Steve Zodiak
Active Member
Here's some gauges I made up. Just waiting to see how they hold up in the sun...
CaTacl1sm said:titties. especially diggin the 1 ton marker
Steve Zodiak said:I dis -assembled the gauges (Suzuki t500) which was really easy. Popped of the needle and removed the face plate. I measured everything with a micrometer and protractor then duplicated it all on a CAD program. I found out the marks are not all an even distance apart (which may account for '70's era vaugness of the gauges) but I I just duplicated the original spacing anyway. At this point I was going to have them vinyl cut (Callie at Calliegraphics.com said she could cut them), but I went cheap for now as an experiment. I printed mine out on glossy photo paper set at best quality then I laminated them then carefully cut them out. Even if they don't hold up they are cheap and easy to replace As for the needles, I stripped the paint of them (chemical stripper worked best and only took as few minutes) then polished them with a small dremel polishing wheel. A final polish by hand and paint the tip red. I made the red the same length as the red on my gauge. It was even easy to change the odometer ( I know - illegal) to the mileage that I've done on the bike since I restored it ( it was an old gauge from another bike anyway as the bike came without one). I sealed the back up when I re assembled them with clear silicon. So far they seem to be doing fine.
roflandrew embassy said:*finally understands what 'do the ton' means*
HerrDeacon said:LOL, I never even noticed that, very nice touch. May have to steal that idea ;D