Garage Door Opener

[rpflyingtaz]

Has any one done the mod where you wire in a garage door opener to the high beams, flashers, or horn? I was thinking about doing it and was wondering if it has been done on an FZ6. I have found some websites that have done it on other bikes and may try an adapt it to make it work.

 

[Gilo-FZ6]

nope.but i have heard of another benifit..they jam radar/speed detectors too
its not an urban myth...it has been tested and works

 

[alanrim]

Probably a bit geeky, but my server (home automation) turns on the bike shed light when I return home if it is after dark.

It knows I am home from the Bluetooth signal on my phone appearing in range

Now if I had an automatic door that I could open that would be cool....

 

[CHEMIKER]

Probably a bit geeky, but my server (home automation) turns on the bike shed light when I return home if it is after dark.

It knows I am home from the Bluetooth signal on my phone appearing in range

Nope, that's not probably geeky; it's absolutely geeky, but in a frigging cool way :rockon::rockon::rockon:

 

[chimneydoc]

I did it this weekend, it's easy and works great, I took some pics and I'll try to post it this week.

Doc

 

[Fred]

nope.but i have heard of another benifit..they jam radar/speed detectors too
its not an urban myth...it has been tested and works

Woah there hoss. If you're going to make a wildassed claim like that, you have got to be able to back it up.

Show me the proof.

 

[jsl6v8]

ok I am seriously interested in how you are doing this garage door opener thing, my battery on my garage door opener goes out every 3 months, so if I can hook it up to my bike somehow, total bonus.

 

[rpflyingtaz]

Chimneydoc I look forward to seeing pics on how you wired everything. I am getting tired of opening the wrong garage door when I get home. Also the bluetooth thing sounds way cool. :thumbup:

 

[RyanK]

I did it this weekend, it's easy and works great, I took some pics and I'll try to post it this week.

Doc

I"m looking forward to this.

Oh, and to the nerd in the other post, way cool too :thumbup:

 

[MarinaFazer]

If I parked in a garage, you bet I'd move the the clicker from my pocket to the bike somehow

 

[Gilo-FZ6]

Woah there hoss. If you're going to make a wildassed claim like that, you have got to be able to back it up.

Show me the proof.

Ask and ye shall receive looky looky

 

[Boneman]

I carry my spare garage door opener in the top, clear map pocket of my tank bag. I just press down on the map pocket over the button and presto. Keeps the rain off the clicker too.

When I don't have my tank bag, I just put the clicker in my jacket pocket.

Would be nice to have a more premanent solution always on the bike!

 

[Fred]

Ask and ye shall receive looky looky

That's a bit more advanced than the average garage door opener, which is what I thought you were saying was able to jam lasers.

Having said that, I want about six of those fancy garage door openers. How coincidental that they transmit a rolling code, and just happen to use the same frequency of light as police laser.

Fred

 

[tom5796]

I did it this weekend, it's easy and works great, I took some pics and I'll try to post it this week.

Doc

Definitely on the list of folks wanting to see this. :rockon:

 

[MarinaFazer]

Definitely on the list of folks wanting to see this. :rockon:

+1 - I saw how to do it on my old SV, but we don't have the same hole in the top bolt of the Triple Tree to put the button. So where oh where should it go to be protected and water tight.

(the sv had the button on the triple tree top bolt with the wire running to the circuit board under the seat somewhere) It worked great.

 

[chimneydoc]

I have a birthday party to go to tonight, I'm working on a write up with pics. I should have it posted by tomorrow night west coast time. The unit that activates the garage door opener uses power from the bike while the door opener uses power fron it's battery. It's easy to install and works good.

See ya all tomorrow p.m (hopefully)

 

[opds9091]

i went to Home Depot and bought the key-fob garage door opener and sealed it in a water proof bag and just hit the 1st button to open the door and the other button is for the alarm for the house.