good answer grizzzzz! lol
hey "therock" where did you get your speedo???
where exactly does it mount????
i would love to have one!


2000 2wd kodiak
hunter green

 

Hi,
I researched and wound up liking the http://www.cateye.com Enduro2 Speedo. It is water tight (except for the sensor) and has a setting that does well for slow speeds that works good on higher speeds as well. It comes with a heavy duty cord but it is too short and the mounting bracket is OK but the one (bracket) that comes with the optional longer cord is Much better. The longer cord is not heavy duty but is plenty long. I ordered my Speedo and cord on-line from http://www.phattire.com/ . This unit works via a magnet and sensor. It counts revolutions and according to the distance your tire rolls in one revolution it reads out the speed and other info.
OK, take a look at your front differential housing on the left side where the CV joint hub exits it. Note the three machined gussets. There aren't any on the right side. On my Kodiak the CV joint hub is Green where it exits the differential. I routed the wire down from the left handle bar and laid the sensor in-between the gussets so the tip will hang out over the green part. I used a Hose clamp to hold it down. Not too tight, it will crush the sensor. Snug is good. But first you will want to remove the magnet from the spoke mount bracket noting which side of it was intended to see the sensor. Then JB Weld (2 part epoxy) it to the green hub. What you want is to have the magnet rotate past the sensor as close as possible without touching. Before I attached the sensor to the differential I coated it with silicone to keep the water out. It is not very water tight. Just don't coat the part that the magnet passes.
To calibrate it for your tire size you will need to convert inches to centimeters unless you have a metric tape. What I did was put a piece of eletrical tape on the floor lined up with a peice of tape on the tire. Sitting on the bike I drove it on revolution and put another peice of tape on the floor marking the spot. I measured it and then done the math and entered the number into the Speedo. Instructions on doing this comes with the Speedo. You can borrow GPS or like me, ride next to a Honda 450ES and compare. I got lucky. The honda does not read out speed in tenths. As I rode with him I seen mine go to 12.8 MPH and then his would switch to 13mph and mine too.

See You

AC

 

I have a 99 Grizz, and my brother does as well, put them through the paces and ya they run hot, but all the other bikes were the same. Never over heated yet. I have a friend that has a SP 500 and it runs hotter then my Grizz but I guess he gets all the heat from my bike as he is always behind the Grizzly. He will love the bike.

 

thanks for the info!!
i wish yamaha would have just put a speedo on the kodiak, it would save alot of trouble.

2000 kodiak
hunter green

 

You can't go wrong with the grizzly, it is for sure the best bike if you can handle the ultimate power in sport utility machine. It rocks man! And has very low maintenance and will bring all the broken polaris's home too. Ha
Like a rock baby.

 

I bought a 1999 Grizzly new, heat was my least problem. Electrical problems caused me to sell that junk heap and buy something reliable and RED!