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  • #1

    Gauge Mounting Ideas

    I am going to be adding on 3 2" gauges (volt, oil temp, oil pressure) and I am trying to come up with a way to mount them up around the stock gauges. Anyone have any ideas?

    Also how much room is there around the stock gauges with a fairing mounted? When it gets colder I will be putting my fairing on for the first time so I need to keep that in mind when mounting these gauges.
    Nathan
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    Not the best pic, but this might help a little:



    I'll try to take another pic later today. Maybe a bit further back so you can see a little more.
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    • #3
      I've mounted two but not three!?



      Used an old standard gauge bracket, cut it up and bent it to fit.



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      • #4
        If it were me, I'd just wait and put the gauges in the fairing. If it's a Windjammer, you could even add a cyclesounds unit, sans the radio, and put the gauges in there. The Pacifico fairing has TONS of space to mount gauges as well.
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        • #5
          How much did the guages set you back and how long did the install take?
          81 H

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          • #6
            Originally posted by haywardguy929 View Post
            How much did the guages set you back and how long did the install take?
            About $20 a gauge. Don't know how long to install, havent done it yet
            Nathan
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            1978 XS1100E
            K&N Filter
            #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
            OEM Exhaust
            ATK Fork Brace
            LED Dash lights
            Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
            Green Monster Coils
            SS Brake Lines
            Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

            In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

            Theodore Roosevelt

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            • #7
              Anyone else have some ideas?
              Nathan
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              1978 XS1100E
              K&N Filter
              #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
              OEM Exhaust
              ATK Fork Brace
              LED Dash lights
              Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
              Green Monster Coils
              SS Brake Lines
              Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

              In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

              Theodore Roosevelt

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              • #8
                do you have the gauge cluster mount to mount them under the dash of the car? I you do I am not sure of clearance but maybe you could mount them to the top of the tach and speedo assy on the housing itself. But like I said I am not sure about clearance.
                '79 XS11SF

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by trdriver71 View Post
                  do you have the gauge cluster mount to mount them under the dash of the car? I you do I am not sure of clearance but maybe you could mount them to the top of the tach and speedo assy on the housing itself. But like I said I am not sure about clearance.
                  That has crossed my mind, but I was also wondering about clearance with a fairing.
                  Nathan
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                  1978 XS1100E
                  K&N Filter
                  #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
                  OEM Exhaust
                  ATK Fork Brace
                  LED Dash lights
                  Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
                  Green Monster Coils
                  SS Brake Lines
                  Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

                  In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

                  Theodore Roosevelt

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                  • #10
                    Hey Nate,

                    You don't need to access the handlebar clamps too often, so you might be able to rig up a couple of bar clamps and mount then just below the ignition switch between the handlebar uprights!?

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