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Hi Folks,

Well, this forum has been very helpful, more so than the dealer!!

1st, I asked this forum where does the cable from the odometer/speedometer hook in, nice folks told me of a bag, under the front cover. This was great... I found that, took the bag off and found one male (black wire), and one "flat", rubber coated female connector with two brown wires into it. The speedometer from Kawasaki, has three round male plugs! Black, green and red.

Do I need some sort of adapter to connect this thing?!?!?

Strange... the odometer I have is the one Kawasaki has in the part list for this atv model...

Any suggestions/help appreciated.

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I dug out the service manual for my '03 P360 and the electrical system diagram shows only one connector that has two brown wires hooked to it. This is labeled "horn" which must be for an add on or for another country.

The connector you are looking for is on the left side of the handlebars and under the plastic. There will be another black bag with three wires which are listed as "Battery - Red, Battery - Black and Speed Sensor Pulse - Green".

There is another thread covering this that indicates you need to remove the front rack, front fender and fuel tank cover. The manual says to remove the front fender, switch housing, and the brake master cylinder. Don't know if all this is required as I don't think my son took off the master cylinder when he put mine on.

All of this is from a manual for the '03 model, don't know how much different yours will be.

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Tencubed... THANK YOU so much!

I was getting pretty frustrated, the dealer does not want to tell me, I can't find a manual (service) for the 06's, but I bet the wiring config is pretty much the same.

I will post and let you know if I hit paydirt! By the way, I bet you have some terrific ridin up your way, must be some sights to see - Utah has some pretty crazy stuff... you almost think you are on another planet when you go down thru the southern part of the state-the things wind, water and rain have done to the terrain is amazing.

Thanks Again!

SALTFLATT

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Your welcome.

I had to wait a couple of weeks to get the service manual. Dealer ordered it but it has been worth the bucks and wait.

Their are some great areas to ride in Washington and Oregon particularly if you have access to private land. We use our quads primarily for work on the farm with a little sport riding. I have been thru most of the western states and would like to take a few months to explore each of them. Since I retired it seems I am busier than when I worked full time what with helping the kids remodel kitchens and such.

Hope you are able to get the speedo in and working with no problems.

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Hey Tencubed,

Found the connector directly underneath the left side just as you said! All I had to do was take the front rack off, take a few screws out of the left fender, very easy... once you know where it is!!

Thanks again!

SALTFLATT

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Yeah, they are easy to put on. I handed mine to my son , pointed at the quad and told him "This goes on that". [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]


Glad it worked out.

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These forums rock! I bought a speedometer from the Kawasaki dealer last week. They were being secretive about how to install it. They wanted 2 hours of labor to install the speedometer. After reading the this forum string I did exactly what Saltflat and Tencubed said to do and I completed the installation in 45 min. Thanks guys! The speedometer looks very sharp.

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Glad it worked out for you. Lots of good information on this site thats for sure. What year is your quad? Kind of interested in how many years they used the same basic wiring harness.

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I have a 2007 Prarie 360. So I guess they haven't changed much over the past 5 years or so. I took one screw out of the plastic tank cover, 6 screws out of the left outside fender, and 2 screws out of the left under side plastic fender. Then I jammed a piece of wood under it to pry it up so I could reach the two bags holding the wiring harnesses. The little bag held the three wires and the color coding matched the wiring harness for the speedometer. Hooked her up, put the screws back in, and took her for a spin. The speedometer lights up nicely. Looks sharp. It's a shame that Kawasaki doesn't make this standard on all 360's.

I have the service manual and it wasn't really clear in the manual exactly what needed to be done. Your expertise made this job stressfree and satisfying. I loath taking any piece of machinery to the dealer and paying rediculous prices for work that I can do myself. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Is there a way to post pictures on this site? I would have posted some pictures of before and after but I couldn't figure out how to post them.

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Oh yeah...I almost forgot, I also had to take off the front rack on the top.

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I added a couple of pictures of the installed speedo in my gallery. Definitely adds to the function/looks of the machine. Thanks again Tencubed!

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: tencubed

Your welcome.

I had to wait a couple of weeks to get the service manual. Dealer ordered it but it has been worth the bucks and wait.

Their are some great areas to ride in Washington and Oregon particularly if you have access to private land. We use our quads primarily for work on the farm with a little sport riding. I have been thru most of the western states and would like to take a few months to explore each of them. Since I retired it seems I am busier than when I worked full time what with helping the kids remodel kitchens and such.

Hope you are able to get the speedo in and working with no problems.</end quote></div>


The service manual your referring to- not the clymar one, but the $75 one, is that right? BTW, anyone have any pics of the finished install of the speed/ odometer..........

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ok, first of all I'm a newbie here.....great site!!!! I just completed the speedometer install on my 2005 Prairie 360. My question is....how do you keep the speedometer snug in the plastic case? Mine keeps working itself up and out. It seems to not have enough room with the throttle and brakes cables taking up most of the space so these tend to puch the unit out of the case. Make any sense?


Thanks!

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i just ordered the speedo, did anyone take pics of the installation process?

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holy cow, the easiest thing i have ever done. i got my speedo tonight and installed it in 22 min with all the plastics back on. works and looks great!!

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yeah, i just got an '08 and added the spedo, took the left inner fender out and the wires were right there. took me a whole wapping 15 min. form start to finish, glad i added it!

How much is the speedo from Kawasaki??

he sold it to me at "cost" for $108

Glad this old thread was still hanging around
 

Bought a 2005 Prairie recently and was toying with the idea of installing a speedometer. The instructions in this thread made it sound like an easy DIY project and they were spot on.

Anyone who took part in the thread that is still on here ....Thanks!

Mike

05 and 09 speedo install - pretty simple
 

Hi, wasn't part of the original thread but recently installed a speedo on both my 05 and 09. It is definitely something you can do yourself. Did u have any specific concerns?

Sorry dilogdp:

Looking at my post I wasn't really that clear about whether I actually did the install or not. I did do it and no problems.

It went just as described by the other users. It took me about 50 minutes, but if I'd had another one to do I could have done it in 20 minutes I bet. Kind of like putting together that complicated Christmas toy for your kids ... takes a while but then you're an expert on it.

So, if you just did an '09, Kawasaki is still doing the same thing it sounds like. Speedo isn't standard but the wire bundle is sitting in there just waiting. Not sure why they don't just make a $100.00 part standard.

I just use mine on a deer lease so the speed information isn't really critical. I do want to keep track of time for servicing it though. You could install a Hobbs meter somewhere tied into your elec and oil system for tracking hours, but the factory unit is about 100 bucks and is much better looking.

Take care,

Mike

First post.
 

Just found this old thread. I'm installing a factory speedo on my 09 Prairie. I know where to find the leads but am stumped on how you tighten the speedo head. I took the two screws out of the plastic coverer with the speedo knock out and can not get it up and out far enough to attach the speedo bracket and nuts.

Is taking off the brake master cylinder required to give it enough flex in the cables to reach in behind to tighten it up?

Thanks

Mick

Hi, it wasn't necessary to remove master cylinder. perhaps you have a cable or wire snagged onto something.

Thanks... I'll give it another try next weekend.. ;)