So, for the very first time, I decided to wash my bike.
It appears that the gauges aren't sealed very well because there are some small water droplets on the inside of the speedo and tach. What's the easiest way to go about removing/disassembling the gauges? While I'm in there, I'm going to try and seal it better too...
I didn't like how loose my gauges were so I fixed them last weekend so this is fresh in my mind. Here's what I did:
-Remove windscreen
-Remove both of the black fairing covers on the left/right side of the instrument panel (the ones that come down across the top of the fairings)
-Remove the 2 screws beneath the windshield and the 2 black plastic "rivets" holding the plastic panel beneath the windshied. To remove the rivets, just use something to push on the center of the pin until it "pops" in a little, then pull out the whole rivet. Then remove the black panel.
-I think the instrument cluster itself is just held on by 3 small bolts (1 on top, 2 on the bottom) that you will need an 8mm (might have been 10mm) box wrench to remove. They are mounted on some rubber pieces. A magnet is helpful to make sure you don't drop the bolts.
That's as far as I went as I didn't need to remove the cluster but that should point you in the right direction. BTW, I firmed up the gauges a little by adding a thick nylon washer between the bolts and the rubber mounts.
So, for the very first time, I decided to wash my bike.
It appears that the gauges aren't sealed very well because there are some small water droplets on the inside of the speedo and tach. What's the easiest way to go about removing/disassembling the gauges? While I'm in there, I'm going to try and seal it better too...
Wow, haven't seen that before...
I'd just park it in the sun for a bit, breakin that open seems like alot of work.
don't know how the water got in there....
I have no sympathy for you. Washing a bike causes nothing but heart ache and misery. In my case, it ran roughly one time and the next time I did it I had a KIPASS ignition no start.