Aftermarket gauges - any solutions for the display?

[Marcus91]

I want to change out my standard 1981 GSX400E gauges with aftermarket gauges. The thing that concerns me about this operation is the display. It would be great to have signals for oil-pressure, high-beam, neutral, turn-signals and gear-selector.

Is it possible to just mount diodes to each wire for each signal? Diodes with different colors for each signal of course.

Also, what ratio is my standard speedo?

And last but not least, any tips or tricks for mounting new aftermarket gauges?

[BassCliff]

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The ratio number that comes up most often for the speedo is 2240:60. For a mechanical tach, the most popular number is 1:4.

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