Another place to put the ambient temperature sensor

[Eatmore Mudd]

We can borrow some tech knowledge from the airplane world.

Free air temperature gages, all aircraft have 'em. They usually poke through the windshield or canopy on small planes.

That tubular part with the holes in it isn't the temperature probe. It's a shield to shield the probe from the wind and the sun so pilots don't get false readings.

Fabbing up a shield that gives a small air gap around the diameter and length of the probe should be easy peasy and cut the error margin down a bunch.

 

[MrDralas]

I’ve since moved mine up to under the dash area. If the bike is sitting in the sun it heat soaks a little bit, but as long as your moving it seems to stay pretty accurate to what the weather app says. It’ll show cooler and warmer when I feel the temperature changes.
I extended the wiring, but I think I might remove it and find where it goes in to the gauge cluster and tap in to those wires. I can remove my extra wiring and just have a short run to the sensor. Vs it running from the gauge at the front to the middle of the bike then back to the front again.
When I get to it, I’ll post some pictures in case any one is interested in doing it themselves.

 

[puttbutt]

I know that this is an old thread. Thought I could live with the inaccurate temp. reading, but it was bothering me. might be a little anal about this. So I decided to take a look at it. I'd heard that the heat from the engine might affect the sensor. but after I found out where it was located. it's nowhere near the engine. So where is this heat coming from? anyway, I took it out from its original location and have it resting just below the document compartment. when I get the bike back on the road, will see if it makes any difference.

 

[cwadej]

I’ve since moved mine up to under the dash area. If the bike is sitting in the sun it heat soaks a little bit, but as long as your moving it seems to stay pretty accurate to what the weather app says. It’ll show cooler and warmer when I feel the temperature changes.
I extended the wiring, but I think I might remove it and find where it goes in to the gauge cluster and tap in to those wires. I can remove my extra wiring and just have a short run to the sensor. Vs it running from the gauge at the front to the middle of the bike then back to the front again.
When I get to it, I’ll post some pictures in case any one is interested in doing it themselves.

You ever get around to doing this? I think I may try, just as something to do.

 

[BurnieM]

Hitchcocks 1 metre (39 inch) extension for air temp sensor mounting under speedo cluster;
- https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/42300?ref_page=Himalayan

They also have a half metre extension.

 

[nwrider]

I made my own extension with Sumitomo connectors after trying the sensor at the edge of the seat and inside of the document holder. It's now mounted under the headlight bucket and works as it should. It took about 44" to get it that far.

 

[cwadej]

The bike has 2 “air temperature sensors”. The ambient temp sensor that people are moving circled in red only feeds into the instrument cluster. There’s a second on for the engine circled in green which feeds in to the ecm and allows for the engine to adjust fueling accordingly to the intake air temperature. So moving the one circled in red, would have no affect on the runnings of the bike. The one in green would be buried some where’s not easy for people to pick at, probably inside the intake some where’s so it can read the stream of air going in to the engine.

@MrDralas

I tried this today. Red with light blue and black wires at the dash connector. Works great. I removed the headlight and put the sensor in a small nook behind it. It's held in place by the headlight and a zip tie. I tied into the wireloom right there, so nothing is visible. Himma reads a bit higher than my Tiger or Versys, but the same as an analog thermometer right next to it.

EDIT: Went back several hours later, All reading the same temp in the dark garage.

 

[MrDralas]

You ever get around to doing this? I think I may try, just as something to do.

@MrDralas

I tried this today. Red with light blue and black wires at the dash connector. Works great. I removed the headlight and put the sensor in a small nook behind it. It's held in place by the headlight and a zip tie. I tied into the wireloom right there, so nothing is visible. Himma reads a bit higher than my Tiger or Versys, but the same as an analog thermometer right next to it.

EDIT: Went back several hours later, All reading the same temp in the dark garage.

Glad it worked for ya, I haven’t don’t much with the bike other then ride it To work recently. I got a job and working 12-16 hours a day 6 days a week has killed my time to do much other than sleep on my spare time.

 

[thaidave]

I just unpluged the sensor and now have a very small line of blinking dashes where the numbers used to be. Thailand is hot and the last thing I want to look at is a fluctuating inflated temperature reading while I am riding around stemming hot already. I have been pretty much fixated on the temp going up and down all day so the best soluting for me is to just get rid of it.