| Posted: 10 Nov 2006 20:19 Last Edited By: buellxb | [?] |
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| You can change the background of your Buell speedometer using MS Paint. More to come! | |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2006 08:45 Last Edited By: azsnow | [?] |
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Use this as a template. Save it, open an image in MS Paint, and then select paste from. Select the option that will allow you to only see the outline. Drag it over your image, type in your numbers or words using your desired font, and then print it on a quality printer using card stock paper. Cut to fit! You may have to adjust the size. Its all trial and error at this point!
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| Posted: 11 Nov 2006 11:21 | [?] |
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| My stocker does just fine, thanks..... | |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2006 16:37 | [?] |
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| THat is sweet! I am all about modifying the little things. Putting my name (or the buell's name) in the speedo would look sweet, and this would make it look professional. | |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2006 18:33 | [?] |
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| Some of us like to do things with our bikes that make them ours. Anybody can buy the crap the dealer sells. | |
| Posted: 11 Nov 2006 19:25 Last Edited By: azsnow | [?] |
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Here is one for you other Jarheads besides myself! Feel free to use it, or get to work and make one youself! (Except for the guy that works at Arrowhead, you just go buy one from work) |
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| Posted: 11 Nov 2006 20:21 | [?] |
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That's pretty sweet. Is that image the perfect size once you print it out? 
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| Posted: 11 Nov 2006 23:09 | [?] |
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| Ok but what about night riding? | |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2006 00:01 | [?] |
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Damn right, I love employee discounts....
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| Posted: 12 Nov 2006 00:12 | [?] |
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| You could get a razor blade or exacto knife and cut out the numbers, etc so that the light would come through. Or you could get some glow in the dark paint and paint the numbers if you have a steady hand. | |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2006 08:20 | [?] |
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| Actually the you will need an exacto knife and cut out the blocks for the numbers. If you use white or orange for your numbers, they will reflect the backlight. The size is almost perfect, you might have to play with it a bit to get it dead on. dont cut it out untill you have a good fit, and you may also want to leave some overhang on the edges. This will be covered by the guage surround. | |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2006 17:32 | [?] |
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| Dude that is so sweet. | |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2007 20:54 | [?] |
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hey azsnow...
could you post some pics after the install...looks great, can't wait to see it on the bike itself |
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| Posted: 22 Mar 2007 05:10 | [?] |
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Great info! Thanks! That's a lot of help for beginners like me.
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| Posted: 10 Apr 2007 02:14 | [?] |
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Hi I am new here, but wanted to say thanks for the template use. Here's two versions of the same gauges my buddy whipped up for me. He is amazing at what he does, and would be willing to do any style gauge for anyone. You name it he can do it. If you would rather see a pic of your bike there, send him the file and bam its there looking great. Whatever you could dream for your gauge picture he can do it. So if anyone is interested just post and I will get you his information. Thanks again for the template.
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| Posted: 10 Apr 2007 04:55 | [?] |
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| Sweet! And no, I have not done anything else to my scooter lately. I do have the printout of the guage background. Lucky for me, I have a lazer printer at work, but I have printed it on a high quality inkjet, and that works as well. You might have to play with the scale to get it to fit perfect, but once you get it right, its yours, not someone elses! | |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2007 00:16 | [?] |
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| i like the lay out of the original speedo, but has anyone tried changing the color of the backlights? I want to see about flipping them to Red or Blue from the white | |
| Posted: 13 Aug 2007 00:19 | [?] |
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You can change the background of your Buell speedometer using MS Paint. Now I just need to figure out what "MS Paint" is... Duh? I'm assuming is software??? Robtk!42 a.k.a. "Specialk!" |
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| Posted: 13 Aug 2007 04:53 | [?] |
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| MicroSoft paint, every computer running Windows has it. | |
| Posted: 13 Aug 2007 10:15 | [?] |
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| azsnow, just wondering, is this layout the same as the metric one? | |
| Posted: 07 Dec 2007 05:17 | [?] |
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| where do u get the numbers for the speedometer, the blank template doesnt have mph numbers or rpm numbers | |
| Posted: 07 Dec 2007 17:16 | [?] |
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| You have to type those on yourself, just use the marks for reference. i know it takes some time and a couple of tries to get it just right, but I saw another member on here that did this to his bike, and I think it looks sweet! If anybody else has done this mod, post some pics! | |
| Posted: 07 Dec 2007 18:52 | [?] |
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i worked on this mod as well limited quantity left.. . PDGMoto.com
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| Posted: 08 Dec 2007 02:42 | [?] |
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| Not sure of the kph/mph conversion, print it out and lay it ontop of your old one to check it. | |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2007 05:32 | [?] |
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| i tried using microsoft paint but its to complicated, good luck to the rest of you tryin this mod. | |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2007 18:03 | [?] |
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| You should be able to put this into Adobe Photoshop and do all kinds of cool stuff. I will try some stuff soon and post some pics when I get them done. | |
| Posted: 10 Dec 2007 19:29 | [?] |
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I'm curious what you guys are doing to prevent fading?
With my bike parked in the hot Texas sun all the time, I can't imagine this would last very long... Robtk! a.k.a. "SpecialK!" Quote:
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| Posted: 11 Dec 2007 21:05 Last Edited By: mrdozer2you | [?] |
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| If you use a good heavy (photo type paper) why not get an exterior clear coating? Most exteriors have UV absorbers to prevent fading. You can find it in spray cans as well...in just about any gloss level you want. I would test a bit first to see if the propellant used will dissolve the ink on the picture you use. That would be my only concern...but worth a shot definitely. | |
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i started a few but my limited skills will probably kill it.
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| Posted: 23 Jan 2008 10:31 | [?] |
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i made some. You can get one of them here.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7f9t4xijlzj Im gonna put more up. This is the link for the different color bulbs in the dash. http://superlumination.com/74.htm You want the NEO Wedge TYPE A they are the ones that fit. they are 2 or 3 bucks apiece. |
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