Idea for Honda OBD2 Project

[Easy-X]

So I looks like I'll be riding about on a Honda Rebel by next week. Hmm... not much I'll need to do to a new bike surely?

Hehe, well not mechanically but after test riding and reading reviews most ppl cite the lack of a gear shift indicator (I iz n00b) and rev counter as being somewhat... annoying. I notice that you can plug things into the OBD2 plug under the seat like a shift indicator or a rev counter. No idea what you do if you want both!

In an ideal world I think I'd like a rev counter, shift indicator and coolant temp readout... maybe a clock, and so on.

I turned up this:

https://gonzos.net/projects/ctx-obd/

Where a guy interfaces a Raspberry Pi to a CTX-700 but he's got like web interfaces to smart phones and all sorts!

I'm thinking it would be more flexible to hack an off the shelf Bluetooth OBD interface to work with the red Honda plug and bolt a cheap Android phone onto the handlebars with something like the Torque app.

Anyone had any luck doing such a thing?
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[P.]

I don't look at the clocks when riding... so it would not be an issue. Perhaps try that.

[redeem ouzzer]

Stop it. You are overthinking things. You don't need any autistic bolt on crap. You don't even really need clocks at all. Just get on with riding the thing.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Speedo, maybe a neutral light. Indicators? Sure. That's it. Learn the bike, not the instruments.
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[pepperami]

Are you deaf?.... no!........ then listen to your engine, it will tell you when you need to change gear.
Develop the skill of listening to your engine, it called mechanical sympathy/empathy.
People have ridden millions of bikes for decades without a gear indicator, try it , it’s not that hard.

If it ain’t broke don’t try to fix it.
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[Teflon-Mike]

My Cota has no instruments. The Seven-Fifty's speedo cable snapped probably a deacade ago... I 'think' I stuck a new one on a bits order from DSS some years back, but I have never really missed it... or got a speeding ticket.. so never 'really' been an imperative.

Judge speed by other traffic and wind in your face.
Judge revs by how load the engine be
Judge coolant temperature? Err, yeah, this is the UK... listen to the weather forcast!
Indicator repeaters? Cant you actually see the lamps from where you sit?
Gear Possition? WTF? Need acceleration, change down! If not, see comment vis speedo, and or change up! Onlyt the Neutral Warnbing lamp is moderately halpful, and oft not that useful, especiallu on dee Italian Traactor!!!
Oil Pressure Warning, might be the most useful, but even there... had the sump-plug unwind (found it on the collector!), once, but even that almost total los of lube didn't make lamp come on... swuirming about of back tyre was more alerting!
What else I got on the dash? Odometer and trip? Err, see comment vis speedo cable. Moderatly useful if they worked for keeping track of fill ups and oil-changes.. Ignition/Alternator? Probably the most udeful bit of instrumentation... but then only if I have taken the key out of the ignition barel, without swithing ign 'off' 'cos lock worn!

You can live without evenb the most BASIC crap on an old bike... if you want all that chit.... take the effin car, and the missus to yell at you you are too close, to fast, too 'wrong'... whole point of a bike is to leave ALL this chit behind NOT take it with you.... loose the dumb-phone whilst you are at it... too

Take a paper map, or get lost and call it an adventure/exploring.... THAT is what a bike is all about.... NOT how many damn APPs you wired into!
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[Robby]

Yes, you could go full autist and try that.

No, it won't work very well. You'll always be fiddling with the phone to make shit work, and then the wet or noise, vibration and harshness will kill the OBD plug, the phone, or the phone holder.

If an OBD based aftermarket dash for bikes made sense, people would be using them. In reality, bikes make for a hostile environment for that sort of thing, so anything that works is going to be expensive.

[Ste]

Pro tip: if because reasons you want a rev counter then the best solution is to buy a bike that has a rev counter.

Gear shift indicator?

Coolant temperature?

Clock? Leave earlier.

[G]

Cheap android device with bright screen or fastish e-ink screen and there's loads of options.

But yes, "JFRI".

[Easy-X]

TBH none of the things cited would be looked at beyond a cursory glance from time to time it's more the challenge of making sh*t work. I could spend many hours constructing a tiny little Arduino LCD thingy and then probably never look at it on the bike!

I had a rev counter on the Superlight and the only time I looked at it was as a sanity check when the throttle seemed to stick open. (Cleaned the throttle body and it was fine after that.) Again with the shift light I added it was a sanity check pulling away "hang on, am I in the wrong gear?" 3 on display "...yes I am."

All just a confirmation of expected stupidity. Having said that a warning light that the coolant temperature was well up could actually save some pennies in the long run but even so that's a crutch for not checking over the bike properly before heading out.

Calculating MPG and expected range left in the tank would also be a neat trick but as my commute is ~15 miles - a little pointless.

Apologies then, I shall try and dial down the autism
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[stevo as b4]

It's easier to mark the speedo with a little pen or some stickers at where the max power rpm is in each gear. There's several ways of finding that out.

As for fuel range, do a fill up and stick a small petrol can filled too on the back. Ride it really hard on a strong windy day until it runs out of fuel, and there's your range.

Wanting to keep track of each tank full in terms of target range or mpg chasing is pointless. Once you know the worst case mpg of your bike and the size of the tank, then you don't need to give it another thought.

I'm sure you know this, but what I'm not sure is if the fiddling Autist curiosity impulses in the way your brain is wired will let you leave it alone?

I won't be surprised if you do something daft like build your own air/fuel ratio meter or CHT reading and go out monitoring every ride with all your needless gadgets etc.

[Bhud]

Just leave it alone.

If you're going for dealer servicing, stick to their schedule and keep all the service history. If you're doing it all yourself, change the oil as often as Honda specifies, keep an eye on your tyres, brake pads and chain, ride it and stick ACF-50 on over the winter. Repeat next year.

[Easy-X]

[Ste]

[Easy-X]

"...and at 12,000 rpm the bike is for rectal use only."
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[WD Forte]

Easy-X eh?

hmmmmm

Y'know?
Cant help thinking Easy-X sounds like some sort of
laxative or rectal lubricant.

Hey, if your into that sort of thing that's fine
This is BCF we dont judge
but if you want roll the dice on another moniker that's fine too.
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[Sister Sledge]

[Easy-X]

The number plate ends "EZX" I thought it had a nice ring to it

Anyway, no one was taking me seriously with the previous moniker so I thought it was time for a re-branding exercise
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[Easy-X]

[WD Forte]

[sickpup]

What Honda Rebel are you getting?

[Easy-X]

[A100man]

[Easy-X]

[stevo as b4]

That doesn't look too bad to me tbh!

1, No chrome

2, fairly understated and with a parallel twin presumably quite revvy motor like the CBR500.

3, no silly ultra high chopper bars, and no daft side mounted number plate.

It's a far better looking bike than something like a Ducati Diaval IMO, and it doesn't look like it's sacrificing too much comfort and geometry and handling in the name of style.

Might be a decent little bike, if there's a reasonable amount of ground clearance too?

Then again I haven't said it looks like an assless leathers bum sex queers convention, so I guess I must be the most boring sad cunt in the world for not doing so?