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    Default Satisfied my CDO About the Blank Switch With Garage Door Opener

    OK, as the title suggests, I finally solved my CDO about the blank switch on the console of my 2020 RTL.
    CDO, that's OCD with the letters in the right order.
    I bought a Mo-Door garage door opener, and paired it with an OEM switch that I installed.
    Mo-Door doesn't have the OEM switch for the 2020 units yet, so I bought the windshield switch from Can Am.
    I blacked out the icon of the windshield and wired the light in parallel to the existing windshield switch.
    I mounted the Mo-Door unit under the seat instead of buried in the body work so that, when, in the fullness of time, I can change the battery easily.

    Let me cut off some of the expected comments.

    Yes, I know you could save money and just buy a small garage door opener and use that, but you'd still have the blank switch on the console.
    Yes, I know you could solder wires to a standard opener, but I don't trust my soldering skills to not ruin the job.
    Yes, I could have used a different switch and saved money, but the OEM switch has lights, and melds into the console, both physically and aesthetically, resolving my CDO.

    The Mo-door unit is about $70. The OEM switch was $50.
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    Hey it works, and it make's you happy!!! That's all that matters
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    My kind of garage door opener.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3rfaCfImwE
    Ours is a red, black and chrome 2017 F3 Limited. Bought new in 2/2019. The avatar is my first bike back in 1952, a Simplex Servi-Cycle. Photo taken at the Barber Museum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RICZ View Post
    My kind of garage door opener.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3rfaCfImwE
    Oh BOY, I'll run that one by the wife and see what she thinks!! One more set of horn blows and I KNOW what I would have got for a reply!!
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    Nice! gives me an ideal for mounting my Mo-Door.
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    Pretty neat! Looks good! Lot nicer setup than I have on my 2014 RTS!

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    Quote Originally Posted by IdahoMtnSpyder View Post
    Pretty neat! Looks good! Lot nicer setup than I have on my 2014 RTS!
    Thanks !!
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    On my 2013 STL. I soldered up an opener and used a Carling style switch that matched the switches that were there. But it was a different color led back light. I don't know how often I looked at that and wanted to take it apart and see if I could change the color.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billybovine View Post
    On my 2013 STL. I soldered up an opener and used a Carling style switch that matched the switches that were there. But it was a different color led back light. I don't know how often I looked at that and wanted to take it apart and see if I could change the color.
    That's good work !! I think I mentioned, I didn't trust my soldering skills enough to be able to wire up a standard opener without ruining it.
    The Mo-Door is waterproof and rugged enough so I could mount it under the seat and not worry about it.
    By putting it under the seat instead of buried in the bodywork, I've got easy access to it if I ever need to change the battery.
    If it ain't broke, don't break it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThreeWheels View Post
    That's good work !! I think I mentioned, I didn't trust my soldering skills enough to be able to wire up a standard opener without ruining it.
    The Mo-Door is waterproof and rugged enough so I could mount it under the seat and not worry about it.
    By putting it under the seat instead of buried in the bodywork, I've got easy access to it if I ever need to change the battery.
    I used that blank cover to mount the powerlet socket and then mounted the Mo-door pad switch above the heated seat switch. I put the control unit in the right speaker box. The speaker cover is super easy to remove. pull it from the inside edge and it comes off.
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    but our benefits don't?
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