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Mini Gauges, Shiny Bar Clamps, Radial Master Cylinder, Oh My

Finally I’m posting some photos of my modified front end. I’m not even half way done, but it’s looking sweeter everyday, and the performance is much improved. The speedo is the proper 2240:60 ratio and the tach is 20:3 ratio, sometimes referred to as 1:7. The bar clamps are made by Carpy, and the radial master cylinder is off a 2008 Honda CBR600RR.

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These are some gorgeous little gauges and the look even better next to each other.

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Fresh stainless steel bolts on everything.

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The reservoir sits perfectly level now. I’m so happy.

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07/09/2009
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mini gauges mini speedometer


I’ll install it this weekend. Its gonna look good.

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06/30/2009
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Speedo and Tach removal

I’m going to get new gauges. I’ve already made up my mind. I need to clean up the front end. That being said, here is my plan:

Remove gauges
Remove gauge bracket
Remove pilot light box
Remove original fork ears (headlight brackets)
Get new sleeker headlight brackets
Get new mini speedo and tach
Maybe get new triple tree and clip-ons
Rebuild front brake system

Not necessarily in that order. In fact, I’ve already removed much of the front brake system (I’ll dedicate an entire post to that later).

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Speedo and tach are removed. They’ll be on eBay soon.

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Speedo and tach bracket removed.

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I’m not sure how my new mini gauges are going to mount so I’ll keep this bracket just in case I have to modify it for the new speedo and tach.

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06/13/2009
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Cafe Racer 12v LED replacement bulbs

In the past week I have drastically rethought my strategy for my front end. I am no longer keeping my original gauges, however, since I have already purchased LED replacement bulbs (in bulk I might add) and now have no use for them, I still want to review them for those that may end up modifying their lights to LED, plus, I plan on selling my bulk lights in pairs and wanted some photos and footage of them in action.

Here we go:

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The LEDs are white, which was the brightest available next to green. They will have a slight blue tint to them when viewed through the green gauge faces.

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Fresh from China.

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You can see the LED bulb is slightly taller, but the base is the same and the tallness doesn’t produce any ill effects, it easily fits in all the bulb receptacles.

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They fit perfectly and do a nice job of illuminating the gauge faces. Check out the videos below.



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06/13/2009
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