Tether install m8000 ltd 2016

Jooohan87 · Mar 24, 2016

Hello

I have installed the original cat tether on my older -13 m800 but I have read that its not the same on the 2016.

On my old m800 I followed this guide on snowest http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323558

I have read somewhere that u have to remove gastank on 2016 to get to the harness, how do I remove tank?

Thanks

TRUEBLUEMAX · Mar 24, 2016

If it were me I would get pro armor tether and just piggyback it into the kill switch at the bars. My complete installation was done in 30 minutes.

Besides cost or ease factor I think the pro armor style tether is just way better

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kidwoo · Mar 24, 2016

Jooohan87 said:
Hello

I have installed the original cat tether on my older -13 m800 but I have read that its not the same on the 2016.

On my old m800 I followed this guide on snowest http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323558

I have read somewhere that u have to remove gastank on 2016 to get to the harness, how do I remove tank?

Thanks

That looks like a pain.

They don't come with just a plug and play harness like the m-series ones?

crix · Mar 24, 2016

TRUEBLUEMAX said:
If it were me I would get pro armor tether and just piggyback it into the kill switch at the bars. My complete installation was done in 30 minutes.

Besides cost or ease factor I think the pro armor style tether is just way better

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Do this the cat tether sucks ! And the install is a pain too I messed up a pin on mine and soldered the tether in anyway

Jooohan87 · Mar 24, 2016

Is there any guide how to install the pro armor on the proclimb? Any pictures?

Thanks

rpmboy · Mar 24, 2016

i did my 15 and 16 with the cat tether,follow there instructions and its no big deal,they have all worked perfect for years no trouble at all

TRUEBLUEMAX · Mar 24, 2016

Jooohan87 said:
Is there any guide how to install the pro armor on the proclimb? Any pictures?

Thanks

Sorry kind of a crude picture but I just pulled the wires out of the wire loom and cut back a little insulation and soldered the wires from the tether to the two wires in the picture.

As far as mounting goes there is no room on the bars themselves but on the 16s with the fixed post the pro armor tether is the same size without the inserts. It is just a hair to big though so don't tighten all the way. I broke the first one I mounted from over tightening. I'll get you a pic tomorrow of where I mounted mine. The only thing is you have to face the tether the opposite way of where it will attach to your clothes. I found with it going the same way it would wrap around my handgrip every once in a while. Won't do it when the tether mounts opposite of where you attach it to you.

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TRUEBLUEMAX · Mar 25, 2016

I mounted mine like this and clip it on my bibs on the left side.

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kidwoo · Mar 26, 2016

Jooohan87 said:
Hello

I have installed the original cat tether on my older -13 m800 but I have read that its not the same on the 2016.

On my old m800 I followed this guide on snowest http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323558

I have read somewhere that u have to remove gastank on 2016 to get to the harness, how do I remove tank?

Thanks

I just put in a cat one on my 2016. You don't need to remove the gas tank. That plug just sits a little higher up so you have to feed the cable from the harness down a little from the top to work with it. Not that big of a deal.

Just pay really close attention to that link where he describes pulling out the white front of the plugs before inserting the wires. I just wasted about an hour not knowing to do that.

High Country · Mar 26, 2016

this company makes a plug and play pro armour tether....
check it out

http://oftracing.com/OnlineStore15/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=169

sillyrabbit0420 · Mar 27, 2016

High Country said:
this company makes a plug and play pro armour tether....
check it out

http://oftracing.com/OnlineStore15/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=169

Win. My tether just sh*t the bed this weekend. It was acting hinky the first day of riding. The next day it wouldn't fire. Unplugged it and it fired right up. Using the tether on a sled is like wearing a seatbelt in a car for me. I almost feel naked and wrong without it.

*Edit... never mind. The price is ridiculous. A ProArmor is $32. How does adding an OEM connector make it worth $90?
These guys can f*ck right off.

tadder52 · Mar 28, 2016

sillyrabbit0420 said:
*Edit... never mind. The price is ridiculous. A ProArmor is $32. How does adding an OEM connector make it worth $90?
These guys can f*ck right off.

Lol. Yup. Mine looks just like the one a few posts up. Works great other than going up and over the bars. Did that and cracked the plastic piece. I had thought ahead and bought a couple boat kill switches off of eBay. Used one of those for the rest of the trip. Flawless.

TRUEBLUEMAX · Mar 28, 2016

tadder52 said:
Lol. Yup. Mine looks just like the one a few posts up. Works great other than going up and over the bars. Did that and cracked the plastic piece. I had thought ahead and bought a couple boat kill switches off of eBay. Used one of those for the rest of the trip. Flawless.

Yeah I've heard of that happening so I keep an extra with me but in five years of using the pro armor I've never broken one and unfortunately I've been over the bars a time or two

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