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#3 ·
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!!!!
:D
 
#6 ·
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.
 
#10 ·
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.
 
#12 ·
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...
 
#16 ·
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) :D
 
#17 ·
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.
 
#20 ·
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.
 
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