En-Gauging | Medallion Premium Bagger Gauge Install

07. …and slid the gauges into the holes making sure the alignment ribs slid through the notches and that the lip of the rubber retaining sleeves popped through the backside of the fairing. While the directions didn’t specifically state it, it’s important to note that even though all the gauges have threaded standoffs, which would make you think that they secure into the stock plastic retaining cups, the cups are not used. Instead the rubber retaining rings are all that are needed to keep the gauges in place.

08. However, the two larger gauges (tach and speedo) do use the stock retaining cup.

09. We secured the gauges to the retaining cups and plugged in the wiring harness.

11. Next we installed the ¼-inch male blades into the factory oil pressure gauge plug, making sure the brown and black wires matched up in the connector.

12. Moving underneath the bike, we loosened the accessory plug on the oil pan (arrow) so we could swap it with the provided oil temp sensor.

13. The sensor comes with thread locker already on the threads. It’s not necessary to drain the oil. We simply loosened the plug until it was about to fall out. Then while we quickly removed the plug with one hand, we threaded in temp sensor with the other. If you get it right, you can do the swap with very little oil loss. Oh yeah, make sure the engine/oil is cold before performing the swap.

14. We then plugged in the temp sensor wire and routed it along the lower frame rail, up the downtube, and into the fairing. We then secured it with zip-ties.

15. Next, we crimped the two wires into the matching wires on the transition harness. We turned the power on and checked to make sure everything worked before re-installing the outer fairing. Everything worked perfectly.

17. …and the new Medallion Classic gauges. The red really stands out against the black fairing. At night they really light up and look cool with the LED backlighting and illuminated pointers. Hidden within the graphic image are indicators for shift-up, ABS, check engine, and security, which only display on start-up or when necessary.

18. The LCD on the tach is auto dimming and shows First through Sixth gear position, low fuel, battery condition, cruise, clock, a custom programmable service reminder icon, trip 1 and 2, and odometer. The odometer can only be set once and has to be set within the first 100 miles. We were very satisfied with the gauges. They were pretty easy and quick to install, look really good, and didn’t cost an arm and a leg.