The following is a simple "how-to" guide that should help in your installation of the DIGI from Datatool. You should read the instructions provided with the kit completely before starting this installation. |
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Check out your goods. You should have a DIGI with harness, various ty-wraps, various mounting parts, and instuctions. |
| 2. | You may need the following items to help with the installation: |
| * Rear stand | |
| * Soldering Iron | |
| * Small flat tip screwdriver | |
| * Needle nose pliers | |
| * Electrical tape | |
| * Exacto knife or scissors | |
| * Fine tip pen or marker | |
| 3. | First you will need to remove your front fairing. Then disconnect the front harness (loom) from the side markers, headlights, gauge cluster and finally the main white connector. This will allow removal of the entire front harness so you can work on the bench when doing the soldering, taping, etc. |
| 4. | Now there are a few questions to ask: |
| Do you want to solder or tap splice into the wires? | |
| Do you want to tap into the clock or bike side of the harness? | |
| I chose to solder because it's a cleaner and stronger
connection and I chose to tap into the bike side of the harness because its bigger and a
little easier to work with. *NOTE* The instructions provided with the kit refer to the wires in the clock side of the harness. If you want to use the bike side make sure to use the appropriate wires. Refer to your shop manual or my online wiring diagram if you have a 01-02 R6. Some wire colors may vary as there are sometimes multiple wires with the same function. |
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Bike side connector
Clock side connector
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| 5. | Hold the DIGI where you will mount it and route the wires loosely for now to get an idea where to cut the excess wire (if at all). I wrapped my wires with electrical tape to keep it clean all the way down to where I tapped into the harness and secured with small ty-wraps. |
| 6. | Sort out your wires as per your instructions and/or wiring diagrams and make sure to leave the orange wire open for later use. |
| 7. | If you decide to solder into the pins: |
| You can pull back the edges of the connectors to get access to the pins. They are held on by little tabs (Im sure you can figure it out). You can either solder in place if you are good or remove the pins and then solder. | |
| Find a good place on the pin or wire to solder the DIGI wire into without obstructing the pin's placement in the connector. It will be tight so be neat with your solders and route the wire stright up and out of the connector. You can look down the front of the connector to see the clips that hold the pins in place. You will be able to see if any are not correct. | |
| 8. | If you decide to tap slice into the wires: |
| Remove the electrical tape and plastic wrapped around the harness (if needed) and loosen the wires you will be tapping into. Make sure there will be enough room for all the tap splices. You can clean it up by spacing them out and wrapping with electrical tape to conceal. | |
| 9. | On my bike there really wasnt much of a choice where to mount the DIGI. The only clear place I could mount it was right above the speedo. I also wanted it in view of a tank camera. There may be a more suitable place to mount on your bike. The kit comes with various mounting parts and ty-wraps to suit any application. |
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| 10. | Now its time to test it out before you put everything back together. Reconnect the front harness to the main white connector and the gauge cluster and stow the extra harness where it wont get in the way. |
| 11. | Turn on the ingition and make sure the DIGI display lights up. |
| 12. | Follow the instructions to program your DIGI. It may help
to temporarily attach a longer piece of wire to the orange wire while programming. It
might take you a few tries. You can use any bolt into the frame for a ground point. *NOTE* Keep the revs low when programming the DIGI. It will only read the gears up to ~2-3K rpm. You wont need to wind the bike out to program. |
| 13. | You will know immediately if the wiring is not correct. It should instantly pick up nuetral and first gear. |
| 14. | If something is not right, take a look at the harness and the work you did to make sure there are no loose pins or connections and double check the wire colors you are tapping into. |
| 15. | If everything is peachy, go ahead and clean up the harness, tape over the orange wire and fold back into harness, and then mount the DIGI. I used the velcro provided to secure mine. It doesnt look like much but that stuff is super strong and it's not going anywhere. See photo. |
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| 16. | That's about it. Throw the bike back together and see how it works. Just remember it wont work when the clutch is held in. |
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