Maintain the clean view over the handlebar. This unique Combination Speedometer/Tachometer allows you to monitor engine speed without adding a handlebar-mounted tach.

I have a 2009 Harley Davidson Road King Classic, which is the big touring bike with the police style windscreen, not the big faring. The speedometer is mounted on the gas tank and is pretty spartan. It includes the speedometer and idiot lights for the security system, low gas warning, engine, battery, cruise, ABS, and a 6th gear indicator. It also includes a small LCD readout that lets you cycle through five pieces of information: time, odometer, tripometer A, tripometer B and miles remaining. Stock speedometer on Road King Classic (click for larger view) The biggest piece of missing data is engine speed, or a tachometer. Harley just released a new unit that combines a speedometer and tachometer into one unit for a fairly reasonable price.

It is $299 for the Road King units, and I got, which is MPH only. They also have a MPH/KPH combo or KPH only. They also make a version for late model Dyna's and Softails.

Harley has had combo units before, but they started around $499, which is pretty steep and in my opinion, they weren't terribly attractive. New Combination Speedometer/Tachometer (click for larger view) The new unit, shown here, has all of the same idiot lights as the stock unit, but includes a few other items. It has a small tachometer on the right and a much larger LCD screen that conveys the same five screens the stock unit does, plus fuel level and gear indicators. The brushed aluminum face looks good on my bike and should go with any style you have. Installation was a snap.

Harley Davidson Forums. Combo Analog Speedometer / Tach Install. Nothing mentioned in the manual and havent seen it cycling thru the settings. Review of Harley Davidson Combination. Driver Dvb-s Usb 2.0 Tv Tuner there. See the service manual to install the new speedometer.

Took my wife and me about 30-45 minutes. It is best to have a partner for some of it so you aren't having to worry about the console scratching the gas tank while removed.

If you don't work on your bike much, or ever, or you don't have the serice manual, pay someone to install it. The instruction sheet is one of the worst HD has published and it assumes you have the service manual. It basically lists 4 steps. • See the service manual to remove the seat and main fuse. • See the service manual to remove the console.

• See the service manual to remove the speedometer. • See the service manual to install the new speedometer. Before doing that, you need to transfer your mileage from the old unit to the new unit.

This is all done electronically with a cable and the on-board computer, but again, to find the right cables to connect, you need the service manual. If you are 100% clueless and have the service manual, you'll be fine.

I guess HD wanted to save money on paper because all of the service manual instructions would have taken at least two more pieces of paper. So what about the unit itself? Once installed, everything works as expected except Tripometer B. It is preset at 30+ miles and as you ride, the miles tick down towards zero. This tells you how many miles you have left before the unit permanently mates itself to your bike's computer. Once that happens, there are no returns and no swapping bikes. It is also a bit of a theft deterrent, as anyone with common tools and 5 minutes could remove this from your bike.

There is no point though because they'd just have a useless hunk of plastic. And it is plastic, but so is the stock unit.

Once tripometer B hits zero, it starts functioning normally as a second tripometer, which I use for long trips to match miles with turning directions. The fuel indicator on this device is much more useful than the large analog gauge on the left side of the gas tank, which I found to be so worthless I completely ignored it and just relied on how many miles I've ridden between fuel ups. That combined with the gas warning light have worked fine.

The more accurate digital display on the speedometer is now at least as useful as a gas gauge in a car. New Combo unit with lights on. This is the default yellow/orange color. (click for larger view) The gear indicators, located in the LCD readout, are nice too. It calculates your gear by comparing your speed and engine RPMs. If you've changed gears ratios in your bike, you should contact Harley before installing this or the numbers may be off. I noticed too if I was feathering the clutch heavily in 2nd gear, the indicator would show I was in 1st, but was ok once I released the lever.

In a bit of duplication, the gear indicator will show 6th gear and the big green 6 on the speedometer will light up just like the stock speedometer. Not sure why HD didn't remove the green indicator and just stick with those on the LCD. I like the gear indicators because it often keeps me from needlessly shifting up or down and having to shift back. Miss Universe 2010 Full Show Downloader. For example, my bike doesn't do well in 6th gear below 60mph and really likes it to be 65mph+. If I am on a road and it feels like it is winding out a bit, I can now look down and see I am in 5th and leave it alone if I am below those speeds. I know, some of you can tell just by the sound of the motor.