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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: John_FJ on 02 September 2017, 09:19:27 am
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Hi guys, has any one fitted an aditional digi speedo to a gen 1 fazer 1000? My problem is i cant quite see the numbers on the speedo dial without taking my eyes of the road and trying to focus. If I wear my glasses I can see it fine but cant see the road. The joys of getting old :rolleyes
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Morning john.... :lol yep , had the same problem here , another old git , the answer for me was vari focal glasses nice big ones to try and fill the helmet apperture so sideways glances are not fuzzy ,works well but Is a pain wearing them on the bike , keeps me riding though so i just do it........did try contact lenses a while back which were fantastic on the bike just the hassle getting them in and out every day......
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At the moment I have painted a red line on the clock face at 30 50 70, it works but does not look that good :'(
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At the moment I have painted a red line on the clock face at 30 50 70, it works but does not look that good :'(
What about making a custom Speedo background? Something with just the major speeds (30, 50, 70 etc) in bold and nothing else. Or even look at the after market white ones if they are a bit easier to see?
As for a digital Speedo it would probably work out cheaper (and easier) to juat use a sat nav mounted to the bars. I'm not sure which one of the top of my head but there is a certain brand that let you use the full screen as a Speedometer
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Something like that
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An even cheaper option if you have a decent mobile phone is to download 'Digihud' then mount your phone to your bars.
That's the app I use when I wanna know how fast I'm actually going 👍
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I went white dials for that reason, no problems now. Got dials from these guys on ebay, you have to ask for MPH.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/venoxy-com?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/venoxy-com?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754)
Not great pic but give you an idea.
And Pat's page for instructions on changing.
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Thank you for the help guys, I quite like the idea of the white dials. I think I will go down this route, looks good and quite a cheap mod. :thumbup
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I bought the same white dials as Dusty but they're still sat on a shelf in my garage! :rolleyes
I can't see the speedo too clearly either when riding, it's a crap bit of design frankly.
Just bought a satnav so intend to use that & the white dials.........
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There seems to be 2 variants of speedo, 20 - 40 - 60 - 80 ect, and 10 - 20 - 30 -40, mine is the later, I supose the first one would be ok
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I bought the same white dials as Dusty but they're still sat on a shelf in my garage! :rolleyes
I can't see the speedo too clearly either when riding, it's a crap bit of design frankly.
Just bought a satnav so intend to use that & the white dials.........
Not as bad a design as the speedo on my piaggio X9 (Work bike) the mph markings are on the inside and kmh on the outside and is larger, I can just about see the mph markings in daylight, at night not a hope in hell of seeing what speed I’m doing, in the end I drilled through the top layer on the 30,50 and 70mph lines so I could easily see what speed I’m doing, the light shows through but is still defused so doesn’t dazzle.
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I've got a Multigauge but they might be a bit too expensive if the digital speedo is the only thing you need.
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I went white dials for that reason, no problems now. Got dials from these guys on ebay, you have to ask for MPH.
[url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/venoxy-com?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754[/url] ([url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/venoxy-com?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754[/url])
Not great pic but give you an idea.
And Pat's page for instructions on changing.
THIS. ^ There's lots of these Kits on ebay. Different colour Dial faces (for the 3).
Black on white appears to offer decent clarity.
Like this: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eg0AAOSwnHZYTTOG/s-l300.gif (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eg0AAOSwnHZYTTOG/s-l300.gif)
(just a random Fazer 1000 White clock dials image I found - not my Ad).
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ive just tippexed 3 white dots opposite 30 50 70 works for me
(https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipP3HjVDA_Tw6w7M2De2T9QfBkXTev8xFquStblH)
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipP3HjVDA_Tw6w7M2De2T9QfBkXTev8xFquStblH
(https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipP3HjVDA_Tw6w7M2De2T9QfBkXTev8xFquStblH)
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Hi Guys, went with the white dials, look much better, also put blue LED backlights while I was at it.
I was gonna post a pic but I dont know how :rolleyes
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(https://s26.postimg.org/mspirarm1/clock.jpg)
think I have managed to post a pic