Dakota Digital 2014+ Replacement Harley Touring Gauges MLX-8414

I ordered these on a Sat and they arrived Tuesday morning. They were packaged well and included an instruction book. You can also download the instructions from the Dakota Digital website ahead of time if you want to get a look ahead.Installation was pretty easy if you are a little mechanically inclined. Took me about 2 hours total including changing out the oil drain plug for the oil temp sensor.Download the Dakota Digital Orange App in the app store. Set up for Bluetooth always on.In my case the odometer reading had to be transferred using the Trip Function button programming method as opposed to the phone app.Then I started setting up the displays I wanted on each gauge. I set mine up with 2 readings on each of the small gauges and 2 readings each under the Speedo and the Tach. That gave me 10 numerical readings of information. There is also the fuel bar on top of the Speedo and the Tach bar on top of the Tach.I went to set the clock and it would not keep the hour setting that I would try and save. It would revert to 1 hour prior to the actual time no matter what I set it at. It occurred to me the next day that I probably had DST option selected in the Boom Box settings. I checked and I did have it selected. When I turned that setting off and then manually changed the clock in the Boom Box, it also changed the clock time in the new gauges. A call to DD also confirmed that the clocks are synched, but you cannot use DST setting in the Boom Box. It is great to be able to call a company talk to a live person when you call.Choosing a color theme can be a lifelong adventure. There are numerous preset combo and solid color themes and you can pick. And then you change individual colors inside these themes. You can save 3 custom themes that you create and can load at any time – as long as it in Set Up mode. The 1st ride I took was at night and the colors looked great. Since I live in the sunshine state, I was very curious to see what they would look like in the daytime. My night colors showed up fine until I put my Costas on. They pretty much wiped out everything except the large Speedo and Tach numbers. After experimenting with some colors, I opted on an all white for sunshine and a shade of the green for overcast days. I still have to shift my head a little here and there to see the white and green on the small gauges with my sunglasses but still worth it to me.The 1st ride showed that the gear display was working, except when I stopped at a light and put it in Neutral it showed 0 as the gear as opposed to the traditional green N. Never fear, about 25 miles into the ride I clicked into Neutral at another stop and the familiar green N popped up and appears it is here to stay. While I have not compared the speed to a GPS yet, it seems pretty close with the corresponding Tach readings. But I will compare and there is an adjustment if it needs to be done.I filled up on fuel and am following the directions to get the system to Learn the DTE calculation. I will most likely do the Learn 2 times just to make sure. Part way thru this 1st tank it does seem to be pretty accurate already.Note that the cruise control standby color is red as opposed to the familiar yellow in the stock gauges. It changes to Green when engaged. High beam is the same blue color we are used to.The check engine light is Red and it came on during my 1st ride. Bike was running fine but when I got home I went thru the diagnostics programming and took a pic of each the 2 error codes it was displaying. They were P0522 and U0156. I found the error codes on line and 1 of them was lost communication codes and the other was oil pressure sensor. After a little further research, it seems that changing gauges sometimes triggers 1 or more error codes. It was suggested to clear them and ride to see if they return. I cleared them and have ridden about 60 miles on 2 rides and they have not returned.Overall I am pretty happy with my purchase so far.

Gauges are awesome! Easy install with instructions.

Pretty easy install..,

These are super nice and the install took me little over an hour. 7 fairing screws, 9 screws on bracket above the radio and the 9 screws for the two gauges and spedo tach cluster. I did not install the oil temp switch because i have air shocks and the compressor is in the way and ill need some sort of adapter or rerouting to get it properly installed. I figure it would take 30 minutes to run temp sensor wire and install sensor. Followed the setup instructions and everything worked as it should. Hard part is deciding what you want to show on the gauges and what color themes to go with. 5 stars Dakota digital. Great product.

I love my gauges it is very easy to see even when the sun is shining bright. Very glad I bought them.

I like the quality of the product. I like the old style better that I have on my other bike. The item was used on a 16 Road Glide.

These gauges really stand out in low light. I only gave 4 stars because, unfortunately I live in Fl. (LOL) During daylight hours they difficult to see with any color scheme. There is an option to fade to black with white numbers. But even with that option, at times you have to shade the gauge to see any information. Plug and play made them a breeze to install. I really enjoy them in low light, and that's why I would not return. Knowing what I know now, I would not spend the money as they are on the spendy side. If you are considering buying, try to find someone who has them to see for yourself before you buy.The supplier was fast, and I had no need to contact. they would get the 5th star.

Really easy install. The customization is nice and the addition of oil temp and head temp is a must have when riding in hot climates. Only issue I had was that the outer gauges can not be viewed while wearing polarized sunglasses. The speedometer and tach gauges were fine. Once I changed to non polarized lenses, all were visible. I would recommend buying these.