Gulf Coast

Although I always said I'd never commute (other than a Friday) on the bike I've got to the point were the East Bay (San Francisco) traffic has beaten me and bought a Triumph Tiger this w/e to do the job. Just wondering has anyone ever thought of some how installing a garage opener onto the bike? With gloves and zippers it makes it a PITA to close and open door. Like a lot of cars can be programmed to open a garage door does anything similar exist in the bike world? Even thought of duct taping it to handle bar but not a very waterproof option!!!!! Cheers,

Sgt93

It would be nice if it could be integrated into wiring already present. Tap your left turn signal 4 times in a row and open the garage etc.

kensteele

Flash2Pass Turns your existing headlight high beam or smartphone into a garage door opener

Sgt93

I better cancel my order on that 458 Italia then. Back to the drawing boards haha.

anthem

I have a garage door opener that is in my jacket pocket. I agree that its a pain to hit with gloves/etc. . . What I do is leave that facing out (its one of those 3 door units) and program all three to open the one door for my bikes. That way, I just push randomly on the surface of my jacket hoping to hit a button and open the door. It works pretty well as you can just push randomly and hit the button to open the garage door. Not an elegant solution by any stretch.

cooljam7

I started to combine a mo-door garage door opener and an autoswitch AS7G trigger. I later altered that solution as the panigale has a canbus that the AS7G doesnt work well with. Its too inconsistent if wired for one of the turn, cancel, or headlight buttons, since the voltage levels are wrong. If wired to the high beam circuit and you keep you high beams on for too long, it puts it into program mode.

So instead I took the mo-door and added my own custom circuit to it so 3 quick flashes of the headlight triggers the door opener.

Mo-Door
This is just an overglorified garage door opener, repackaged with an external push button to be mounted anywhere you want. If you open it you'll find its just wired to a normal garage door opener pcb, and even supports standard 9 and 12 digit code garage door openers as well as multiple rolling code models (something they dont tell you on their website, probably because it requires opening it to set it up). Also battery is replaceable, just open it up and you'll find a slide in CR2032 battery. No need to send it back and pay them

Autoswitch AS7G
This is a small circuit controller. Many of their models do the same thing, take a single long pulse or quick double pulse, and trigger an output, whether it be a high draw item that be operated by a larger relay, or a small draw item, in the above models case, less than 100mA, like a garage door opener. It has a small relay inside that can drive or close any small current circuit.

As is, if you setup the two together, you can open your garage with say a long trigger or two quick triggers of the headlight. It can be setup with the brake light or any other grounded/12volt signal.

The autoswitch will not trigger with 0-5v like most transistor based circuits, so no ttl or cmos levels here like the panigale can bus uses. They have it setup to trigger a low 0-6v and a high 9-16v. This was something I could not find on their website prior to buying.

Anyway, in my case I had three requirements, or rather things I wanted, so it would work for me.

One, I prefer not to have my garage door opener attached to my bike where its visible or removable. If someone takes the door opener, or if I park my bike outside even if only for a little while, someone can just use it and get into my garage and Im screwed. Some places in my house the garage cant be heard opening or seen.

Two, it would be nice if the garage door required my key or power before opening, so combining the two means you need to turn the key on or power the bike to flash the headlights, no power means no garage door trigger.

Three, two pulses or one long pulse doesnt work for me, since if I flash someone while leaving my tract depending on the setup, I might inadvertently trigger it and opening the garage door while leaving and not know it and again Im screwed.

Thats why I made my own circuit, because as pissed as I might be at someone who cut me off or something, I dont see myself flashing them several times back to back within one second. In my circuit its programmable, so if I find that to be the case I can modify it or myself accordingly till I get it how I like it.

By the way, was about to buy the flash2pass and found that it got terrible reviews in regards to distance or power. I find that the mo-door is better as distance is great, as good or better than most modern off the shelf openers. And the two solutions combined as mentioned, meant it ended up cheaper than the flash2pass, easier to install ultimately, and more flexible since a simple reprogram and it can work with another garage door.

If nothing else hopefully my experimentation with the above products will help someone else

Phil

i have a similar one to this one:

Theefiveoh

I'v always put my garage door opener in my jacket pocket with the buttons facing outward. Just mash on your pocket and the door will open. Worked great for years. You can even get smaller openers at Home Depot/Lowes to fit in your pocket better. No need to spend the extra cash on a flash to pass. I always tried to time it right to where I open the door early enough to where I didn't have to stop in the driveway. I may or may not have sung the Mission Impossible song sometimes when it was a close call.

