Voltmeters

[Rand-5107]

That looks great. Hope that's not your batteries voltage.

 

[KJShover]

Here is another do-it-all for $25
Voltmeter, Clock, Ice Alert,Thermometer, Stop Watch
http://midwestcyclepro.com/mcp/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=40&products_id=35

Here is the instructions for more info.
http://www.bigbikeparts.com/sys/common/SendFile?filePath=/instructions/4-239.pdf

 

[KJShover]

That looks great. Hope that's not your batteries voltage.

Actually it was. If your talking about an old 9v battery I used to light it up :biglaugh:

 

[KJShover]

That is brilliant! :clapping:

Thanks, its something Ive wanted to do for a while. Just kept on procrastinating. Finally I took the meter out to the garage and pulled the instruments, now I have no choice but to finish it.

 

[firefly]

Here is another do-it-all for $25
Voltmeter, Clock, Ice Alert,Thermometer, Stop Watch
http://midwestcyclepro.com/mcp/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=40&products_id=35

Here is the instructions for more info.
http://www.bigbikeparts.com/sys/common/SendFile?filePath=/instructions/4-239.pdf

They are nice but too big to find mounting space for them, yours is just perfect, I have a similar one like your miniature voltmeter, its easy to stick anywhere on the bike, I stuck mine with double sided mounting tape to the upper triple flat surface just behind the steering nut.
your mounting idea is just perfect, thanks for sharing.

 

[tonyg-5386]

Wow!!! I like the looks of that built right into the panel. I'll be doing that soon.

 

[firefly]

Wow!!! I like the looks of that built right into the panel. I'll be doing that soon.

I think that deserves a sticky! brilliant mounting idea:clapping:

 

[KJShover]

I'll take a few pictures and do a write-up tomorrow, when I finish the install.

It shouldn't look too much different than the photoshop version I did. The actuall display is larger than the one in the picture.
But if you cut cut the display hole so that about 3/4 of the first number is covered (It doesn't matter, cause your not going to be running over 20v)
it will leave a nice and even 1" x 1/2" hole to view the rest of the numbers. I came about this size by taping off the display so it read an original "08.8"
to "18.8" (being the voltage will be less than 19.9 the first number will only display 1 and not the "]" as in the picture) and had a nice, little border around the numbers. Then measured it out to the 1" x 1/2" I mentioned earlier.

Using the tape you can use it as a template to make your cut.
I'll finish up and take more pictures tomorrow and put them in its proper place. Probably will be in the Mod section.

 

[KJShover]

Well, hells bells. :hmmm:

After 3.5 hours of dissasembly and trimming....It Dosen't Want To Fit. :bang head:

The body of this voltmeter made for some crowded mounting. needless to say I'm not to tickled with the damage I've done to my face plate while mounting the voltmeter in the place shown in the original photoshop. But oh well, **** happens. Alot of worse **** out there then to dwell on the petty. It's pretty damn crowded between the oil pressure gauge and the high-beam indicator, thats where the problem lies. No way to put it there and not have to tweak the high-beam indicator.

It might work with stock gauges, but the Autometer gauges I have, take up just about 1/8" too much room. I'm going to start over, exept I'm going to make a new face plate and this one will not include a high-beam indicator. I'm going to relocate that to the back of the top headlight, like my first bike (Honda Z50) had back in 1970. unk: I figure if I lay it out in AutoCAD, I can take it to a trophy shop to get it cut out and have the indicators labeled.

This would allow a proper fit for everything.:clapping:

Here is the new design I'm thinking of now.

 

[firefly]

Well, hells bells. :hmmm:

After 3.5 hours of dissasembly and trimming....It Dosen't Want To Fit. :bang head:

The body of this voltmeter made for some crowded mounting. needless to say I'm not to tickled with the damage I've done to my face plate while mounting the voltmeter in the place shown in the original photoshop. But oh well, **** happens. Alot of worse **** out there then to dwell on the petty. It's pretty damn crowded between the oil pressure gauge and the high-beam indicator, thats where the problem lies. No way to put it there and not have to tweak the high-beam indicator.

It might work with stock gauges, but the Autometer gauges I have, take up just about 1/8" too much room. I'm going to start over, exept I'm going to make a new face plate and this one will not include a high-beam indicator. I'm going to relocate that to the back of the top headlight, like my first bike (Honda Z50) had back in 1970. unk: I figure if I lay it out in AutoCAD, I can take it to a trophy shop to get it cut out and have the indicators labeled.

This would allow a proper fit for everything.:clapping:

Here is the new design I'm thinking of now.

Sorry it didn't work:bang head: the one I have is sealed and water proof, I used 3M double sided mounting tape and stuck it to the upper triple, been there for ~ year & still holding tenaciously.

 

[KJShover]

Sorry it didn't work:bang head: the one I have is sealed and water proof, I used 3M double sided mounting tape and stuck it to the upper triple, been there for ~ year & still holding tenaciously.

The one I have is sealed as well. But the pain in the *** on the mount was the honeycomb that the indicator lights plug in to. Keeping them separated or shield them from the other lights was a pain. At first I thought I could get away with not shielding them and just remove them to make room. but the light would bleed over to the other indicator. When the high-beam indicator was on it would also light up the fuel indicator. so after fixing the light bleed problem. I decided it would be a lot easier to just make a new plate. I'm not going to use the stocker indicator lights, but a nice LED or something similar to save more room and not have to **** with a honeycomb to prevent light polution.

So I'm just going to ride the puppy for the 10 weeks left of the riding season then I'll build the new instrument cluster. It would be a good, relaxing thing to do during my free time from classes. Not to mention the 6 months of winter will give me plenty of time. :biglaugh:

 

[bikedave99]

I do like the idea of having real numbers, but no one seems to make a small enough unit! Don't know if you have seen it but here is a single led option from Signal Dynamics:
http://signaldynamics.com/index.php...ategory_id=14&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=77

It just changes color and flashes for different voltages. You could check it prior with different voltages to get some confidence in its operation. It even says it auto dims at night to reduce glare.