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V7 III Drop Speedo/Tacho Bracket

Marc Shapiro said:
Question...does anyone have any experience with removing the chrome that surrounds the cups? I would like to paint them to match my painted headlight chrome surround. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Those are typically one time pressed on... not saying it can't be removed, it just might cause damage and be rendered unusable if you do. If you figure out how to remove cleanly, please post.
PokeyGuzzi said:
If anyone happens to be reading through here and knows the diameter of the gauges on the V7III, I’d appreciate if you were willing to share that knowledge. I’m looking for aftermarket housings or DIY ideas, but I’m not finding anything that looks like it would work. By my best guess, I’d need something around 105mm diameter, and I can’t find anything that big on the market.
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See Marc's post above, and as mentioned, if you are handy, you can remove them and cut/sand the excess off. Since I can now 3D print, I might be able to offer a solution to offer folks here. How many would purchase them, and/or how many here can 3D print?
 
GT-Rx® said:
Those are typically one time pressed on... not saying it can't be removed, it just might cause damage and be rendered unusable if you do. If you figure out how to remove cleanly, please post.

See Marc's post above, and as mentioned, if you are handy, you can remove them and cut/sand the excess off. Since I can now 3D print, I might be able to offer a solution to offer folks here. How many would purchase them, and/or how many here can 3D print?
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I would certainly be interested in buying one. Can't print myself though.
 
GT-Rx® said:
See Marc's post above, and as mentioned, if you are handy, you can remove them and cut/sand the excess off. Since I can now 3D print, I might be able to offer a solution to offer folks here. How many would purchase them, and/or how many here can 3D print?
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I’d be interested if they were good quality, and inexpensive. I’ve regularly had prototypes 3D-printed using a few different Internet channels, and I am familiar with how (ridiculously) inexpensive it can be to have parts printed. In fact, that was the next avenue I was going to pursue...

The main thing is that if you offered a decent quality housing, made of UV resistant material, as only a minimal markup to the drop bracket, I’d almost definitely buy the package. Another option I think I’d like even better would just be to open source the design and link to it on the shop page for the bracket. No markup, and people can figure out how to get their own made if they want.
 
Marc Shapiro said:
Question...does anyone have any experience with removing the chrome that surrounds the cups? I would like to paint them to match my painted headlight chrome surround. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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You can paint it with "Plasti dip paint", no need to disassemble. It is more easy and secure.

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For those with the single gauge drop bracket, I can confirm that the OEM housing from the V9 (part number 2B001223) is an almost straight fit. You'll have to slightly widen the cutout at the bottom of the housing to make it fit Todds bracket, and find a new location for the air temp sensor (but you'll have to do that regardless).
 
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This is what it looks like with the cover from the V9.

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Here is the cutout at the bottom of the cover that is meant to fit over the original bracket. It'll have to be widened a bit to make it fit over Todd's bracket.

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installed the drop bracket for the double pods on the V7 III. With some patience and some common tools found in the garage I was able to modify both halves of the factory housing to fit.
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Ajackz said:
installed the drop bracket for the double pods on the V7 III. With some patience and some common tools found in the garage I was able to modify both halves of the factory housing to fit.
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Looks GREAT(!). Well done. Thanks for posting the pics.
 
PokeyGuzzi said:
Is there any chance you could post some pictures showing the necessary modifications to make this happen?
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Late reply here. But DeadEye sums it up.
get a dremel tool, a cut off wheel, and some sanding drums. With some patients and al lot of back and forth (don’t cut too much at once) you can guide yourself right into fitting it.
 
Here are some in process pics:

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I was a bit off when cutting the body from the base which necessitated a bit of extra texturing on the bottom surface, no one knows except me and All Y’all now...

PS: This isn’t something I would normally jump into, but I did and it turned out just fine !
 
Why ? Doesn’t the V9 have the same setup for the back cover ?
(Eg: same screw holes .)
it was a PITA getting the temp sensor back where it belonged/fit in the hole !

I wasn’t quite paralle when I was cutting the cylinder from the mounting bracket, so I had more work to do on the underside.
 
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DeadEye said:
Why ? Doesn’t the V9 have the same setup for back cover ?
(Eg: same screw holes .)
it was a PITA getting the temp sensor back where it belonged/fit in the hole !
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For some odd reason, the V9 doesn't have a back cover at all.

I relocated the temp sensor, it now lives with the cables going down the left side of the frame.
 
Would the cable reach down between the heads to get “Engine” temperature ?
I wonder if the sensor would read up to/over 100c

If you took the cover off your V7, could you fit on the V9 piece ?
Oh wait, the V7 cover fits just inside the stock V7 cup, doesn’t it.
 
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