Dashboard and foglamps

[John Boy]

Today I finally had some time to hang out in the garage. I built a 3.5" by 7.5" dashboard that mounts to the centre of the handlebars, put my external 12 volt socket (Marine type) and switch for fog lamps on it for now. I mounted my foglamps on my lower air deflectors, seemed like the height I wanted and out of the way. Two screws during an oil change and they are off my lower fairing. I have a Madstad adventure screen coming for the bike and intend to mount my gps on the inside of the aluminum plate that comes with that setup, seems like a good use of space.

 

[ziggie]

Very nice.i like it

 

[GsVs]

looks great ....

Tell us more about your Dash panel !

Thanks ...

Today I finally had some time to hang out in the garage. I built a 3.5" by 7.5" dashboard that mounts to the centre of the handlebars, put my external 12 volt socket (Marine type) and switch for fog lamps on it for now. I mounted my foglamps on my lower air deflectors, seemed like the height I wanted and out of the way. Two screws during an oil change and they are off my lower fairing. I have a Madstad adventure screen coming for the bike and intend to mount my gps on the inside of the aluminum plate that comes with that setup, seems like a good use of space.

 

[DanH]

HONDABIKEPRO also has a great take on a dashboard where he mounts a couple of GPS units and his phone as I recall. I was kind of thinking about a setup that mounts in the same place with a T bar to put RAM mounts. I want a goshdurn cup holder.

 

[ziggie]

Cup holder would be nice.i was thinking of one of those you put on a bike that holds the bottle.

 

[John Boy]

"Dashboard" is pretty simple. I have a chunk of 1/8 aluminum and thought about using that, but didnt like the idea of it being able to gouge plastics or score the bolts that hold on the handlebars. So I used 1/4 " plywood. Simple and sturdy. Cut a mold out of cardboard, traced it on my lumber, cut it out it and sanded it down a bit. Then coated the whole thing in a rubber based undercarriage paint, gave me the texture and look I wanted, not that far off the matt black, and sprayed it with a coat of good old fashion tremclad. Mounted my gear to it, ran all my wiring in black loom. Pretty simple really, the whole process minus the paint was about 2 hours. Might make an arguement that the plywood is a cheap way out, but I want it to be able to come off easily, not scratching my bike.

 

[FlaNC700X]

Nice John, I'd say an extenda fenda would help nicely too!

 

[Jay Fridays]

Sweeeeeeeeet !!

 

[searsboy]

Brilliant! Never woulda guessed that was plywood!

 

[John Boy]

Nice John, I'd say an extenda fenda would help nicely too!

Its on the list, along with everything else of course. But its somewhere at the top.