Speedometer and Tachometer Instrument Cluster Repair ??
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Speedometer and Tachometer Instrument Cluster Repair ??
Hey Guys,
I'm trying to find CBX Instrument Repair and Restoration Services in North America.
Btw..... Tim's just does new faces and some minor restoration service, but no real instrument repair as such.
As our needles and instruments are now starting to fail we need crack this nut now.
Whatcha think ?
Thanks....... Mike
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I'm trying to find CBX Instrument Repair and Restoration Services in North America.
Btw..... Tim's just does new faces and some minor restoration service, but no real instrument repair as such.
As our needles and instruments are now starting to fail we need crack this nut now.
Whatcha think ?
Thanks....... Mike
mrc.engr@verizon.net
It's not what you ride.....it's how you ride.
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I've resolved that when my instruments stop working, I'm going with aftermarket. From my experiences it's easy to have more $$$ in guages being re-built then in a very used bike. But good luck in your search, I found someone in San Fernando Valley who silk screens the faces and cleans and lubricates everything. As far as new needles, he relys on salvage ones.
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It's amazing what 5-6 hrs on the phone and internet produces these days.
I've hit solid gold with 3 shops that can/will repair our gauges and even make needles that won't
break.
I've got 5 instrument clusters to send out and try to make 3 good ones out of. I'll provide a full
report when I get the job done.
I did call Bill @ Tim's and give him a shop right in his bac yard (Atlanta) that says they can do
whatever is needed for CBX gauges. I gave Bill the contact information so he can offer full
rebuild, repair and restoration services in the very near future. Give Bill a few days to set
things up and give him a call if you have gauges that need fixing or restored.
My best......... Mike
I've hit solid gold with 3 shops that can/will repair our gauges and even make needles that won't
break.
I've got 5 instrument clusters to send out and try to make 3 good ones out of. I'll provide a full
report when I get the job done.
I did call Bill @ Tim's and give him a shop right in his bac yard (Atlanta) that says they can do
whatever is needed for CBX gauges. I gave Bill the contact information so he can offer full
rebuild, repair and restoration services in the very near future. Give Bill a few days to set
things up and give him a call if you have gauges that need fixing or restored.
My best......... Mike
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I believe guages are going to increase in value because they're an item that, after a certain amount of years, gives troubles. And it's difficult and expensive to fix them. I'm hoarding guages for my own use. I've had a couple speedometers and a tach go out just in the last year. One of the problems is the light shield that reflects the light inside the guage on two of them came loose and got caught up in the mechanism, jammed it up, and destroyed the mechanism. I'm getting pretty good at opening them up, looking at the mechanism inside and wondering to myself why did I do that, I must be a moron.
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CBX Gauges......... restorations
I agree...... it's (high) time for us long time CBX riders to stock up on certain things that will allow us to continue riding these great bikes.
I do believe that I have a shop that can rebuld these instruments and make metal pointers (needles) for the tach, speedo and volt meters.
I will ge getting into all this very shortly this winter, so stand-by for contact information where all of you can send your instruments for a complete going over that will allow them to operate for another 25 years.
After nearly 8 months I got to ride my 80 the other day. I fell in love with it all over again.
What a great bike the CBX is !!!!
I do believe that I have a shop that can rebuld these instruments and make metal pointers (needles) for the tach, speedo and volt meters.
I will ge getting into all this very shortly this winter, so stand-by for contact information where all of you can send your instruments for a complete going over that will allow them to operate for another 25 years.
After nearly 8 months I got to ride my 80 the other day. I fell in love with it all over again.
What a great bike the CBX is !!!!
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Re: CBX Gauges......... restorations
Wow! I am surprised you got her to fire up If I leave mine sitting for 6 weeks, it takes a carb overhaul to get it going.Mike Cecchini wrote:After nearly 8 months I got to ride my 80 the other day. I fell in love with it all over again.
What a great bike the CBX is !!!!
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I usually put lots of carb cleaner in mine when I take her out........othewise I use 95--110 leaded track gas that lasts for years with no harm at all.
So far I've gotten 3 years w/o running any of the 4 X's I have with the track gas. All seals and rubbers are perfect and the bikes start like I rode them yesterday.
Cheap at $6/gallon when all it takes is 3--4 gallons to do all 4 bikes.
No more carb cleanings or rebuilds.
So far I've gotten 3 years w/o running any of the 4 X's I have with the track gas. All seals and rubbers are perfect and the bikes start like I rode them yesterday.
Cheap at $6/gallon when all it takes is 3--4 gallons to do all 4 bikes.
No more carb cleanings or rebuilds.
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That's a controversial subject. I have some not so fond memories of another place where someone told everybody to use race gas in every other post he made.Mike Cecchini wrote: ........othewise I use 95--110 leaded track gas that lasts for years with no harm at all.
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The facts are, that in a lower compression motor (less than 10:1) any high octane fuel has more disadvantages than advantages, besides the cost.
Too high of an octane rating - which race gas or track gas has for a CBX - will result in unburned gasoline after the combustion which goes out through the exhaust but can also wash the cylinder walls and cause a lubrication failure.
The higher amount of ignition inhibitor additives will take some place away from carbon-hydrogen molecules, which are the energy carriers. The combustion in a lower compression motor is slower and colder. This may result in lower performance. We actually proved that in laboratory tests where the fuel with the highest specific density produced the highest horsepower. Race gas is not that fuel.
Finally, there is a theory that too high of an octane rating will also cause excessive carbon deposits.
All that does most likely not apply with different grades of pump gas and there should be no problem running premium in a motor that only needs regular - other than wasting money. But if you go into track/race gas of 100 plus octane, it may be a different story.
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Huh ?????
Scheesh EMS....... did you read the emails previous to mine and then mine ?
The race gas recommendation is ONLY for storing our X's..... so we can park them for 1--2 years and not worry about carb issues since the 95--100 leaced octane track gas I mentioned has done this for me for over 10 yrs now.
No......... I don't use track gas on the street. And yes..... I completely understand the pro's and con's of giving a engine more octane rated gas than it needs to run properly. 100% waste of $$$ and good gas.
Even at the track, our stock X's run just fine on 87/89 octane, so I wouldn't even use it there.
Back to the original thread here...... use 95--110 track gas (not race fuel) to store your X over the winter.......or even as long as 3 years with zero problems on start-up. Been there.......done it. It works.
Thanks.......... Mike
The race gas recommendation is ONLY for storing our X's..... so we can park them for 1--2 years and not worry about carb issues since the 95--100 leaced octane track gas I mentioned has done this for me for over 10 yrs now.
No......... I don't use track gas on the street. And yes..... I completely understand the pro's and con's of giving a engine more octane rated gas than it needs to run properly. 100% waste of $$$ and good gas.
Even at the track, our stock X's run just fine on 87/89 octane, so I wouldn't even use it there.
Back to the original thread here...... use 95--110 track gas (not race fuel) to store your X over the winter.......or even as long as 3 years with zero problems on start-up. Been there.......done it. It works.
Thanks.......... Mike
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