Black guage face on Z1000

bassmaniac69 · Post by **bassmaniac69** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:55 pm

I just recieved my ZX10 shock today, and along with it I got a replacement guage face for the Z1000.

10 minute fit, including removing the cluster and pulling it apart. It looks pretty good to me, although if I end up hating it I can just pull it off as the red is still underneath.

It will look pretty trick when I also change the leds in the guage from orange to blue!

Before

After!

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:02 pm

Does it make it any harder to see the tacho - being back?

Looks good btw...

bassmaniac69 · Post by **bassmaniac69** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:04 pm

Well, have not ridden it at night but with the garage lights off it looks a bit harder - you can still read the numbers though and bear in mind that's pitch black, so I assume night riding on the street should be ok with some ambient lights!

Post by **robracer** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:11 pm

Looks Great, you will have to give some feedback after a night ride

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:59 pm

Looks cool but would love to hear wether on not it's functional. Then again as long as it looks good!

bassmaniac69 · Post by **bassmaniac69** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:24 pm

Well, had my first night ride and it's ok to ride with. A little bit dark compared to the stock red one, but only by about 15/20% or so at the most. And this only effects the rev counter, not the speed which is ok as I usually ride by feel in anycase!

So, all in all it's a pretty cool mod. If any Z1000 guys are interested I can pass on the number details of the guy I got them from in the US!