Digital speedo

[John_FJ]

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

[red98]

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......

[John_FJ]

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  :'(

[Dudeofrude]

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

[Dudeofrude]

Something like that

[Dudeofrude]

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 ?

[Dustydes]

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?_tr...2749.l2754
Not great pic but give you an idea.
And Pat's page for instructions on changing.

[John_FJ]

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

[Andy W]

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.........

[John_FJ]

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

[solorider]

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.

[old son]

I've got a Multigauge but they might be a bit too expensive if the digital speedo is the only thing you need.

[F4celess]

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?_tr...2749.l2754
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/eg0AAOSwn...s-l300.gif

(just a random Fazer 1000 White clock dials image I found - not my Ad).

[blackcabbie]

ive just tippexed 3 white dots opposite 30 50 70    works for me




https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipP3...8xFquStblH

[John_FJ]

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

[John_FJ]

think I have managed to post  a pic