Very impressive Dave, I personally loved the work you did with the vapor but do agree this does jive better with the looks of the bike.

As an added bonus, you can freely change gearing, and tire sizes, without needing to tune the speed-o!

The gauge looks like it would need to be pretty thin to clear your massive headlamp. Any chance we could get a side photo of the gauge to show its height/profile?

that bracket would look great in black 'hammertone'!  

The more I see this bike the better I like the Idea of a cafe, if only they were more comfortable (comfort assumption based on sport-bike experience, I've never actually ridden a Cafe)

Dave, that thing is just delicious.

Thanks for your comments and support.  This bike may well be the best thing I have ever built in my life.........I know it is a lot of fun to work on and to ride.

I hope the new GPS speedometer works as well as it looks.  It has an odometer set at the factory to match the current mileage on the bike, a trip odometer, clock, elevation, max rpm and speed recall, 0-60 timer, 1/4 mile time/speed.  I am really going to like the ability to see how gearing, tire size and other things can affect the performance of the bike.  The high beam indicator and turn signal indicators were just not bright enough to be seen in daylight - so I am not hooking them up and will be using LED indicators instead...they will arrive on Wednesday.  The cable for the GPS that plugs into the back is interfering with the clutch cable (dagummit) - so I just ordered a patch cable with a 90 degree fitting - this will allow me to permanently seal the cable to the speedometer housing and then just plug the speedometer and antenna cables together in the headlight housing.  

The Trailtech Vapor was much easier to install as it was smaller, the wires were more flexible and easier to route away from the cables.....this one has caused some grief with getting the wires away from the cables that move around when you turn the front wheel left/right.  I am going to miss the head temperature gauge the Trailtech Vapor included.  I could keep track of the engine temperature when it got really hot outside.....but I suppose there really isn't any need to do that as I know what makes the engine hot (stop and go traffic in 90-100 degree summer days).    

It's a Speedhut.com gauge.

Dave,

Any way to lower your headlight, perhaps new headlight mounting ears, with a larger offset from their position on the trees to the headlight attachment plane.

Too low and you may block the front of your bottom tree, but that shouldn't be a deal breaker.



Any idea of the speedhut gauge that you have would fit in the stock speed-o location?

It looks like the one you have is the 4 inch version?

This could let me get two birds with one stone, and figure out how to accomplish two goals with the same task.

https://youtu.be/g7ZjEeSI6yc

The USPS delivered the indicator LED's a day early...Woo Hoo!

I am not sure which ones would work be best...so I ordered them both to give them a try.  The set with the lenses and chrome trim are the ones Braveteacher used on his bike build.  The other ones don't have any lenses and are bare bulbs that emit colored light.  They both fit into a very small 7/32" hole.

I need to see which ones are visible in daylight - and yet so bright that they blind you at night.  My Kawasaki Super Sherpa had such a bright blue light for the high beam indicator - that is was distracting at night.