my new dash
02GF74 - 17/9/07 at 01:32 PM
a weekend of work has resulted in this:
dashboard
Now before you all jump in to get your revenge and criticise, the layout is functional as opposed to looking pretty.
The most important instruments and lamps are placed as close to line of sight as possible; the speedo is nearer than rev counter (speeding fines being
more important thant blown engine! 
) and is in top row so as not to be obscured by LH stalks.
Above it, are the two indicator lamps (holes at the moment).
The most important guage, water temp, is in line of sight, the least important, fuel guage the furthest away. The voltmeter is slightly obscured and
not deemed that important hence its position.
Likewise the brake test lamp.
The fog lamp switch is placed in line of sight next to the brake test switch which is obscured by the steering wheel but then it is hardly ever used.
Hopefully the same for the hazards switch!
Incidentally anyone got one of the Jaeger water temp guages to match voltmeter/fuel guages?
Macbeast - 17/9/07 at 02:48 PM
Good thinking - well done that man !
iank - 17/9/07 at 03:00 PM
Nice neat holes, did you use a hole saw or a punch? Or are you spectacularly good at chain drilling
(only real complaint is you put it in the bodywork section rather than interior 
)
02GF74 - 17/9/07 at 03:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by iank
Nice neat holes, did you use a hole saw or a punch? Or are you spectacularly good at chain drilling
wrong section oops !! 
drill 10 mm hole; used power nibbler then finished off with a file.
hole punch would have been quicker but ain't got one and doubt it would be locust; would have needed at least 4, including the rectangular one.
nick205 - 17/9/07 at 05:08 PM
Completely OT, but is that an old Whyte mountain bike lurking in the background?
Always intrigued by the theory behind that front suspension linkage. How does it ride?
speedyxjs - 17/9/07 at 06:17 PM
Very nice 
02GF74 - 18/9/07 at 08:17 AM
yep - that is a Whyte PRST-1 with the whacky front forks.
Both front and rear utilise Fox air shocks and it rides very smoothly although I find the front very twitchy. The front wheel is supposed to follow a
J-shaped path when it comes to a bump, in theory moving up and over it to make it easier to ride over; it is difficult to say how effective this is, I
guess the way to do it would be to ride two bikes over the same obstacle several times. It is relativley heavy and the rear swing arm is this weird
triangular thing whcih goes a fair bit below the bottom bracket; IMPO it could have been done better and probalby lighter; like what appears on the
PRST-4.
