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Been busy these days did fer new stuff for my Kate.
Since you all now by now im a DIY guy, and 3 mods were done.
Oil temp + gear position display/sensor + red dash lights (not really a mod but hey)
so we begin
first goes , right , dissasembly of dash.
dash is being hold by 3 nuts above headlight, and can not be retrieved as easily , so you need to make loose whole front end of plastics if not remove them completely (maybe better idea), mirrors and visor off to gain access .
unscrewing those 3 nuts and we remove the large connector to dash and we're moving in to house ...
the back side has around 10 screws - unscrewing . blue plastics which can be seen ( 4 pieces ) are lightbulb holders for instrument lightning, black ones are for turn signals / oil / high beam etc.
we remove the black front.
oil temp instrument/gauge .
on the underside im removing everything.
then aluminum ring on top of the need to undress, with screwdriver i spread edges and im removing the cover glass .
as you can see contacts are screws which will in no way be able to fit the dash. followed cutting with grinder by placing one nut at each screw and grind till i reach that nut, that way when i unscrew it excess debris will fall off leaving perfect thread. this part I didnt photograph because of lack of hands
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Now removing the pointer on oil temp gauge and changing background of it.playing around with backgrounds
background is plain carbon vinyl and then on it there is transparent one with numbers .. scoop this Type- R . and looking to place the background of this S suzuki character that is completely the same diameter , but I realize that im gonna need to drill in the middle of this Z so im giving up and placing the black vinyl on this transparent one with numbers.
Im driling holes in this plastic with numbers of temperature , placing wires and screwing it to Suzuki sighn place.
checking for any contacts with dash PCB- no contact, good..! 1mm above the resistor on the PCB
and by the way Ive placed the display of the gear device in its place , routing all cables together and pulling them through those shrinking tube.
while mounting it on bike i managed to cut myslef....TWICE !
to ones with weak stomaches do not watch next 3 photos
My guide for digital gear indicator mod
Ok so no complicated work here, i did pcb my own, at home with acid and you wont believe -nail enamel ( name is on product, its nail paint, girls use it)
ok work time.
used double sided PCB (had no other) and made lines on it counting rows on schematics of digi gear thingy.
next i placed it in acid and waited for it to eat copper surface on PCB leaving painted ones untouched.
next was cleaning and drilling holes for elements.
after that placing elements into their position and making a electonic sandwitch
ALIENS!
soldering, adding resistors por not frying the led display adn conecting wires.
test went fine, all was working
now for the mechanic part, well its hard to do, but not that hard
what really bugged me was the idea if i manage to break the sensor im screwed. and im pretty able to do stupid stuff
removing left side fairings and sprocket cover, then digging through the oil + mud mass and getting to sensor located under front sprocket. 2 philips screws are holding it-removed.
now the good part
HINT:
i used the slight uphill on parkinglot and placed bike on centerstand using that uphill to transfer oil to other side of oil pan, so that when i remove this sensor i wont get oil leak there. if on flat surface, oil would spill from there after removing sensor. bare that in mind if you decide to do this mod.
moving indoors.
clean it good, clean it real good
ok degreasing it with axel sgrasso, heavy stuff, i clean my chain in matter of seconds with this stuff and it doesnt hurt rubber parts, neat huh?
now digging suzuki silicone is a bit tricky since suzuki is using silicone that still holds like hell after 15years! damn!
now the tricky part, drilling with 1mm then spreading it with 2mm, after that im making threads in 3 steps, (threading tool with 3 steps)
using M3 screws with zinc so that solder will catch on it. i couldnt find M3 screws copper so theese will do.
be sure to test solder on them!
ok now screws are in, some grinding and afterwards fine watersanding. soldering wires and filling it with silicone, i used gasket silicone. place the sensor to its place under sprocker, and tighten everything, your work is done here! :bunny2
key in, contact, shifting gear, oh yes oh yes! (carl cox)
how all this looks? here ya go
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQCUGBlJvk"]Gear indicator testing - YouTube[/ame]
letting it dry for day and test ride
Hope i helped with this how-to, if anyone needs any help regarding this im here to help, feel free to ask!
wish you good twisties, good grip and good weather! Take care!
p.s. please comment
Since you all now by now im a DIY guy, and 3 mods were done.
