So tonight...

Mrs. Colleen · 11-18-2008, 09:55 PM

...I decided to try out riding at night for the first time...damn time change.

I rode to the gym at 4:00...still light out all is good.

Get to the gym I remember...DAMMIT...I have my smoke visor on my helmet. Not going to be fun for the ride home

Leave the gym at 5:30...only going about 2 miles so I wanted to see how it felt...get going...about half way home...glance down...

My gauges do not have ANY lights on them.

So now...not only is my speedo needle snapped at the base, and my turn indicator light does not work (not that I look at in anyway), but now I find out my gauge light is out. Anyone have an R6 gauge laying around they do not have any use for?

JARVIS518 · 11-18-2008, 10:00 PM

go on ebay
my roommate got one from there pretty fast

Dnyce · 11-18-2008, 10:06 PM

other than that-how'd it feel, since it was your first time?

Mr Lefty · 11-18-2008, 10:08 PM

you sure it's the guage cluster that's bad? is sounds like you may have a other problems with all those electrical issues.

Dnyce · 11-18-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ebbs15

you sure it's the guage cluster that's bad? is sounds like you may have a other problems with all those electrical issues.

with a snapped needle, kinda need a new gauge anyway, even if its just the lights that are out right?

Mrs. Colleen · 11-18-2008, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JARVIS518

go on ebay
my roommate got one from there pretty fast

Yeah...I was not going to put the $$$ into it yet...but now it is another thing!

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Originally Posted by Dnyce

other than that-how'd it feel, since it was your first time?

It felt good...just sucked having my options be 1) visor up and eyes watering or 2) visor down and feeling pretty blacked out.

Not sure I will do it regularly but I did feel comfortable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

you sure it's the guage cluster that's bad? is sounds like you may have a other problems with all those electrical issues.

I will have to check...just got home and it is dark where my bike is right now.
The turn signal light I am pretty sure is just the bulb because the high beam, oil, and neutral indicator lights work fine.

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Originally Posted by Dnyce

with a snapped needle, kinda need a new gauge anyway, even if its just the lights that are out right?

Give it character...

Dnyce · 11-18-2008, 10:24 PM

pop the glass, make a custom needle.... if you were trock id say draw a dong, put it on a paper clip and theres your needle, paint the face to look like a man-ass.....cant think of what you like.

oh thats right, you like to drink-paint a tiki hut on the face, make the needle a mai tai!

somethin like this idea...click

neebelung · 11-18-2008, 10:25 PM

Once you get your technical issues worked out, you might find riding at night even more fun and relaxing than daytime riding. That's really how I got much of my seattime in the beginning -- later at night, when it was cooler and traffic was lighter. You'll get to where you really enjoy an evening ride for the fun of it, I promise.

Mrs. Colleen · 11-18-2008, 10:27 PM

So I got the bike inside and checked it again...there is the slightest hint of a light that comes on one third of one of the gauges. But it is orange so it lights up nothing.

azoomm · 11-18-2008, 10:29 PM

I think you need to just KNOW by the sound how fast you are. I mean, after my speedo cable was snapped in the housing I just rode without a speedo for a while. It's alright with cars around, it's just when you are going through a residential zone without another around to figure it out that sucks.

Ebay is your friend.

11-18-2008, 10:06 PM	#3
Dnyce flyin high Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cali Moto: 10speed huffy w/cards in the spokes Posts: 2,318	other than that-how'd it feel, since it was your first time? __________________ "Racing Is Life, Everything Before and After is Just Waiting" Steve McQueen

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Dnyce flyin high Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cali Moto: 10speed huffy w/cards in the spokes Posts: 2,318	pop the glass, make a custom needle.... if you were trock id say draw a dong, put it on a paper clip and theres your needle, paint the face to look like a man-ass.....cant think of what you like. oh thats right, you like to drink-paint a tiki hut on the face, make the needle a mai tai! somethin like this idea...click __________________ "Racing Is Life, Everything Before and After is Just Waiting" Steve McQueen Last edited by Dnyce; 11-18-2008 at 10:26 PM..

11-18-2008, 10:29 PM	#10
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	I think you need to just KNOW by the sound how fast you are. I mean, after my speedo cable was snapped in the housing I just rode without a speedo for a while. It's alright with cars around, it's just when you are going through a residential zone without another around to figure it out that sucks. Ebay is your friend. __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

11-18-2008, 10:00 PM	#2
JARVIS518 BOOBS!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Saratoga, NY Moto: 06 CBR 600RR Posts: 1,188	go on ebay my roommate got one from there pretty fast

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Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	you sure it's the guage cluster that's bad? is sounds like you may have a other problems with all those electrical issues.

11-18-2008, 10:25 PM	#8
neebelung Ornery, scandalous & evil Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1 Posts: 5,962	Once you get your technical issues worked out, you might find riding at night even more fun and relaxing than daytime riding. That's really how I got much of my seattime in the beginning -- later at night, when it was cooler and traffic was lighter. You'll get to where you really enjoy an evening ride for the fun of it, I promise.