Help with a purchase

henryk · 06-14-2010, 03:41 PM

I would like to know if anyone here has or would recommend the
Baron Bullet Mini Tach sold from Scootworks, Part#422018
The price is $36.75.
Thanks inadvance, Henryk

**Top Cat** · 06-14-2010, 03:47 PM

Barons makes good stuff. I don't know about the mini tach but my wife has a Barons tach on her 900 LT and it is a quality unit.
$36.75 is damn inexpensive for a tach. Sounds like a deal to me.

OK, I just went to the website.
$36.75 is for the mount. The tach is $211.

henryk · 06-14-2010, 04:25 PM

I just went back there and saw my mistake ::)
I taught that was to good of a deal.

metalman · 06-14-2010, 04:54 PM

Why don't motorcycle manufacturers put tachometers on their cruiser bikes? I rode my Nomad for a week or so and couldn't stand it without a tach so I put one on and it wasn't very cheap. They put tachs on pickup trucks with automatic transmissions...that I don't understand either.

redjay · 06-14-2010, 06:46 PM

Personally, I dont need a tach. If I dont know when to change gear by now I never will.

merri1 · 06-14-2010, 07:09 PM

Before I bought my '09 I had a Honda 600 scooter - automatic - and it had a tach. I thought I'd need one for the Nomad too, so I asked the dealer about installing one. I think he quoted almost $400. I thought I'd wait until I had a spare $400. Yeh, like that will ever happen. Afterlearning to ride the motercycle for a month or so, I realized that I did't need the tach. I agree with redjay, it's just something you get used to.

cactusjack · 06-14-2010, 11:46 PM

Having a tach helps with useful tasks like setting your idle speed. You don't need one to ride the bike any more than you need a Speedo Healer to ride because you can't mentally deduct 10% from the indicated speed.

AlabamaNomadRider · 06-15-2010, 12:01 AM

Thought that deal was too good to be true.

macmac · 06-15-2010, 12:10 PM

Probably most of us with tachs are gear heads, and want to see we are not seeking 6th gear.

**ringadingh** · 06-15-2010, 01:52 PM

Id prefer a gear indicator so I don't keep searching for sixth gear.

pastorgumby · 06-15-2010, 02:10 PM

I struggled (as some of you know) with installing my Baron's tach - but it was well worth it, when I finally got it right! At a glance, you know if it's time to shift or not; especially needed as the Nomad engine is pretty smooth.

**Top Cat** · 06-18-2010, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ringadingh

Id prefer a gear indicator so I don't keep searching for sixth gear.

I installed the tach for this very reason. They have after market gear indicators Steve. They cost more than my tach did though

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henryk Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Palatine,IL Posts: 98	Help with a purchase I would like to know if anyone here has or would recommend the Baron Bullet Mini Tach sold from Scootworks, Part#422018 The price is $36.75. Thanks inadvance, Henryk Login or Register to Remove Ads
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Top Cat Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Peoples Republic of New York State Posts: 15,154	Help with a purchase Barons makes good stuff. I don't know about the mini tach but my wife has a Barons tach on her 900 LT and it is a quality unit. $36.75 is damn inexpensive for a tach. Sounds like a deal to me. OK, I just went to the website. $36.75 is for the mount. The tach is $211. __________________ Tim "TC" Conley VBA #9 2011 Victory Kingpin mine 2013 Victory Boardwalk -hers [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [SIZE=4]
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06-14-2010, 04:25 PM	#3
henryk Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Palatine,IL Posts: 98	Help with a purchase I just went back there and saw my mistake ::) I taught that was to good of a deal.
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06-14-2010, 06:46 PM	#5
redjay Top Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 6,945	Help with a purchase Personally, I dont need a tach. If I dont know when to change gear by now I never will. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-14-2010, 07:09 PM	#6
merri1 Jr. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mashpee, MA Posts: 46	Help with a purchase Before I bought my '09 I had a Honda 600 scooter - automatic - and it had a tach. I thought I'd need one for the Nomad too, so I asked the dealer about installing one. I think he quoted almost $400. I thought I'd wait until I had a spare $400. Yeh, like that will ever happen. Afterlearning to ride the motercycle for a month or so, I realized that I did't need the tach. I agree with redjay, it's just something you get used to.
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06-14-2010, 04:54 PM	#4
metalman Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: KY (summer) - FL (winter) Posts: 144	Help with a purchase Why don't motorcycle manufacturers put tachometers on their cruiser bikes? I rode my Nomad for a week or so and couldn't stand it without a tach so I put one on and it wasn't very cheap. They put tachs on pickup trucks with automatic transmissions...that I don't understand either.
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06-14-2010, 11:46 PM	#7
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	Help with a purchase Having a tach helps with useful tasks like setting your idle speed. You don't need one to ride the bike any more than you need a Speedo Healer to ride because you can't mentally deduct 10% from the indicated speed. __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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06-15-2010, 12:01 AM	#8
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Help with a purchase Thought that deal was too good to be true. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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06-15-2010, 12:10 PM	#9
macmac Sr. Contributor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tamworth New Hampster 06 1600 Posts: 12,484	Help with a purchase Probably most of us with tachs are gear heads, and want to see we are not seeking 6th gear. __________________ 06 1600 Nomad Just call me Mac molon labe come and get it
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06-15-2010, 01:52 PM	#10
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Help with a purchase Id prefer a gear indicator so I don't keep searching for sixth gear. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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06-15-2010, 02:10 PM	#11
pastorgumby Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Spring Lake, NJ Posts: 249	Help with a purchase I struggled (as some of you know) with installing my Baron's tach - but it was well worth it, when I finally got it right! At a glance, you know if it's time to shift or not; especially needed as the Nomad engine is pretty smooth. __________________ "Life is a journey, not a guilt trip!" 2007 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1600 2002 Honda VFR800 Interceptor
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