Hello All,
Well mustering the best in engineering (you might question
that after what I'm about to describe) I mustered up a temporary
solution to my lack of gauge lights.
Went to the hardware store - picked up a pair of LED
flashlights ($2.50 /each) and used plastic wire ties (aka cable wraps)
to attach each flashlight near the brake fluid reservoir and the left
hand side hand grip. A little adjusting later - the right hand one
shines on the speedometer, the left hand one shines on the tach, (both
cross on the instrument panel) and provide just enough illumination
that I can clearly see the gauges and not too much to look like I'm
lighting up the sky.
DOT approved? Probably not. Workable - yes. Advantage, no
tearing apart of perfectly working gauges and wiring - disadvantage
battery replacement required and not exactly legal....
-Joey (last of the great bike Mechanics. Really.)
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Joey Kelley <sandp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Everything else is ok - your comment about the two lights makes me
> even more curious, the bike appears to have been re-wired since it
> left the factory - however - I have never bothered to dig any deeper
> than the obvious re-routing of wires to see why or what was done. The
> fuses were checked at one point - that might have been 10 years ago
> though so I might have missed something. I should take my own advice
> and just replace them all on principal.
> I'll do that shortly and let everyone know.
> Thanks Gene!
> -Joey
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Gene Henry <hangh...@new.rr.com> wrote:
>> The schematic at
>> http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmotorcycles/1982-honda-motorcycle-cb450sc/o/m14678 shows
>> two bulbs in each of the two instrument clusters so I think it unlikely they
>> have all burned out. More likely a wiring/fuse problem. I have a 84
>> CB650SC with an entirely different single instrument cluster so I can't help
>> much.
>>
>> Do all the other circuits and light work OK?
>>
>> Gene
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