S90: Speedo Update 2

Here's a shot of the speedo all cleaned up and with black touch up paint around the 40mph mark.  Not quite a perfect match on paint, but better than the chipping.

S90: New Rear Winker Bracket

For whatever reason, the rear turn signal bracket is one of those hard-to-find parts that rarely pop up on eBay.  A Thai repro part costs about $80 shipped.  Found this used one for just $16.50 shipped and jumped all over it.  It's got surface rust, but nothing that can't be polished out.

 

Garage: Paint Box

This set-up seems like it should work reasonably well for the small pieces.

S90: Speedo Update

I didn't actually touch up the black paint near the 40 mph mark yet, but I went over the white border piece with plain old Wite-Out (which worked beautifully), and replaced the green neutral indicator lens.  I'm pretty sure the lens is in upside down, and should actually look like the turn signal indicator on the far right.  However, I can't see an easy way to position it under the speedo face and then glue it in.  But since I only used white glue to hold it in, I can always re-fix it again in the future.  Obviously, the glass got a good wipe down as well.


Before...

After...

S90: Tank 2, Left Cover

Popped off the left hand cover on Tank #2 for a closer inspection and light cleaning.  This is the one with a big dent, so it's a good one to beat up on.

S90: Rubber Gas Mount

Not sure why the old rubber mount bothered me so much.  Seems pretty pointless to work on making the gas tank mounting more sturdy on a bike that won't run for another year.  But regardless...  old mount out, new mount in.  Took quite a bit of elbow grease to fit it onto the frame - which is probably a good thing.

S90: Speedo Repair, Part I

Unfortunately, the speedo isn't designed to be easily disassembled.  That doesn't appear to stop anyone, however.  Trouble is, you literally need to peel the metal lid off the main housing centimeter by centimeter.  It's almost as if you had to remove the lid to a pickle jar - except you can't do it by unscrewing it.  Instead you have to pry the metal up all the way around until you can literally pull it straight off.

It would probably be easier if you had the exact right tool for the job (not sure what that would be, though).  But I ended up having to use a large flathead screwdriver.  I'd work the tip under the metal lip and pry just a little bit up, then just repeat that down the line.  But the rounded edges of the speedo were difficult because it was hard to get any purchase under the lip.  This job just took time and a lot of patience.

Once the cover seemed almost ready to come off, you have to get some leverage and pry it off.  I was conscious of warnings not to ruin the glass face.  Unfortunately, it's hard to know exactly where your screwdriver tip is the first time you're doing it and I ended up putting a couple of gauges in the glass.


Poor lighting on these pictures, but you can see the metal lip being pried up little by little.

After a working all the way around the perimeter, this is the lid about ready to be pried off.

Close up of some paint chips that need to be fixed.