I had an idea today....

[txhawg]

I'll let y'all know how it works out

[ms_tapestry]

I await your response with bated breath. . . . :Angel_anim:

[phreak]

That reminds me..... I need to brush my teeth.

[Dinero]

I'll let y'all know how it works out

I'm scared.

Sounds like, "Hey Bubba. Hold my beer and watch this."

[Ejectr]

Hey...it's the best idea he's had yet!

[polarbear]

:+1:





:polar:

[chickeretta]

:+1::+1: heh?

[Rewind]

I'll let y'all know how it works out


You had an idea, huh? Did it hurt???

[SLOWHOUND]

Hey...it's the best idea he's had yet!

I think its the only idea he's had yet.:HaHaHa::HaHaHa::HaHaHa::HaHaHa:

[txhawg]

Now, you all can make fun of me if you want. After all it is new years, and ideas conceived while in the throes of a heavy hangover are what this country was made from.

I got this idea when the battery for my garage door opener remote died. I had no idea they used 12V batteries. Now, some may know getting off a bike on my driveway to go to a keypad or hit the remote in the tour pak can be exciting sometimes because of the severe slope. So I got to thinking........my bike uses a 12V battery too. Now if I could only get some sort of momentary switch that looks somewhat OEM. Then I went for a ride, and reset the odometer, and realized that trip reset switch is not only a momentary switch, but it's freaking waterproof too! Went to the Harley shop after work and walked out with 10 dollars of switches and rubber boots.

So now, if I can connect the wires from the switch to the opener, and replace the 12V battery with some other wires connected to a power source on the bike, I have a 10 dollar built-in OEM-looking garage door opener that Harley charges over $100 for.

I do have to drill a hole in the bike somewhere. Can't decide if it should be on the inner fairing or the tank console. I'm also trying to decide on a decent power source inside the fairing..

Dust is flying around inside my head.........I think it just may work.

[Rewind]

Let us know when it's safe to come back to Texas. :rofl3:

[ms_tapestry]

I struggled with a steep driveway and garage door opener when I lived in Keller. . . it can be a real pain and while I never dropped her sometimes I thought I was going to! It sounds like a great idea. Let us know how it turns out! :Angel_anim:

[ErnieS]

Up in Connecticut, I had me one of them automagical garage door openers. She was 5'1" and 105 pounds.

[ms_tapestry]

Up in Connecticut, I had me one of them automagical garage door openers. She was 5'1" and 105 pounds.lol! :241:

[Dinero]

Can't help you much right now Dan, but someone on the DC put a switch on the right side of his console. Had pictures and instructions and everything.

Yours could be mounted just about anywhere in the fairing. Remember my auxillary power socket? Lots of power sources in the fairing as well and should be fairly easy. Bring her down and we'll knock it out.

[FLTRI]

Now, you all can make fun of me if you want. After all it is new years, and ideas conceived while in the throes of a heavy hangover are what this country was made from.

I got this idea when the battery for my garage door opener remote died. I had no idea they used 12V batteries. Now, some may know getting off a bike on my driveway to go to a keypad or hit the remote in the tour pak can be exciting sometimes because of the severe slope. So I got to thinking........my bike uses a 12V battery too. Now if I could only get some sort of momentary switch that looks somewhat OEM. Then I went for a ride, and reset the odometer, and realized that trip reset switch is not only a momentary switch, but it's freaking waterproof too! Went to the Harley shop after work and walked out with 10 dollars of switches and rubber boots.

So now, if I can connect the wires from the switch to the opener, and replace the 12V battery with some other wires connected to a power source on the bike, I have a 10 dollar built-in OEM-looking garage door opener that Harley charges over $100 for.

I do have to drill a hole in the bike somewhere. Can't decide if it should be on the inner fairing or the tank console. I'm also trying to decide on a decent power source inside the fairing..

Dust is flying around inside my head.........I think it just may work.

I like it.

Sounds like something I would come up with, and that in itself, is scary...:rockon:

[phreak]

That sounds like a good idea!

I wish I could help, but I am really unfamiliar with them phairing thingies.

[Rewind]

If it works out.........I might try to adapt one for my Heritage.

[txhawg]

Can't help you much right now Dan, but someone on the DC put a switch on the right side of his console. Had pictures and instructions and everything.

Yup, did a search and found it. That's exactly what I was thinking of. I figured somebody had to think of it before. Lots of people smarter than me out there.

Yours could be mounted just about anywhere in the fairing. Remember my auxillary power socket? Lots of power sources in the fairing as well and should be fairly easy. Bring her down and we'll knock it out.

I'm just a little nervous drilling into the faring. I figured I could tap into the spots or the headlights or even the cigarette lighter.

[txhawg]

If it works out.........I might try to adapt one for my Heritage.


