86 VFR700F Retool or therapy or both

[tsmitty]

12 minutes ago, Captain 80s said:

I would take another hit with that lighter

I was doing precisely that...

 

 

 

[tsmitty]

ok when I try to download jpg from my good camera I get an error 200 but downloads from my phone (jpgs as well) are just fine...grrr

[Captain 80s]

Size likely.  Turn down the quality a bit.  I got tired of resizing for posting so I just adjusted my camera quality.  Still plenty big with good resolution if I happen to snap a killer pic I want to blow up.

[bmart]

Most forums have an auto-sizer built in. Not sure about the two VFR sites. From talking to others who run forums, it is an easy mod/upgrade for the moderator to make and all sites should have it on there to save time for...everyone. 🙂

[tsmitty]

Honestly I will try a new memory card in the camera. the file size is actually larger from iPhone pics.

going from: iphone .hec's to Lightroom Clasic exported to a local file as .jpg's 

Camera SD card as .jpg to lightroom then same. 

That camera also has a XQD card saving in tif. I'll put those pics thru Lightroom try posting them as jpg

[tsmitty]

Sorry it saves in .nef's

[tsmitty]

ok take 2

 

Take 2 did not work. same error code 200...

 

Ok this is the same image, opened in iMac "preview" then I took a screen shot and this went thru...

WTF... I think its on my end..

[Captain 80s]

Maybe put DOWN the lighter.  You want to work with the drugs, not against them.

[tsmitty]

5 hours ago, Captain 80s said:

I would take another hit with that lighter, chill out with a finger of bourbon and look at my killer bike with it's new custom Volt Meter.

I've been trying your method all day...!

Little fucker's still white...

 

[tsmitty]

Thanks so flippin much for your help mounting that thing up Captain! It does look bad ass.

🙃

[Captain 80s]

19 minutes ago, tsmitty said:

Thanks so flippin much for your help mounting that thing up Captain! It does look bad ass.

🙃

 

I didnt really do anything, except to tell you to put down the hose clamp and back away slowly.. 

 

Like I said before, a unique and cool mod.  Good idea and execution.

[tsmitty]

Waiting for a couple terminals to come to make up the  wire harness.

Yup...not quite done, just in thinking mode.

I'm a retired old man...I don't need something to do, I need a problem to solve.

How do I make my volt meter face match the stock gauge set?????

The Honda Marine gauge has a alum. face with black then white paint applied.

The VFR gauges have clear plastic with a layer of white, then the orange lettering and slashes applied in separate blocks then the black is allied all on one side of the plastic.

How do I get those needles off the gauge mechanism and back on and timed correctly?

 

 

[Captain 80s]

Find a miniatures enthusiast, you know the ones that paint faces and eyelashes on their Civil War or Railroad figurines, and have them paint over the graphics in orange.

 

Seriously is the ONLY thing I can think of for this particular scenario.

[Terry]

Can you take the gauge faces that you have removed from the VM and scan them and send the scans to a label maker to print off in black/orange?

 

There's also a number of suppliers of alternate gauge faces on the internet that might do the same work. 

[tsmitty]

40 minutes ago, Terry said:

Can you take the gauge faces that you have removed from the VM and scan them and send the scans to a label maker to print off in black/orange?

Thanks Terry, excellent idea. I will look into that.

I was just checking out little paint brushes too as the Captain suggested

Do they make a see thru masking tape...lay the tape down, cut out with a fine knife and spray???

 

[tsmitty]

or someone with a vinyl machine make the black overlay...

[Captain 80s]

I would just look for one out of the GL1100 Gold Wing

 

[tsmitty]

I would still want to change the lettering color to orange.

[tsmitty]

[Captain 80s]

26 minutes ago, tsmitty said:

I would still want to change the lettering color to orange.

 

Maybe the Volts are Metric and are supposed to be white, like km/h?

[tsmitty]

7 minutes ago, Captain 80s said:

 

Maybe the Volts are Metric and are supposed to be white, like km/h?

[tsmitty]

Or...

Can I turn this into a volt meter? @Grum 

 

 

Black out the "Temp" color fill the danger zones and reassemble with original lens. escutcheon ring.

 

[SEBSPEED]

We have a member here that goes by Throttlepimp. His name is Kevin Sigler, he does graphic design and has been creating and fabbing gauge faces and decals for a long time. He's supplied all my decal and gauge face mods for my business and bike projects for almost 15yrs. Countless transactions with nothing but good results - including a set of gauge faces for a second gen VFR like yours to replace sun faded ones. 

 

He's not on here much, so shoot him an email at throttlepimp@gmail.com. Tell him you are a VFRD member, and that I sent you. He already has files and color match for your gauges saved from my project. Customizing a face for your voltmeter will be very easy for him. 

[tsmitty]

1 hour ago, SEBSPEED said:

We have a member here that goes by Throttlepimp. His name is Kevin Sigler, he does graphic design and has been creating and fabbing gauge faces and decals for a long time. He's supplied all my decal and gauge face mods for my business and bike projects for almost 15yrs. Countless transactions with nothing but good results - including a set of gauge faces for a second gen VFR like yours to replace sun faded ones. 

 

He's not on here much, so shoot him an email at throttlepimp@gmail.com. Tell him you are a VFRD member, and that I sent you. He already has files and color match for your gauges saved from my project. Customizing a face for your voltmeter will be very easy for him. 

SEBSPEED thank you so much! I am on it!

Whats the secret for removing the gauge hands?

[tsmitty]

This is what happens when I apply voltage to the Stock "Temp" meter.