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I bought a pair of these for my bike and my gf's:

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It seemed like such a good idea - it's got a clock and voltmeter (I don't think I'll ever trust my charging system 100% again after all the grief it's caused me), it's lighted, and it takes power from the bike so there are no batteries to change. Nice. Looks OK and fits on the top triple clamp of my SV. It's also got some stupid features that either don't work well or that you're realistically not likely to use - stopwatch, lap timer, indoor/outdoor thermometer, etc.
I installed it and rode around with it for a few days relatively happy with it. It looks OK, and worked as advertised. Until some hard wind/rain and a bit of cold weather. Sucker's been outdoors on my bike for a week and a half and it's junk. I went out to the bike to ride it for the first time in almost a week, and saw water in the display. Turned the bike on and only the bottom half of the display showed anything, and it was very dim. Rode for 10 mins and it just gave up altogether.
GARBAGE!
I know that at least a couple of folks on here have used this thing and I haven't seen complaints, but from my experience I've gotta say buyer beware. It's just not weatherproof.
If anyone knows of something similar that actually works, I'd appreciate the pointer.

Click pic for product page.
It seemed like such a good idea - it's got a clock and voltmeter (I don't think I'll ever trust my charging system 100% again after all the grief it's caused me), it's lighted, and it takes power from the bike so there are no batteries to change. Nice. Looks OK and fits on the top triple clamp of my SV. It's also got some stupid features that either don't work well or that you're realistically not likely to use - stopwatch, lap timer, indoor/outdoor thermometer, etc.
I installed it and rode around with it for a few days relatively happy with it. It looks OK, and worked as advertised. Until some hard wind/rain and a bit of cold weather. Sucker's been outdoors on my bike for a week and a half and it's junk. I went out to the bike to ride it for the first time in almost a week, and saw water in the display. Turned the bike on and only the bottom half of the display showed anything, and it was very dim. Rode for 10 mins and it just gave up altogether.
GARBAGE!
I know that at least a couple of folks on here have used this thing and I haven't seen complaints, but from my experience I've gotta say buyer beware. It's just not weatherproof.
If anyone knows of something similar that actually works, I'd appreciate the pointer.