Been doing the exact same thing for years. But now, out of the blue my garage door opener screw, or whatever it's called has a 4 inch gap where the threads are just gone! I can't understand it at all. So you go to open the garage door. It opens up to that point (about half way), and stops. Motor keeps going and has a nice loud buzzing sound as the screw just keeps spinning. So you have to go up to garage door and push it up until it catches the threads past the gap. Ganna have to get that fixed before next spring. Probably costs a fortune. I wouldn't know.

 

I'm a lazy man too. Got a mini Linear opener from Amazon.com for about 7.50. I don't have it on the bike. I keep it attached with my FOB. Simple cheap solution for the lazy man. Saved enough money not buying the wired in crap to buy about 10 - 30 packs of brew.

 

HD (Home Depot) has those.

 

I use a key fob. I can keep it in the ignition and velcro'ed to the steering stem, but usually I just use the old-fashioned door opener velcro'ed ot the inside of the pocket on the lower faring.

 

It is actually a Liftmaster product. The system came with the standard credit card sized (3 button) opener but I asked them to sell me a second one ($25), small enough for the bike. Not sure if it will work with the Genie or not. I would check with Genie, I'm sure they may sell a smaller one.

 

I had the 3rd car garage door system put in for $295, parts/labor. It was also a 1/2 hp system, the standard 2-car system on the other side was only 1/3 hp. It's also a piece of mind because if something get's screwed up they can come back out and fix it. This is just one of those things I'd rather have the experience take care of it. BTW, it's a belt drive system, the other side is the screw system.

 

I wired a remote to a button like the speedo and installed it opposite of the speedo. Looks ok. Also had a friend who installed the button into an unused cap next to cruise

 

Take the opener, then follow him home. Now they know where he lives & have access to his house.

Those small opener remotes are called "key chain remotes" because they're designed to fit on your key chain. All garage door opener companies make 'em.

I wired a standard remote to one of the switches on the handle bars for the radio so I don't have anything showing. I also wired it to bike power so I don't have to replace batteries. Mounted it under the fairing. It's been openin' & closin' the garage for 4 years now.

 

That is the exact spot I velcro'd mine too! I just took a regular remote, pulled off the clip and stuck it there and have been riding like that for months with no issues.

 

I have to say that that's ugly. I have the same opener and opened it up and figured out where I could solder wires to the switch. I then ran the wires out and connected a lever switch from Fry's that cost $2.50. Then I used JB weld to glue the switch to the backside of the left heatshield and tie wrapped the controller inside the fuse box. Can't see a thing on the bike and it's very easy to reach down and hit the switch even with big gloves.