIONS!!!!

 

Just starting the project of installing the PS-3. Last night I just got the fairing off, and started hunting for wires. Finally got the coil-wires out. Nobody has hands that small. I'll keep posting on my progress today and tomorrow.

 

you having fun yet?

 

Wow! Things just take longer than you'd think. I probably spent half the day just making the damn cable bracket. Made it out of a gate hinge. Lot of grinding and Dremel work. I could do it again in 15min, but that's the way it goes. I positioned the solenoid just as in the pic on Entropy's bike. Had to get longer bolts and a spacer to get the positioning right. I tried to envision other postions for a long time, and finally just did what I saw in the picture. I messed with the clevis at the shifter for a least an hour. I think I got the cable cut and installed perfectly, but again, this took a LOT of time looking at it and messing with it.

Only two trips to the hardware store. First one was bolts, washers, colored elec tape, and some extra wire (and cheeseburgers). Second one was the cable lube and locktite blue (and beer). Not bad.

I'll post tomorrow on the progress. I'm taking pics of the process. Wiring begins tomorrow morning. The goal is to be button shifting by tomorrow afternoon, but you never know.

 

LMAO: cheeseburgers and beer! an essential part of my install process also!!!

 

i guess iam to late i sent you pics of my install went well still get to use tool compartment check your mail Farmer Rog great layout if you care to post them you can. Don W

 

Don, thanks for sending the pics. Yeah, I did already put the solenoid where Entropy did. I post later about today's progress.

So, how's it working for you???????

 

Update: Got all the wiring done. I think I did it as per-instructions. Doesn't work on the white toggle, but on the red (OK, I don't care if it's backward). Solenoid activates on the button, and kill is working, but it doesn't shift. I think I need to fine tune (I'll all Dale tomorrow). I'm happy I got the install done. Hoping that it is correct, and that I can make it work.

 

Why do you think it doesn't shift?Do you have the limit switch on the side of the solenoid adjusted to kill the motor at the right time?

 

I think it's working (seems to on the race-stand). After talking to Dale, I discovered that I had the cable adjusted incorrectly. It should be adjusted so that the piston just makes contact with the back of the solenoid. Road test and fine tune will come later...

 

Farmer , couldnt tell how it works ,bikes in my kitchen ,an theres snow outside .I live in Canada .Don

 

Holy shit! Did a couple of agressive starts on the street and it worked. Damn that's cool.

Entropy or Dave, how much did you play to try to get the optimal shift. Do you have the kill just at the end of the free play or a little before??

 

You'll have to get Entropy to answer that because it was a while ago for me and i can't remember.

 

i pull the shifter up until the freeplay is all gone, and start putting a little pressure on it, then put an ear down near the microswitch and set it so i hear the click. That works for me (most of the time)

 

Update: put the microswitch right at the end of the free-play. Got the first two shifts and didn't get the next. Adjusted it to about 1/16 before the end of the free play, and it worked! 1-6 shifts on the button. Pretty slick. I've got the kill set only at "4", but it shifts pretty damn fast. More later.

 

It's FUN, eh?

Have you done WOT 1-2 shift? That's when it earns it's money.

With street tire (on the street) my 12 used to scratch rubber about 6"-1' on the 1-2 shift. Cool!

 

Nope, haven't smoke tested at WOT. It's gonna earn the money at the strip when my 330's come drastically down by not shifting my weight when (previously) trying to get the foot to the shifter!

 

Update: Just got back from about 1hr ride. Put kill on "4.5". Even slicker. Feels just like an air-shifter. Probably shifted over a hundred times at various rpm's. Never missed. Damn, first test & tune day is weeks away yet.

I may clean up the wiring this weekend. I wasn't sure where things would go, and I left a lot of "extra" wire that I could shorten.

 

FR,
I assume you have a shift light??? what is it set at? 11.2? 11.4?

Come on man, go WOT in 1st and punch that button!!!!! FUN! FUN! FUN!

 

Shift-light (Dyna...with the swithes) is still sitting on the work-bench since I took it off my old bike. I'll get it on soon. 11.4?? Damn, do you bump the limiter on occasion??

 

Shift-light (Dyna...with the swithes) is still sitting on the work-bench since I took it off my old bike. I'll get it on soon. 11.4?? Damn, do you bump the limiter on occasion??

Noooooooo, no 11.4 for me. 11.2 works well, but i'd start with 11.0 if I were you. Takes just a bit of practice to get used to button/shift light. I tried 11.4, but even after many passes w/11.2 didn't like it, too many times into the limiter. Better to set it lower (11.0 or 11.2) then go "past the light" as needed.

Really, install that light: button shift+shift light = \THE TITS!!!!!

 

I had planned on going 11k to begin with. I'll tell ya, I'll be a grinning fool on that first pass, when that baby is in 2nd and I know it's going to be a good pass. 3/2 is the first potential test day....hoping for dry conditions.

 

A couple of months later on this thread. I've got the PS-3 working flawlessly. Had about 70 passes so far this year. The first 20-30 passes I was messing with the shifter and missing shifts occasionally. Never since.

Here's some observations: On mine, if I set the microswitch at the very end of the free-play for the 1-2 or 2-3 shift, it won't make the later shifts. It seems that the free-play distance is very slightly different. So, I adjusted the microswitch at the end of the free-play for a 4-5 shift (yes, I only use 4 gears, but that's what I did). Then it makes all shifts cleanly. It does trigger "early" as in before the free-play is gone in the first two shifts, but it works fine. I decided to keep the kill somewhat conservative (5 on mine). I'd mess with it, but it's working so good that I don't want to.

Another important thing I did was to shorten the spring on the solenoid by one "spiral". The spring wasn't allowing the shifter to return to the "normal" position on some shifts, so it would "miss" the next one. Just the combination of the drag of the cable, and the spring was enough. With the spring shortened.....no mis-shifts. Anything that causes too much drag (bad lubrication, too much bend in cable, etc..) would also cause this symptom.

This system is (all things considered) pretty damn slick. The cable is pretty stealth too, as the casual observers don't notice it (as they would with an air-shifter solenoid).

 

I've had the shifter for like 6 mths & have yet to be able to make that freek'n bracket...any help or advice? thanks
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