GS-Riders International

source: member Fischkopf at http://www.gs-forum.eu

Does anyone know who is doing this? I like it.

The gauge faces are available from GS-Parts. Owner is Roger, he is a well known dealer in the German GS scene. He will answer any queries you might have info @ gs-parts.de .

Price for the gauge faces in Euro 69 ~ US$ 110 per set. The 'GS' logo will be printed in any colour you specify. Sorry for the weak US$.

Exchange of the gauge faces is easy. Release the plug, release the instrument cluster from the clips, look at the rear side and you will see the rest. Taking off the pointers is a bit tricky because they are sitting firm on the stems. Use a little fork-something for evenly lifting them up.
Note: Don't touch the inside of the lenses!

PS.: Thanks to the Fischkopf for the information!

Here is another shot by Roger of GS-Parts:

Agree. They got them painted with some acrylic paint.

Aluminium style gauge faces


source: member Chris13 at http://www.gs-forum.eu

Got them from Ebay for Euro 17, ~ US$ 22 incl. shipping to Singapore

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The two adjustable bolts from the wind screen removed, and screen fold to the front:


The electrical connector can be removed by pressing the two clips on the sides:



There are three clips on the underside to hold the instrument panel. I manged to pull them by hand, some needed small pliers.


That's the base were the instrument panel mounts to:


Five minutes for taking the instrument panel off.


Five screws with torx head to dismantle the housing:


The pin below the adjuster knob sits loose in the switch. Be careful not loosing it when removing the cover.


After removal of the pointers. I removed them by careful pulling with my fingers, others use a fork or two teaspoons.


Even with a magnifier eyeing on it from all sides, I didn't spot any aid for helping to mount the pointer back into the correct position, like a pin, or a flat side, or whatsoever.




The pointer has a hex hole, which wedges it onto the axle:


Only four LEDs are needed for even illumination of each gauge:


The pointer needle is from clear plexi ...


with a white coating on the underside, which makes the pointer look white in daylight, and orange at night. I wanted to maintain the 'pointer glowing' effect. Therefore I decided to paint the underside of the pointer, not the upper side, as others did. I choose yellow. Yellow suits the greyish shades and would also not clash with the black faces, if I decided for mounting them back (much better quality than these printed faces!).


The white paint was easily scratched off with a sharp pen knife. Ready to be painted. The white and yellowish hues on the pointers are only reflections from ambient light in my room.


While the pointers are drying up, I realized the center cut-out in the new gauge faces are crap.


I needed to finish the cut-out with a pen knife. My surgical work is not so nice, but will do:


Meanwhile the pointers dried, ahhh


The three clamps were slightly de-shaped from removing them. For easier assembly, be sure bending them straight again.

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Result

Some more colour choices from GS-Parts :

Flash (Blitz)


Blue (Blau)


Thunderstorm (Gewitter)

Two weeks later the gauge faces faded already somewhat. So far it only affected the grey transitions.



I would not mind paying double the price, if I could get them in a light resistant print, and with a matt coating. Or even better printed on a matt plastic foil.

Only for the records: 3 month old

It's done already ... it's pretty easy on the GS.

This time I've got the ones from GS-Parts. They cost Euro 69.95, which at the moment is US$ 92.

To tell you the truth, I've got them for free for testing and reporting back. I told the maker I can do this. Makes sense, since I have got already experience with some other gauge faces. But I told him as well I would not hesitate to talk about negative points.

So here is the negative point:
- price

Positive points:
+ as compared to the dials I've got from Ebay, the print quality is a different class
+ the surface is a semi matt front and rear-side plastic coating, it has almost no direct reflection
+ the rev limiter marking is accurate at 7.800 Upm
+ and most important: all cut-outs and punch holes are done to perfection, same as they are on the OEM gauge faces.





Compared to the OEM design, I like the smaller print of the figures and the simpler, lesser blocky design of the scale.




Conclusion:
Everybody has to decide for himself if Euro 69 is worth this individualisation. Quality-wise, no doubt these are done in a much more professional fashion. And not a product for extracting a quick buck on Ebay.

3 years later, under the Singapore sun