My temp gauge install

While I would love to have an XMR gauge set there is no way I’m spending $400 on the gauges and pod just to get a temp gauge bar graph. I checked out a couple posts about temp gauge installs but I didn’t like the looks of a 2" round gauge mounted in a pod bolted to the ATV so I started searching around for options and this is what I found.

The Trail Tech TTO gauge and thread adapter cost me $63 shipped to the door.

Here is the gauge, sticky back and adapter screwed onto the temp sensor.

These 2 pics show the plug in the front head. I took them with some of the ATV in them for reference as the couple posts I viewed had pics but didn’t really show just how easy it is to get to this plug. I figured I would have to atleast do the hand cram to get to the plug but was pleasantly surprised once I pulled of the side panel and looked down to see the plug right there in the open.


I got rained out and didn’t get a pic of the sensor installed in the block but it just looks like a red thing with a wire coming out of it in the block.

Here is the mounting location I chose for right now. I just stuck it down with the 3M sticky stuff for now to make sure I like the location, eventually I will probably bolt it down with a couple small bolts.

This little temp gauge is battery powered, can be set for F or C, and can be set to show max temp and current temp. Only issue I see with it so far is the setup button is on the bottom so it would have to be unstuck or unbolted to get to the button, good thing I will probably never have to mess with it until the battery needs replaced.