I'm pretty sure that guy did it on a Heritage. Check it out here (http://www.doofclenasmc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130752)

[ms_tapestry]

I'm pretty sure that guy did it on a Heritage. Check it out here (http://www.doofclenasmc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130752)You sent Robert to the doofs?!? He'll never be the same! lol! :241:

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I'm pretty sure that guy did it on a Heritage. Check it out here (http://www.doofclenasmc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130752)


Thanks Dan!!!!

[Dinero]

I'm just a little nervous drilling into the faring. I figured I could tap into the spots or the headlights or even the cigarette lighter.

Piece of cake, Señor.

[txhawg]

I wonder if it would be better on the left side or the right? They put the trip reset button on the left. Guess I'll have to pay attention which hand is more free when approaching the house.

[Rewind]

If you put it on the right, you'll have to let off of the gas to push it, unless you reach over.

[ms_tapestry]

Yeah but if he puts it on the left then he has to let off the clutch. . . I had a remote at the house in Keller. . . with Tawanda it was easier for me to let off the gas and use the right hand for the remote. . .

[Dinero]

We could center it and you could use your, uh ................................forehead.

[phreak]

Left handed thumb switch. Put it next to the turn signal.

[Dinero]

Left handed thumb switch. Put it next to the turn signal.

The problem with all those switches so close together is that sometimes when you ant to give some dumba$$ a blast on the horn, you actuall give them a big shot of left turn signal. Not the satisfying action that you are looking for.

Imagine Dan's embarrassment when he hits the door at wide open throttle with his turn signal signalling wildly.

[ms_tapestry]

The problem with all those switches so close together is that sometimes when you ant to give some dumba$$ a blast on the horn, you actuall give them a big shot of left turn signal. Not the satisfying action that you are looking for.

Imagine Dan's embarrassment when he hits the door at wide open throttle with his turn signal signalling wildly.lol! and then falls over on that steep a$$ driveway. . .

[Rewind]

You sent Robert to the doofs?!? He'll never be the same! lol! :241:


Oh no.............what did I step into???? My mind is realing..........stomach is queezy.............knees weak...........room spinning..........must..........get..........air.. .......gasp.......hack....:1200:
























HELP!!!!!

[ErnieS]

Signaling a left turn doesn't make your headlight much brighter either.
bluetooth garage door opener? (http://www.bluetomorrow.com/content/section/182/286/)

[phreak]

The problem with all those switches so close together is that sometimes when you ant to give some dumba$$ a blast on the horn, you actuall give them a big shot of left turn signal. Not the satisfying action that you are looking for.

Imagine Dan's embarrassment when he hits the door at wide open throttle with his turn signal signalling wildly.

Get one of those same light activated switches that changes the light phrom red to green, then just phlash the high beams at it to open it.

[FLTRI]

Well, if you had a Road Glide, you could do what I did...

I used the wiring diagram to find the wires on the radio bundle that goes to the PTT switch for the C.B. function that I'll never use. I spliced one of those key ring sized garage door openers into that circuit, and wa-la, no wires to run, holes to drill or switches to buy...

My remote isn't 12v, but the little lithium battery has lasted through two bikes now...:527:

[txhawg]

Hmmm, I have an extra keyring remote I don't use. Have to go find it.

In the meantime, I have found out I have no idea how to solder these small connections. Wire to wire, or terminal I'm OK with. It's inside the remote I'm going to have trouble with. I just know I'm going to melt that little board. Maybe I need a professional to help. Hey Ms_T?????

[txhawg]

Imagine Dan's embarrassment when he hits the door at wide open throttle with his turn signal signalling wildly.


Or, when I wake the neighbors up at 3 am beeping my horn and wondering why my door won't open.

[Dinero]

Or, when I wake the neighbors up at 3 am beeping my horn and wondering why my door won't open.

I've done that and I don't even have an opener.

[ms_tapestry]

Hmmm, I have an extra keyring remote I don't use. Have to go find it.

In the meantime, I have found out I have no idea how to solder these small connections. Wire to wire, or terminal I'm OK with. It's inside the remote I'm going to have trouble with. I just know I'm going to melt that little board. Maybe I need a professional to help. Hey Ms_T?????
Are you asking me to come melt your wires together Daniel? :241:

[FLTRI]

Hmmm, I have an extra keyring remote I don't use. Have to go find it.

In the meantime, I have found out I have no idea how to solder these small connections. Wire to wire, or terminal I'm OK with. It's inside the remote I'm going to have trouble with. I just know I'm going to melt that little board. Maybe I need a professional to help. Hey Ms_T?????

Open the remote up and find the little button inside, that the big button on the case touches (Mine had four contacts). Short across two at a time until the garage door goes down.

I bought a small soldering iron at Radio shack years ago for less than $10.00 Get some small gauge wire, tin the ends, and carefully melt the wire to the back of the PC board, across your two contacts.

Melt a notch in the case, and snap the whole works back together with the wire hanging out. Tie it up somewhere in the fairing, tap into the radio circuit wires for the PTT switch and there ya go...:527: