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So, last night I started a project to hard wire my garage door opener to a Momentary rocker switch in the blank spot in the dash of the fairing. I got this idea from seeing the MO-Door set up. I found the matching rocker switch on Amazon and ordered it last week and got it on Friday. Unfortunately my wife was in the hospital all week and I got to bring her home on Sunday afternoon, so my plan for the weekend got moved to Monday.
First I found some wire that was long enough for my need, which came from an old PC, and dismantled the garage door opener. I used the multi-meter to locate the two solder points on the back of the opener that were operated by the push button on the remote. I then carefully soldered the two wires to those points on the board. I crimped two female wire disconnects on the other end and then soldered them to the disconnects for "wire security". I attached those wire disconnects to the rocker switch and walla, we have a working rocker switch! Now I have to dismantle the dash cover to insert the wiring and rocker switch. My plan is to route the wiring to remote board through to the speaker box on the right side. By mounting the board inside the speaker box I can easily access the remote board to change the watch battery by simply removing the speaker grill(no tools). I will post some pictures as soon as I get it completed. By the time I am done this project will only have cost me about $35, which includes the cost of the remote($25)and switch ($9).

Mods I think this ended up in the wrong spot in the forum, please move as you see fit.
 
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i wanted to put mine up there too, but ended up putting it here. dash is a better spot though for practicality.
 
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I got you guys beat. No wires, no remote. My wife hears me coming up the street and SHE pushes the button on a nearby remote. The garage door is opening as I approach. It works as long as she's home. Easy peasy!:)
But I gotta admit I like Drew's idea for its simplicity.
 
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Mike: since you've already accomplished your goal, excellent, and you can ignore the rest.

If anyone else has a spare remote and is interested in this sort of mod, I have a small sub-gallery of accomplishing this, which I put up last year:

Victory XCT with LiftMaster Garage-Door Opener

In that, I have pics, descriptions, and parts links (and alternatives). I went with the remote in the fairing (I take that off, for assorted farkles, often enough), although I know that some folks have used the inside-the-speaker-grill easy access location, too.
 

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So it turned out that I did not have to pull the fairing or dash to feed the wire through. I pulled out the spacer in the dash and fed the wire from the speaker grill right down to it...
 

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I like the light idea! There is nothing like the feeling of walking into the garage in the morning and finding the door had been open all night. Too many tools and toys!!!!
 
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Very cool... What an interesting thread....
 
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I forgot to add that I covered the entire remote board with clear vinyl tape to make it more water resistant. This is the tape that is used to make easy repairs to swimming pool liners.
 
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Biketronics used to make a device called Crib Clicker, basically the same thing as using your own remote. It splices into the high beam switch. I have the unit, it came on my first bike and have been swapping over since. Works ok, the only issue is the range is pretty poor like maybe 10 feet.

Biketronics Crib Clicker Kit | BT385
 
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I did pretty much the exact same thing that you did. I got the idea after viewing a thread from wspollack on another forum. Works really good.
 
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The maid opens the garage door by hand .
 
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And the butler wipes down the bike before putting it away?
 
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I did something similar but my system is contained as I did not want to tap in to any existing wiring on the bike. The opener is in the fairing behind the light so it is not exposed to rain.
 

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Where did you get the switch? Can you let me know the part number?
 
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Here's mine...works great!
 

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#21 · (Edited)
This is my favorite one of the bunch. You can easily access it to both press the button as well as change the battery. I just might have to do this one.

G'day,

Vinish
 
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those plastic crimp connectors. Never trust them. Take a match and melt them off. Then take shrink tubing and slid over metal connectors.
Cut the shrink tubing a 1/4 inch longer then you need.
Besides you can't see you have a good crimp
 

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#26 ·
I did a little research. From various forums it appears that the Otto K1 switches will fit in the CC dash knockout.

Here is a link to the K1 dimensions:



Here is a link to get the p/n of the K1 switch you'd want:



So if you wanted a garage door opener switch (a momentary switch) you would be interested in p/n K1ABCAAAAA. You can get one at this link for about $10 + shipping:



I'm thinking that I could get p/n K1ABEAAAAA which is a momentary switch up and down and I could open both of my garage doors (about $10 + shipping):



This switch is a SPDT. Anyone know if this would work? I haven't taken apart my opener yet so I don't know if the hot side is the same for both buttons or not.

As allways, YMMV.
 
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WOW what a hell of a lot of work. :laugh I purchased a mini waterproof sport fob garage door opener, installed patch of velcro on bottom & mating patch on right hand front brake fluid top cap. Easy to operate & remove when required. Been that way for couple years... no problem, fob opener cost around $30.
 
#33 ·
Very nice solutions.
My solution is that I ride AGATT(All The Gear All The Time) so I have the opener in the left pocket of my riding jacket. Reach down, hit the button, door opens. I have 2 remotes, one I move around the summer gear, one I move around the winter gear.
 
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