Guage angle
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Guage angle
Gents,
picked up my Ultra Classic a few weeks ago and and am beyond happy with the bike so far, lost a little power coming from my 1800 honda but everything else is awesome... except for one thing thats kind of annoying, I am 6' 4" and whenever i look down at the guages i cant read the smaller ones, seems they are faceing flush in the fairing, anyone else have this problem? obviously not the end of the world but does anyone make some add in bezels that tilt them up or something? just a thought!
picked up my Ultra Classic a few weeks ago and and am beyond happy with the bike so far, lost a little power coming from my 1800 honda but everything else is awesome... except for one thing thats kind of annoying, I am 6' 4" and whenever i look down at the guages i cant read the smaller ones, seems they are faceing flush in the fairing, anyone else have this problem? obviously not the end of the world but does anyone make some add in bezels that tilt them up or something? just a thought!
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From: Phoenix '53, '88, '09 Big Twins
interesting perspective..you have 2" on me and I've never thought about that.
the air temp gauge is a joke- some replace with oil temp gauge
I click the odo button until I get the "R" range ( estimated) on the odometer- the H-D has no reserve and a low fuel light will also come on- but for the 95% of riding, let's assume that fuel level isn;t foremost in our thoughts
the voltmeter is very coarse and is best used as a rough indicator of charging system health- only pay attention if readings are way higher or lower than usual
and the oil pressure should sit about 32 psi with the motor at road speeds. it may drop down near zero if idling and very hot.
so none of them really need staring at.
funny, when I go to my Honda I loose a little power, just a little...it's a trail 90 !
Mike
the air temp gauge is a joke- some replace with oil temp gauge
I click the odo button until I get the "R" range ( estimated) on the odometer- the H-D has no reserve and a low fuel light will also come on- but for the 95% of riding, let's assume that fuel level isn;t foremost in our thoughts
the voltmeter is very coarse and is best used as a rough indicator of charging system health- only pay attention if readings are way higher or lower than usual
and the oil pressure should sit about 32 psi with the motor at road speeds. it may drop down near zero if idling and very hot.
so none of them really need staring at.
funny, when I go to my Honda I loose a little power, just a little...it's a trail 90 !
Mike
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From: Near Myrtle Beach, SC
There's nothing that I am aware of to angle the gauges. If you look on the inside of the faring and see how they slide in, coupled with the fact that the hole in the inner faring would have to be something other than round to handle a tilt, I don't think you will find any solution other than lowering your seat height.
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From: earth
Gents,
picked up my Ultra Classic a few weeks ago and and am beyond happy with the bike so far, lost a little power coming from my 1800 honda but everything else is awesome... except for one thing thats kind of annoying, I am 6' 4" and whenever i look down at the guages i cant read the smaller ones, seems they are faceing flush in the fairing, anyone else have this problem? obviously not the end of the world but does anyone make some add in bezels that tilt them up or something? just a thought!
picked up my Ultra Classic a few weeks ago and and am beyond happy with the bike so far, lost a little power coming from my 1800 honda but everything else is awesome... except for one thing thats kind of annoying, I am 6' 4" and whenever i look down at the guages i cant read the smaller ones, seems they are faceing flush in the fairing, anyone else have this problem? obviously not the end of the world but does anyone make some add in bezels that tilt them up or something? just a thought!
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From: Queen Creek, AZ
Check your local boat shop. They should have access to any size bezel you want. We used them on our race cars the gauges were mounted on the passenger side, faced them towards the driver.
They make them in assorted colors, anodized.
They make them in assorted colors, anodized.
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From: earth
The Boat and Auto stuff is too bulky to fit in the recessed gauge pockets on the batwing fairing.
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