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#279085 Mr_Shamrock (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2901 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   Wow I just got an e-mail saying my speedo face will be going out tomorrow. Now that's some fast shipping!   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #279165 Thom M (User) When the going gets weird, the RoadStar gets going Gold Boarder Posts: 916 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   Mr_Shamrock wrote: Wow I just got an e-mail saying my speedo face will be going out tomorrow. Now that's some fast shipping! Don't pay any attention to the tracking though. I checked the tracking number at 10 this morning and it said the post office had received it and it was being processed. 2 hours later I got it in my mail box. That's the good news. The rest of the good news is it's a rainy day here, I only have one short ride to the store and then I have the rest of the day and tonight to put it on   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #279174 Mr_Shamrock (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2901 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   Sweet, make sure you let us know how the install went. I read the directions a couple times already and went to the store this morning and got a new tube of super glue. I guess you have to glue the new stops in. For some reason I wasn't expecting that.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #279208 Thom M (User) When the going gets weird, the RoadStar gets going Gold Boarder Posts: 916 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   It will be a pain in the butt like everything else I do to this bike Just kidding, I took it apart once already and tried pulling the needles off with my fingers. That wasn't happening so I figured I'd try that pry tool, mine is to big. So off to the hardware store I went and picked up what's called a Tack Lifter. It looks thin enough to get under the needle and narrow enough to get to the gas needle. It also has a rubber sleeve on the shaft so when you pry you pry up straight.I'll take pictures of the install and put them in my photo gallery on my web site. That's a project for a little later today though.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #279299 Thom M (User) When the going gets weird, the RoadStar gets going Gold Boarder Posts: 916 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   All done, that tack lifter made taking off the needles real easy. anyways here's some pics. speedo   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #279300 jamie99roadstar (User) As confused as a hungry baby in a topless bar. Platinum Boarder Posts: 3364 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   That looks real good. On a scale of 1-10, how hard was it?   Logged     Feenstras Towing   The administrator has disabled public write access. #279301 Thom M (User) When the going gets weird, the RoadStar gets going Gold Boarder Posts: 916 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   I'd say a 3. That's mainly because it took me 2 tries to get the speedo needle right and three tries on the gas needle. The tack lifter made the needles easy to get off. I tried pulling them off at first, but they where on tight. The only thing I would caution with that lifter is the black rubber around the shaft that you use for leverage may leave a mark on a face that's not black.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #279303 Greysnake (User) I'm so far behind I think I'm first. Platinum Boarder Posts: 7911 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   Thats a fine looking job Thom.Congrats.   Logged     06 Midnight Silverado *nothing shines like a star*   The administrator has disabled public write access. #279314 Mr_Shamrock (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2901 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   Aw yeah, I can't wait to get mine! That looks great Thom! It's the little things like that that make me smile! Did you have to super glue the new stops in?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #279317 Thom M (User) When the going gets weird, the RoadStar gets going Gold Boarder Posts: 916 Re:Black face speedometer 2 Years ago   No they are a hard rubber and fit extremely tight. They are a little longer then needed and tapered. I still had about a 1/4 inch under the face when they started getting tight, I pushed them almost flush. Then I measured the old ones against a match book and used a razor blade to cut them. So far this has been the easiest mod. I've done, no I take that back. Putting on my new potato chip seat was a little easier, but not by much. It is the little things I enjoy myself. Now I have to figure out what to do with the 2 key blanks I just picked up   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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