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Dash lights

Pugwash

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Do I have to remove the nose to change the dashboard lights, or can I reach them with just the screen off?
 

CBRDEAN0

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Do I have to remove the nose to change the dashboard lights, or can I reach them with just the screen off?

I have managed with the screen off but it's fiddly.

You can remove the screen and the clock surrounds - that will let you get at the three nuts that hold the clocks
Undo the top nut and tip the clocks towards the tank - it's easier to do it then.
 

andyBeaker

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If you are fitting LEDs remember they only work when inserted the correct way round so tense the. Before you put the dash back:-0)

I found it much easier and quicker just to take the dash off, but I have hands the size of shovels.
 

Lee337

Confused Poster
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If you are fitting LEDs remember they only work when inserted the correct way round so tense the. Before you put the dash back:-0)

I found it much easier and quicker just to take the dash off, but I have hands the size of shovels.

and sausage fingers 8rfl@
 

noobie

Clueless in most things
To be honest as the top fairing rarely comes off, things back there can be neglected. I use those moments to take the top fairing off, clean everything behind there, acf 50 a lot, then get the original job done as well
 

Pugwash

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It was easy enough to replace the bulbs with just the top bolt of the dash removed to give it a bit of movement. None of the bulbs I took out appear to have blown, and none of the bulbs I put it light up, even when reversed.

I guess I'll have to pull the dash out and look for more clues when I get a moment!
 

Pugwash

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Panic over. I took the bike for a ride in "not sunshine" this evening and the lights were all visible. Not just a relief, but quite remarkable that I got so many LED's the right way around! The top end of the rev counter (analogue dash) is a bit dim, so is that normal or the right-hand bulb the wrong way around?
 
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CBRDEAN0

Registered User
Panic over. I took the bike for a ride in "not sunshine" this evening and the lights were all visible. Not just a relief, but quite remarkable that I got so many LED's the right way around! The top end of the rev counter (analogue dash) is a bit dim, so is that normal or the right-hand bulb the wrong way around?

Could be that 1 bulb.

Mine is quite an even brightness across the dash with the redline showing whiter than the blue tint of the rest of it.
 

carler

Old Hand
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Panic over. I took the bike for a ride in "not sunshine" this evening and the lights were all visible. Not just a relief, but quite remarkable that I got so many LED's the right way around! The top end of the rev counter (analogue dash) is a bit dim, so is that normal or the right-hand bulb the wrong way around?

Bulb wrong way round I guess!
You were very lucky to get so many correct! Buy a lotto ticket!
 
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