View Single Post
Old 07-04-2024, 12:09 PM   #122
buzzer
Registered User
 
buzzer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Wolverhampton
Bike: M900
Posts: 400
Quote:
Originally Posted by 900Rebuilder View Post
Looking good!

Thanks for all your help btw with the 900
No problen!


Things don’t always go to plan… I dropped the speedo and of course the glass cracked. Very frustrating! My first reaction was to just buy another… then I got thinking… maybe I could repair it? So I made a new bezel out of aluminium and tried to peen it over… first attempt failed, it was too thick, so I made another, and that worked perfectly! One tip when bending aluminium is to aneale it first. To do this mark it with a sharpi pen and heat it.. when the marks disappear, its the correct temperature for annealing! just let it cool…

I was able to turn a new glass out of 3mm polycarbonate, clamped between two pieces of aluminium, and a revolving centre. I guess there are now a couple of advantages… the alloy is more in keeping with the bike, and i was able to remove the GPS logo. While the MOT man is not bothered, (its not a reason to fail) A GPS speedo does not comply with construction and use regulations.




__________________
check out my blog! www.jtccc.wordpress.com
buzzer is offline   Reply With Quote