Oil temp + gear position display/sensor + red dash lights (not really a mod but hey)
so we begin
first goes , right , dissasembly of dash.
dash is being hold by 3 nuts above headlight, and can not be retrieved as easily , so you need to make loose whole front end of plastics if not remove them completely (maybe better idea), mirrors and visor off to gain access .
unscrewing those 3 nuts and we remove the large connector to dash and we're moving in to house ...
the back side has around 10 screws - unscrewing . blue plastics which can be seen ( 4 pieces ) are lightbulb holders for instrument lightning, black ones are for turn signals / oil / high beam etc.
we remove the black front.
oil temp instrument/gauge .
on the underside im removing everything.
then aluminum ring on top of the need to undress, with screwdriver i spread edges and im removing the cover glass .
as you can see contacts are screws which will in no way be able to fit the dash. followed cutting with grinder by placing one nut at each screw and grind till i reach that nut, that way when i unscrew it excess debris will fall off leaving perfect thread. this part I didnt photograph because of lack of hands
.Now removing the pointer on oil temp gauge and changing background of it.playing around with backgrounds
background is plain carbon vinyl and then on it there is transparent one with numbers .. scoop this Type- R . and looking to place the background of this S suzuki character that is completely the same diameter , but I realize that im gonna need to drill in the middle of this Z so im giving up and placing the black vinyl on this transparent one with numbers.
Im driling holes in this plastic with numbers of temperature , placing wires and screwing it to Suzuki sighn place.
checking for any contacts with dash PCB- no contact, good..! 1mm above the resistor on the PCB
and by the way Ive placed the display of the gear device in its place , routing all cables together and pulling them through those shrinking tube.
while mounting it on bike i managed to cut myslef....TWICE !
to ones with weak stomaches do not watch next 3 photos
My guide for digital gear indicator mod
Ok so no complicated work here, i did pcb my own, at home with acid and you wont believe -nail enamel ( name is on product, its nail paint, girls use it)
ok work time.
used double sided PCB (had no other) and made lines on it counting rows on schematics of digi gear thingy.
next i placed it in acid and waited for it to eat copper surface on PCB leaving painted ones untouched.
next was cleaning and drilling holes for elements.
after that placing elements into their position and making a electonic sandwitch
ALIENS!
soldering, adding resistors por not frying the led display adn conecting wires.
test went fine, all was working
now for the mechanic part, well its hard to do, but not that hard
what really bugged me was the idea if i manage to break the sensor im screwed. and im pretty able to do stupid stuff
removing left side fairings and sprocket cover, then digging through the oil + mud mass and getting to sensor located under front sprocket. 2 philips screws are holding it-removed.
now the good part
HINT:
i used the slight uphill on parkinglot and placed bike on centerstand using that uphill to transfer oil to other side of oil pan, so that when i remove this sensor i wont get oil leak there. if on flat surface, oil would spill from there after removing sensor. bare that in mind if you decide to do this mod.
moving indoors.
clean it good, clean it real good
ok degreasing it with axel sgrasso, heavy stuff, i clean my chain in matter of seconds with this stuff and it doesnt hurt rubber parts, neat huh?
now digging suzuki silicone is a bit tricky since suzuki is using silicone that still holds like hell after 15years! damn!
now the tricky part, drilling with 1mm then spreading it with 2mm, after that im making threads in 3 steps, (threading tool with 3 steps)
using M3 screws with zinc so that solder will catch on it. i couldnt find M3 screws copper so theese will do.
be sure to test solder on them!
ok now screws are in, some grinding and afterwards fine watersanding. soldering wires and filling it with silicone, i used gasket silicone. place the sensor to its place under sprocker, and tighten everything, your work is done here! :bunny2
key in, contact, shifting gear, oh yes oh yes! (carl cox)
how all this looks? here ya go
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQCUGBlJvk"]Gear indicator testing - YouTube[/ame]
letting it dry for day and test ride
Hope i helped with this how-to, if anyone needs any help regarding this im here to help, feel free to ask!
wish you good twisties, good grip and good weather! Take care!
p.s. please comment
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