No, I dip-soldered it after slipping it over the cable, fraying the end, and applying some rubyfluid flux...
Yesterday, the tach company said they'd send a signal filter to get the unit working properly. I have some diodes sitting around which I believe will accomplish the same thing, but was attempting to test the setup when my daughter appeared, and predictably asked to go for a ride before her morning playdate.
Every ride, I swear I spend 3 hours fixing whatever I broke in the ten minutes I was out. I meandered down a dirt path with the kiddo on the tank...a few minutes later, I'm showing her what it's like to go a little faster over the rough stuff, when I catch the primary on a rock, punching a hole in the outer case and busting the linkage rod for the rear brake. Nothing horrible...not much of a bump, even.
Thankfully I had another rod setup I could put in place, with an articulated in-line connector I'd originally planned on using. Think it'll work better than it had been.
As for the hole in the primary case, #1, I'm super-glad I run a dry primary now. #2, I don't think of it so much as a jagged hole, but a chance to add that forward drainage and ventilation I'd planned on...lemons, lemonade, etc.
Thinking of lemons and lemonade made me think of this all morning, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeiSx5MNDvg
The fight continues.