I got started today. Installed the unit and hooked up my GPS. And boy what a pain to figure out a good safe place for it!! I ended up removing the OEM tools and got it positioned in the tool compartment. For the first hour I could not get it to connect. When it finally did it just stayed on even with key shut off. I was pulling out my bald hair stubs!!!
I emailed the owner Dan and he asked me what app I installed. Duhhhh I had the old Element app. After it was removed and got the Element Plus installed then the connection went smooth. This is a sweet unit. Worth the money and effort. I got the cheaper one as I don't have a need for modulating headlights or temperature controlled gear.
For the ignition source I tapped into the brown wire coming off the 3 prong aux light plug. There are too many options to note here. Just a few basic ones I used was switch gps on/off with the key and no delay, set the amps to 3 amps, and set the circuit memory to on. This way every time I turn on the key my gps powers up. The unit also shows temperature, speed, time/date. I triple checked that the PDM unit is in a fairly safe spot with no rubbing or hitting the covers.
I'm not into being a parts changer but I'm so impressed with the EarthX batteries that I removed the OEM one and installed the 36ETX. It has well over twice the cranking amps and I have every reason to believe it will be as reliable as my 7 year old EarthX battery that came in my Beta back in 2012.
About the same physical size as the Yuasa and a bit lighter. Disregard the picture showing location of lug adapters. Once the battery was on the bike I was able to bring the "side lug adapters" one hole closer to center of battery (middle hole):
I want to give a special thanks to Greg (
magic ) for the "how to" on getting battery out without removing the AltRider guards. You simply remove the bottom guard bolts and loosen the upper guard mounts. It springs out just enough so the battery will slip right out with a little rotation.
And a thank you to Jeff (
WJBertrand ) for getting me to spend my money!! LOL!! All joking aside, this is a great product and you really do get what you pay for.
My lights will be here tomorrow and I hope to get those installed in the next week or so. I'm not much of a night rider type of guy. OTOH I know all too well things happen where it cannot be avoided.