Gulf Coast

Cooljam - wow!!! I'll have to read up on these options. Isn't this forum thing great!!!

Phil - LMAO!!! Before we moved up to Norcal I could actually come home on a Friday and blip the throttle of the 1199 a couple of times and one of the kids would actually hit the door switch so I didn't have to get off but didn't mention that in the origianl post as I thought I'd get flammed!!!!!!

Trauma

Here is what I use:

Chamberlain 970LM 390MHz Mini Remote(See Tech. Details Below) - Amazon.com

cooljam7

Yup had the same one for almost 10 years except its blue, until I implemented an elegant solution on my new panigale.

Granted just using a standard door opener is practical...its just not convenient, especially if you forget it, lose it, or the fact that it can get taken if someone eyeballs and wants what you've got.

All depends where you live and how vulnerable you are I guess, IMO

jimmymendoza

Buwhaahahaahah!!!

RSR racer

Exactly my method. Always had to check that i didn't push it by mistake getting on and leaving. Came home a few times and it was open. Caught it one time and moved it to my chest/eyeglass pocket.

Some times, I even get off of my bike and push the code panel.
I want a drink holder on my Pani while we are at it.

kensteele

On my car, I use the built-in buttons so I'm not use to carrying around the remotes when on my bike. I would prefer not to have to fill my pockets with these devices since I'm already carrying a bunch of other stuff (phone, keys, wipes, wallet, etc). In my case, I need two remotes, one for the garage door and another for the gate to get into my community. Would be nice to be able to program built-in buttons on the bike since my remotes are not well maintained and accessible being they are for bike-only.

bedfordNY1199

i got a small key fob sized opener and programmed it for the door. like others say i have it in my pocket and just push my leathers a few times and door opens

MoDoor

Hello all! This conversation showed up on our radar and we wanted to share a little information with you!

First, thanks for the purchase and post cooljam! We appreciate people that take time to share our products.

Our products are made specifically for motorcycles and can be ordered in a few different models making them the most universal remotes out there. All of our remotes are stand alone units meaning they do NOT need to be wired to the motorcycle and installation and programming can take as little as 10 minutes!

Our circuit boards are similar to other universal boards with a few modifications to them. We have ours built so that the range on them is boosted so depending on what types of interferences you have going on in the area you are using it in, you should expect to see more range than any other opener you are using.

They do support the 9 and 12 dipswitch codes but this is more of a featured used in our international models as the U.S. has a high percentage of openers running on the newer rolling code technology. Our remotes are universal and do not require the wiring of and external receiver to your garage door motor they simply program to your manufactures secure rolling code circuitry.

Our batteries are the standard 5 year CR2032 button batteries and are replaceable. We do free servicing of the batteries and we also will refresh any other parts of the remote that are faulty or worn. All you have to pay is shipping to us!

We do see a fair amount of people modifying our switches so that they work with their headlights. Please know that it works well but will void any warranties that are offered.

Finally our switches. They are all military grade water resistant (2301 which is stainless steel) and water proof (2302 and 2303). We have these switches manufactured specifically for us and they work the best for these smaller motorcycle applications. We can make them with up to two switches that work on two different frequencies meaning if you have two garage doors you will have one switch for each of them, if you have a gate and a garage door we can usually make that work as well.

We are running a winter sale right now (all models are $10 off with free shipping) but also offer a forum discount year round for that same price so shoot us a PM and we will send you the link!

If anyone has any questions please let us know.

Thanks for checking us out!!

Mo-Door.com - Motorcycle garage door remotes

TransNone13

Haha, MoDoor, I was just going to suggest you. I'm over on CSC too .

MoDoor

Trans!! Beat you to it

Thanks buddy. Hope AZ is treating you well!

TransNone13

Thanks, still miss CO though!

southeastduc

I just ordered one of these for my bike and have to say I was very very impressed with their response time and the quality of the product.

They even emailed me to explain that they were waiting on their supplier so it would ship a day late, which I thought was totally cool.

I wanted to try the flash2pass, but didn't feel like screwing around with the wiring so when I saw a few people recomend MoDoor's product I figured I'd try it.

My initial thoughts on it are that it's range is better than my truck's built-in garage opener and it seems pretty solid. I was able to install in in an inconspicuous area on the frame. I got the 18" switch.

I did, however forget to ask for the forum discount, but that's my fault.

Here's some pics... The main unit is on the left and the activation switch is to the right just in front of the tank.

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