Info For Your Bike | Dakota Digital Gauge Install

08. Here is the gauge with just the plug-n-play setup. It's a bright red LED display, showcasing a tach around the perimeter, mph in the center, and clock in the lower center (message display). By hitting the tripmeter reset button you can cycle through the clock, odometer, tripmeter, 0-60, 1/4-mile, miles to service, as well as the other displays that are available. In this setup the stock indicator lights still function properly (arrow).

09. However, if you want to connect your indicator lights to the MCL-2004, you can do so with the supplied six lead wiring harness. The harness was plugged into the back of the gauge (arrow) and then

10. ...the indicator wiring harness was disconnected. The DD indicator wires then needed to be soldered to the bike's wiring harness (arrow). DD supplies a wiring chart to help match up the DD colored wires with the stock colored wires.

11. Here is how the gauge would look with all the indicators hooked up and everything lit up. As you can see, the stock indicators are located above the mph display, the gear indicator is located on the right side, and the cruise control indicator (if available on the bike) is in the lower left.

12. This is the 0-60 function. Don't worry, this reading happened just testing the unit in the driveway and was not an actual time. The 0-60 and 1/4-mile timers are reset at the trip switch and don't restart until the speed reaches 0, and then you start riding again. You can also see that the rpm warning/shift point came preset at 5,500 rpm (arrow), this can be adjusted between 2,000-7,500 rpm.

13. This is the voltage display showing 12.3V. When the voltage drops below the warning limit with the engine running, LO and the current voltage is displayed, the default warning limit is 11.0V.

16. To add an oil temp reading, you'll need the auxiliary oil temp sensor. The sensor simply screws into the oil drain plug hole on the oil tank. On this bike it was screwed into the pipe plug (be sure to seal it when finished). The wiring is then run up to the gauge.

18. If you want to know your exact oil pressure, you'll need the auxiliary oil pressure sender. The oil pressure sender is connected to the oil pressure switch and the wiring is run back up to the gauge.

19. Here is the gauge displaying the oil pressure at 21 psi. All in all, the gauge is very handy and provides a wealth of additional information that was not available with the stock setup on this bike. Installation was very easy, especially the plug-n-play aspect. Adding the additional functions, such as the oil pressure/oil temp displays, didn't take too much extra time. This is one upgrade that was definitely worth the money.