[C50T Rider]

I just got my C50T and the first thing I 'd like to add is a tach..........yea, yea, I know you don't NEED one but I like the way they look and all my bikes have had one.....anyway, I was browsing the site and recall seeing a post where the person said that Suzuki's tach "bumped" into his windsheild after he installed it.........made all kinds of noise according to him.........has anyone installed the Suzuki tach on their C50T??.....how'd it fit?...bump into the windsheild??

 

[Pinhy]

i thought about getting one for my M till i realized that my speedo is where my tach would go so really wouldnt be anywhere to put it.

liek you said, dont NEED one, but would be nice to see the rpms on the bike and shifting points

 

[chapmast]

It depends upon the height you set the windshield at. If the windshield is all the way down it is not close to the tach. Mid setting places the center bolt directly behind the tach and it touches. I have not tried raising the windshield to its highest position to see if the bolt will clear. I read a suggestion from someone to just get one of the rubber tips they make and put it over the end of the bolt. You would think with a factory windsheild and factory tach they would check to make sure they don't interfere with each other.

Stuart

 

[fjm3rd]

I put a Tach on my C50 2 weeks ago before I put on the Suzuki Windshield. As I was putting the windshield on I found out that the Tach gets in the way. I was able to fix the problem fairly easy but I feel you shouldn't have to run into problems like this. especially for what you pay for them. I even called Suzuki's customer service to see if they knew about it, they never ran into it before. So I basically called to get it on record that they have a problem with the two together. The way I fixed it was to first take the center bolt from the windshield in the chrome brace that goes across the front and spin it around so the cap nut is in the front instead of the back where it hits the Tach. The second part is a little more involved. You have to take the windshield off and remove the vertical brackets that the windshield mounts to the bracket on the bike. You take the brackets and you take a rat tail file and in the upper slot of the brackets you have to file a horizontial slot towards the rear of the bracket from the vertical slot. I filed mine about a 1/4" back. When this is done it makes it possible for you to tilt the windshield forward so it doesn't hit the Tach.

 

[Smily]

Hmm

Seems that I recall reading on the Suzuki web site in the accessories section it clearly says that Tach is not for "T" models. (windshield gets in the way). I know this is the case for the C90T not certain of the C5oT

 

[C50T Rider]

I just went to the Suzuki site..I didn't see anything about it not fitting the C50T......also, the pic showing the tach is on a motorcycle WITH a windshield.

 

[fjm3rd]

When I went back to the dealer and told them the problem I ran into I asked that same question and nowhere could they find anything that said about not being able to mount either of them together. It don't matter anymore since I fixed the problem, it's just frustrating having to go through it all.

 

[Smily]

My Bust

I see that it was the windshield bag that was a problem. :wink:

 

[ksu68]

I just installed a Suzuki OEM Tach on my bike. The tach works great at first but as the engine heats up, it RPM will drop below 1000 once in a while and the engine will sound weaker and weaker and will eventually die.

If I disonnect the cross wire between the two negative coil terminals, the engine will run fine but the tach will be at 1/2 output since the C50 has a single firing ignition.

Since the cross over between the two coils is just a striaght wire, I suspect there is an interference problem.

I can keep the bike running by reving up the engine at idle, but I really don't want to do this long term since it is obvously not good for the bike.

Has anyone else seen similar problem? What is the solution?

 

[chapmast]

I had the tach put one when I purchased my C50T and have had the same problem. The dealer had tried multiple things to try and fix it and finally got approval from Suzuki to replace the wiring harness. They replaced the wiring harness and "discovered" the tach connections on the coil wire and called and stated I had caused the problem by adding accessories incorrectly. When I went and looked it became apparent to me that the connections were for the factory tach that they had installed. They have told me that the Suzuki accessories are not Factory Suzuki parts and are not warranted by Suzuki. The dealer charged me almost one thousand dollars for the repairs and said they would have to contact the other company that does the parts to see if they will warranty it. My suggestion to everyone at this point is DO NOT BUY OR INSTALL THE SUZUKI TACHOMETER. It does not fit properly with the windshield and causes problems with the idling and at speed performance of the bike.

Thanks
Stuart

 

[fjm3rd]

I installed the Suzuki Tach when I got my bike and for 4600 miles so far I have not had any problems with it at all. I hooked it up according to the instructions that came with it.

 

[Password]

I just got my C50T and the first thing I 'd like to add is a tach..........yea, yea, I know you don't NEED one but I like the way they look and all my bikes have had one.....anyway, I was browsing the site and recall seeing a post where the person said that Suzuki's tach "bumped" into his windsheild after he installed it.........made all kinds of noise according to him.........has anyone installed the Suzuki tach on their C50T??.....how'd it fit?...bump into the windsheild??

If you go with the Suzuki OEM tach make sure your run your ground wire to the battery ground. A bad ground will give you all sorts of problems from bad low speed operation to stalling at idle. Don't use a frame ground. Trust me I've been there.