How To Restore Motorcycle Gauges-Vintage Honda Restoration:Part 118
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How To Restore Motorcycle Gauges-Vintage Honda Restoration:Part 118 walks you through the steps to cleaning and repairing your speedometer and tachometer gauges.
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This video series features the complete restoration of a 1972 CL350 Honda Scrambler motorcycle. The videos should help anyone whether working on a cafe racer build or a full-on original restoration. I'm definitely not an expert so please refer to your manuals for proper disassembly and assembly instructions. Please leave comments if you have any questions. I'll be happy to help answer questions if I can confidently provide solutions. Again, I'm not a professional. This is my 2nd Honda motorcycle restoration and I'm learning every single day. I'd love to hear your tips if you have better ways to do things. I hope you find the series useful and entertaining. I strive to show as much detail as possible so that the videos can be used as not only a how-to resource but also a reference for the placement and original set up of parts and systems.
If you don't have one already please get a manual for your specific project. There are many available online for download for free.
Common Motor Collective, from which I source many of my replacement parts, has a fantastic resource on their website: bit.ly/CBManuals
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Great video! not everyone has money to throw at everything when it comes to repairs. There's great pride and satisfaction in being able to repair stuff unconventionally and keep those greenbacks in your wallet!
Well said!
I bought some thin sheet rubber at a rubber and gasket supply store to make new parts for my '68 Suzuki headlight/speedo unit.
Great idea. You could definitely make your own. Depends on how picky you are.
I'd use 2 rubber grommets wit a fender washer
Good idea!
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Thanks, muddy. That’s a really nice compliment.
I need to touch mine up as well. I'll have to order some matte black touch up from Amazon or somewhere. As always, enjoy the vids! Keep them coming.
I may even end up giving them a fresh coat of paint. We will see!
cork dries out quickly when exposed to the elements. I'd suggest rubber sheet covered in ArmorAll
Great idea. The foam I ended up using seems to be doing the trick. Gotta use what you got.
partzilla has the rubber
Good to know! I think there are two different versions…just be sure to get the right ones!
How about replacing the original gauge bulb with an LED bulb......possible?
I believe that requires the addition of a diode to work properly. I don’t believe those are plug and play.
@@KeepOnWrenching LED - light emitting diode. It’ll work just fine. Flashing leds another matter
my dad has a 1986 kawasaki lulcan 750 vn and I want to restore the clusters. It has some rust on it. I sanded it down to bare metal. It has scratches in it as usual. Do you know how to make them smooth and the scratches to be gone?
Just need to use finer and finer grits. Work your way 1500. Should smooth out.
@@KeepOnWrenching Okay! I just sanded it down! It up to bare metal, ill try finer sand paper! Thanks!
Do you or anyone you know repair 1987 Honda Helix digital speedo assby's?
No I do not. Sorry.
Common Motor has the rubber rings for $15
There are two versions. The ones I need seem to never be in stock.
Your voice sounds exactly like Adam from Adam Ruins Everything
That is very bad way of restoring. Look for rubber replacment.
30 bucks a crack if you can even find them. Easy enough to replace later on if I end up with one somewhere. For now it works just fine.
@@KeepOnWrenching i imagine removing the rubber cement later will be a chore, but that's the next guy's problem eh? ;)
Absolute garbage work. I would be so mad to inherit such a bike. Have a little pride in your work
I’ll keep that in mind.