hey cafe guys

[Guest]

what did you do with you gauges...i delete the big light center thing out of mine and made my own smaller one...but im getting tired of this look...

anyone have a center mounted speedo? or anything neat

[Mr. Sinister]

We were going to do one of those all-in-one gauges on my buddy's kz440 cafe build.

I prefer the dual gauge look myself.

[Toasty]

I bought an Acewell gauge for my build, it was a little pricey but honestly not much more then the mini gauges Dime City sells. I've read that they don't last all that long and it's cheaper then replacing them twice ($60 per mini vs $199 for Acewell).


I made a little bracket for mine, it takes the place where the key used to go but you get the idea.

[Octain]

I bought a box of random speedos and fabbed the oem mount to mount the best of the bunch.
No tach.

Old pic, but you get the idea.

[Road Rash]

All very good ideas. I was thinking of using a spare gauge set I had from my 65082 Maxim, till I remembered it only has an 85 mph speedo.

[67camaro]

Universal mini speedo and got rid of the rest.

[MisterCinders]

I have the mini gauges that DCC sells, but the speedo failed after a year or so, so heed the prior post. On my second speedo now because I could not find a different mini gauge that I liked.



After my experience with DCC with trying to purchase a second speedo, I cannot recommend them as a vendor (see my Buyer Review thread for details). I found the same speedo on eBay/Amazon.

Make sure it is a 2240/60 and not a 2:1. If you aren't sure, look for the label on the back of the unit (or ask the seller if there is not a pic). It should say "M = 2.1" not "M=2,0." AMHIK

The all-in-one units like the Acewell are functionally cool, but they are a bit too modern looking for a cafe IMO. When I tried to find something else in a small gauge, they were either too spendy or came off a random bike with xxx miles on the odometer, etc. Some were both (i.e., pricey and used).

HTH

[ChicagoBob]

I did this (clip-ons, stock speedo, sheet plastic, Radio Shack LED indicator lights, stock gear indicator):


I also did this (Trail Tech Vapor, Renthal bars):

[Toasty]

Universal mini speedo and got rid of the rest.

How well does the clear tubing work as a MC reservoir?

[67camaro]

How well does the clear tubing work as a MC reservoir?

It's works good if you use DOT 5 fluid. Regular DOT 3/4 will break it down.

[JimmyR]

This is what I have on my GS1100:



Made my own little mounting bracket, bought the dials from Modern Motorcycle Co in Collingwood Victoria (Australia).

If I could afford it I would get this for my next build. It's from Motogadget in Germany. It looks beautiful and it's tiny:

[Big Rich]

I don't have a picture handy, but I bought a fiberglass bucket from RocCityCafe, cut a hole in it, and mounted the original speedo in it. The bucket is made to be a little bit longer than stock, so there was some room to drop the speedo (and cable) inside.

[Mr. Sinister]

Anybody running a cafe style headlight fairing? I'm thinking of going with one. I don't see them all that often on the modern style cafe bikes, but I'm also kinda shooting for the 80's Mad Max look.

[Big Rich]

Like the Emgo / Viper fairing? I had one for a little while but couldn't stand it. They are inexpensive for a reason......

Check out some of the quarter fairings at Airtech - I ended up putting an 83 Katana fairing on my GR and like it.

[Mr. Sinister]

I'm not terribly familiar with the brands, but I was thinking a small fairing with a short windshield, kinda like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAFE-FAIRING...e587ca&vxp=mtr

But not necessarily that one in particular.