asharin Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 (edited) I came back to my bike today (was my Dads house) to find the glass front to the speedo clock smashed No other damage so might have been unlucky stone flung from road, or possibly pikey kids out to be a**eholes.Either way the clocks/speedo still work fine (after I hoovered out the glass) but they're a mess lookswise. At the moment I have a clear plastic sandwich bag over the top to keep rain out, but that's hardly an ideal solution...Is it possible to replace the glass front or am I looking at replacing the whole damn unit?Bike is a Hyosung Rt125 (aka Hyosung Karion) Edited June 25, 2010 by asharin Quote
Guest Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 Should be able toget a second hand/ broken pair from flea bay and steal the glass? Quote
asharin Posted June 24, 2010 Author Posted June 24, 2010 There's no clocks for my bike on ebay :/ I don't know how close the hyosung comet 125 clocks are to mine but there is one of those for £25 on startright... Quote
Guest Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 You sure its actually not hard plastic (sure mine is)what about getting the local glass place to make you one up, cant imagine it costing alot. I remember a few years ago i had a fair amount of glass cut for me and it didnt even go over about £80 so a small amount should be fine? Quote
asharin Posted June 24, 2010 Author Posted June 24, 2010 You sure its actually not hard plastic (sure mine is)what about getting the local glass place to make you one up, cant imagine it costing alot. I remember a few years ago i had a fair amount of glass cut for me and it didnt even go over about £80 so a small amount should be fine?Definitely glass, but I guess it could be replaced with plastic How would I go about replacing it anyway? How do I get the cover off to fit the glass/plastic underneath? Quote
mealexme Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 take it apart, find out. thats what i do when something goes wrong, i get the tools out Quote
Guest Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 take it apart, find out. thats what i do when something goes wrong, i get the tools out Basically! Only advice i give is do not use super glue, it starts to cloud up the plastic (previous experience with me old ybr taught me that!) Quote
asharin Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 So until I have time to sort out new glass, I have bodged it....Take the lid from this:http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll68/asmodeanv/Bike/20100625_089.jpgPlace over the speedo and add some tape:Dhttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll68/asmodeanv/Bike/20100625_086.jpghttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll68/asmodeanv/Bike/20100625_087.jpghttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll68/asmodeanv/Bike/20100625_088.jpgBit better than the sandwich bag! Should do until I have time/money to fix properly. Quote
Mightycaz Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 Were you once a womble?That is a good bodge mate! Is the law the same as with a car for taking the clocks off? It has to be done by an approved center to stop clocking the miles back? Quote
Steve1988 Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 That is fantastic! I'd be happy with keeping that as it is! Quote
asharin Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 That is fantastic! I'd be happy with keeping that as it is! Tempted but bikes a tad too new to start 'ratting' it just yet! Quote
asharin Posted January 19, 2011 Author Posted January 19, 2011 So as an update, I decided today to attempt to take apart the speedo to remove the remaining shards of glass, and see about putting some new glass/perspex in.Alas, the unit isn't user servicable as the 'top' is machined on. I could get it off but it'd be mangled beyond belief Replacement it is. Now here is a question....It looks to be a standard cable driven speedo (from front wheel) do I HAVE to use a proper Hyosung part, of could I grab one from say a Suzuki 125 GS or similar and plug that in? Quote
eastanglianbiker Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 you should be able to use one off of another bike without to many problems i think ita yamahe have different drive ratio but most others are the same Quote
asharin Posted January 23, 2011 Author Posted January 23, 2011 All fixed now, gfot one of them universal speedo thingies. Alas the mount points didn't match up but I made my own.I'll post some pics when home from work.If I remember that is, got Flu and stuck at work. Ughh. Quote
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