Had the brilliant idea to change the gauge faceplates on my Fazer and that procedure involved removing the needles from their axles. The speedo and fuel needles were pretty hard on, but in the end came off nicely. The tacho however, came out with the axle. 




So got the new faceplates on and put the needles in what I remembered to be the position I took them off. Bullocks! Gave the instrument panel some power (no ignition): speedo jumps to 60 kph and fuel to 1/4 (even though I know that the tank is almost empty).  Got the engine running: tacho shows idle at ~2100 rpm (even though I know I've adjusted it to 1250 rpm) and after I turn the machine off, it doesn't drop to zero.


Speedo I fixed by taking the needle off again and putting it on a -60 kph placement, which is handily almost dead south on the clocks. Can't test the speedo on the road yet, because there's 15 cm of ice/snow outside my garage doors.


So now I'm guessing that the tacho just needs to be repositioned -2100 rpm of  it's current alignment? Or does that also need to be aligned first to dead south? Or does anyone know better?


The fuel meter was a bit weird even before I changed it, so I'm not too overly concerned with that one, but I'll try to align it properly also the next time I take the dials off.

Hi all!


I seem to have overseen this part of the forum. So to correct that, this is my belated introduction. I'm a 24-year-old engineering student from Finland. Bought my first big bike in August 2011, but been riding smaller ones since 2003. I own a '99 FZS 600 (originally red, nowadays white) and have done a heap of mods and services to it. It has 34 000 km on it and rides like a dream. Don't think I'll ever want to part with it.    I'm glad to help in any way I can and occasionally will be bugging you all for technical assistance, which I'll be forever grateful for.


Cheers!
-Mikko