[Mr Magic Fingers]

Pudgyhd,

Gaswing is right… you need only fix what you have to. The amber signal lens is easy to glue.

However, if that is not all you want to do and you want to make good use of your time in there, because let’s face it, it’s a bugger to get back in there, then there are some things you can do for “fun” while you’re there. Well… I think is fun anyway. People don’t always get my humor. Hahahaha

This is an excellent time to upgrade the quality of sound from your stereo. Always a great benefit to you if you listen to music. It’s very easy to do. I replaced my speakers and re-engineered the “enclosure” they sit in to gain the best sound possible. What is classed as a speaker enclosure for the 1500 Wing is laughable at best. You don’t have to replace the speakers. I simple mod to the enclosure with greatly improve the sound. You can find my write-up here…

http://www.goldwingfacts.com/forums/2-goldwing-technical-forum/388449-1991-gl1500-aspencade-speaker-install.html

Once you have the instrument cluster apart, you may notice a lot of dust and debris inside the white enclosure. They do their best to seal it but dust still gets in there. I removed everything from it and gave it a bath of warm soapy water and then dried it out.

This would be a great time to replace any burnt out lights inside. Some may be burnt out… others may now be “mirrored” (blackened) internally from age or just nearing their age and just not putting out the proper amount of light. Either way new bulbs would/should be the order of the day.

They are readily available. I would highly recommend you do these two steps. If not Murphy’s Law will kick in and bulbs will burn out 2 days after you get it all put back together… probably the in the signal light you glued the lens on. Hahahaha

You could take this one step further though and replace the dash light with LEDs. Easy to do but would cost more than just swapping the bulbs. This is what I did too. You can find my write-up here…

http://www.goldwingfacts.com/forums/2-goldwing-technical-forum/385965-91-aspencade-instrument-cluster-led-upgrade.html

Hope these ideas help you out.

Best of luck…

Tim.

 

[Mr Magic Fingers]

I talk to much and people get here first! hahahaha:ROFL:

Tim.

 

[Mr Magic Fingers]

Glad to hear!

This is an excellent way to learn about your bike and how to maintain it without the extra pressure or worry of a repair that you were forced into making. Calm exploration!

The fact that you have someone there with experience to help guide you is great!

Tim.

 

[Mr Magic Fingers]

Pudgyhd,

Getting someone that is knowledgeable and willing to teach you from their past experiences is not an ego buster… or at least it shouldn’t be. That my friend is how we learn. That’s something that we in North America have lost our interest in and respect for. We’re all now suppose to learn it (stuff) alone and on a computer by ourselves in business and in school.

Never think of it as a blow to your ego to have someone teach you something. I strive for that every day. Any chance I get to learn something from someone I make sure that I make it known to them how appreciative I am. There is a gentleman here in these forums name GlGrezMonki (and local to me) that I am forever grateful to him for taking much time in the past to show me and teach me things I had to do on my 1100 and then my 1500.

I make it a point to teach someone something when I can if they want that knowledge. That’s why we’re here isn’t it?

The ones that get the burnt ego are the ones with the bikes (and their lives) falling apart because they have to make all the mistakes again to learn themselves.

Friendly rant over. Hahahha

Tim.