My OFFICIAL "Broken Promise" thread.

[AF_Bill]

If some of ya'll have read my post in the Owners scetion, thanks. If not, here's a quick recap. I bought an 82 650G 2 years ago now for very little. She needed tires and a battery to get on the road. That winter, I stripped her down and painted her. See the pic below. So, now I'm really starting to customize to make her perfect.

[AF_Bill]

SO I bought a 140 mph speedo from Salty monk and mocked it up. I tried to use the speedo and cluster but the mounting bracket wouldn't work. So I painted the speedo ring then mocked up the speedo. I loved the way it looks. Some fine tweeking and it'll be perminate. I also painted the cluster but ya really can't tell. More pics to come. And b4 anyone says anything, the bars in the pic are GONE!!! I have a set of Daytona Superbars on it now.

[AF_Bill]

So I'm a bit of an idiot. I was so concerned with getting speedo to work with my OG bracket I didn't try the bracket that came with the cluster.
MAN it looks better than the stock cluster!!! Now I need the matching tach. Everything plugs in with no problem (even the digital shifter). I will need to fabricate 2 turn signal indicater lights for the cluster and figure out something to do about the fuel guage. Maybe remove it all together. Not sure yet.

[piester]

i dont think youll need to put turn signal indicators on it. you should be able to see the signals from the seat.

[mpls-ugly]

I think signal indicators have a connection to the relay so I think you will need something but don't quote me. Looks like a clean 650! Interested to see how it works out.

[AF_Bill]

i dont think youll need to put turn signal indicators on it. you should be able to see the signals from the seat.

Since I installed a new set of mini turn signals up front and they have a brighter bulb, yes I can see them from the seat. But since it's in the cluster I'd like to make them functional. The rough mock up I did worked ok. After I recover fully from my birthday last night, I'll get back to work.

[AF_Bill]

Yesterday I found the correct tach to mount into the new cluster. Tach looks great but the fuel gauge has seen better days. I'll post pics later today of the progress. I also installed my new Daytona Super bike bars and i can't wait till it stops raining and the salt is off the road to take a ride. The look great and feel good.

I did get the time to fix a few oil leaks and still goin through everything else. Like I said, pics to come later today.

[AF_Bill]

As promised, here are the newest pics of my lil 650.

Here is of the cluster and Super bike bars.

[AF_Bill]

Old bars just set on to show the differance.

[AF_Bill]

Close up of the cluster.

I mounted my cup holder to make sure it didn't hit the tank. And it dosen't. I really can't wait to try these bars out.

[salty_monk]

That is not the same as the original tach - original didn't have a fuel gauge in it. Looks good though!

Dan

[AF_Bill]

So today I pulled the valve cover off to replace the gasket (leaking). Not posting pics of that cuz the gasket replacement isn't all that exciting. But I am posting a pic of the side cover bagdes. I painted the G red on both badges to be a lil different. Not all that fancy but I like it. I used Dupli-color Scratch Fix paint pen (GM Bright Red) to fill it in.

[AF_Bill]

So I went a lil paint happy today. As I was tryin to polish the valve cover, it wasn't workin out too well. It just wouldn't take the polishing compound no matter what I did. So instead of gettin too frustrated, I decided to paint it. Here it is all primed and ready for sanding. Painting will more than likely have to wait till tomorrow after work.

[Macguyver]

Looking good Bill,

What color are you painting the valve cover? Please, oh please, tell me it's not going hot pink!

JK, I can't wait to see the bike all ready to go!

Keep up the great work!

[AF_Bill]

Looking good Bill,

What color are you painting the valve cover? Please, oh please, tell me it's not going hot pink!

JK, I can't wait to see the bike all ready to go!

Keep up the great work!

LOL I actually plan on painting it black or textured metal flake. I painted my starter cover with the textured metal paint ant it looks good. Think I'm gonna go the same route with the valve cover. It'll hopefully be a nice compliment to a polished motor.

Thanks for the words of incouragement Mac.