Lap timer Mounting???

[JBallz]

Bought the lap timer. Bought the lap timer mount. Went to mount it and...

With the key in the bike, the lap timer itself will not mount (see pic).
Suggestions? 2014 R1...

 

[Mike:p]

Time to get a keyless ignition?

 

[1up5down]

It's a race bike, go with keyless!

 

[JBallz]

I know, I know... I've put the buggy before the horse, which creates a new question...

Right now there is not enough of the fork extended past the triple to mount the holder. I'm going to have to raise the shocks A LITTLE bit. How much will that mess with set up, geometry of the bike?

 

[fowlplayracing]

I'm a little industrious and a lot cheap... I usually make my own brackets for things like that. DIY home stores sell all kinds of stock aluminum to make stuff out of.

 

[vinny337]

I know, I know... I've put the buggy before the horse, which creates a new question...

Right now there is not enough of the fork extended past the triple to mount the holder. I'm going to have to raise the shocks A LITTLE bit. How much will that mess with set up, geometry of the bike?

Hmmm You may have to find a more creative way to mount the laptimer, I'm not sure I would change my setup to compromise installing a laptimer unless you wanted to make changes anyway. Yes you'll have your laptimer installed but your setup will be out of whack and you'll probably want to turn it off anyway…then again you may go faster.

 

[JBallz]

I took the advice and went with keyless. Turned out pretty clean.