Motogadget M Unit.

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A friend of mine put me onto these units the other day. I know they are expensive and bringing Canbus onto an old bike might be a bit over the top, but, special builders could have a very neat and well featured electrical system, I like the idea of one wire for the rear light and brake light, you wire them together and the unit lowers the power and when you brake, it releases the full power and you have a brake light but with only one wire (and an earth)

They also do a unit that fits into the handlebars that connects to the M Unit and makes the bar switch canbus, so just 2 wires for multi functions. The top unit has bluetooth and can be programmed and the ignition can be turned on by smartphone proximity.

Built in load independent flasher, programmable brake light flasher, more to go wrong but very neat.

mo.unit Basic - Digital Control Unit and Alarm For Vehicle Wiring

The Motogadget m.Unit basic is a digital control unit for your motorbike, the heart of the electrical system which also has an inbuilt alarm
www.digital-speedos.co.uk www.digital-speedos.co.uk
 
I installed the Motogadget M Unit blue and M Button on my 70. It's overkill, but with all relays built in and many other functions including immobilizer and alarm, very easy install, even for some one who is not electrically inclined, I cant recommend it highly enough.
 
Fast Eddie said:
Sounds like my idea of a f***ing nightmare !!
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I assume you are thinking about the multi button presses Nigel, I think I agree but I guess we would get used to that pretty quick I think it can use the normal switches if necessary. The rest of the unit would simplify the wiring considerably.
 
It’s not just that Ralph. Less wires don’t necessarily mean simpler in my book.
I like one wire, going to one thing, doing one job.
I can just about get my head around that, which gives me a fighting chance when it comes to problem solving.
If I had an M unit that started acting up I wouldn’t know where to begin!
I’m a Luddite.
 
freefly103 said:
I installed the Motogadget M Unit blue and M Button on my 70. It's overkill, but with all relays built in and many other functions including immobilizer and alarm, very easy install, even for some one who is not electrically inclined, I cant recommend it highly enough.
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Is that the bike Yves bought? the M unit is making me want to build a bike round it with all the functions used and active.
 
Fast Eddie said:
It’s not just that Ralph. Less wires don’t necessarily mean simpler in my book.
I like one wire, going to one thing, doing one job.
I can just about get my head around that, which gives me a fighting chance when it comes to problem solving.
If I had an M unit that started acting up I wouldn’t know where to begin!
I’m a Luddite.
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Couldn't agree more about trouble shooting it and one thing against it would be security, as it would be easy to pull the plug and jumper it to start the bike so it would need to be inaccessible.

I do like toys though and I need one in my sad life. :D
 
sounds interesting, but it would be last thing i put on a custom build approaching $30,000. are our best know norton restore shops using this thing?
 
I'd be concerned about obsolescence and long term support. Unless there's another company making something similar it would be putting your eggs in the one proverbial basket. Not like a rectifier or ignition module that could be replaced with another brand with minimal changes to wiring.
 
maylar said:
I'd be concerned about obsolescence and long term support. Unless there's another company making something similar it would be putting your eggs in the one proverbial basket. Not like a rectifier or ignition module that could be replaced with another brand with minimal changes to wiring.
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That'd be my concern too. Appreciate the way it can tidy the wiring but trying to get the equivalent of an M-gadget RS-232 interface lead in 10 years might be a pain ;)
 
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I understand all the legitimate concerns expressed here, particularly the question of a replacement if it fails in the future, but I'm going ahead with installing the M-Unit Basic on my restomod 1007 cc MK3. I've made so many other changes to it that I have to make a new custom harness, no matter what system I use. And I've already set it up as negative ground. I won't be using all of the features, so in theory, if it fails later I could just make up a replacement board with solid state relays and circuit breakers, and still use the same wiring harness. On the other hand, at my age, I don't really have to worry about it lasting too many more years:). I'm also thinking about including a limp-home bypass circuit to power just the ignition and starter.

Ken
 
The D-BOX from axel joost elektronik is on my P11 for some years now. I am very happy with this one.
I preferred it to the M-unit because it is way smaller and it has no anti theft device which may drain the small battery on the P11.

Peter
 
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