Help Needed: Replacement of LCD instrument panel

maclife · Mar 28, 2014

This is a cause of age of the bike... its coming to 12th year, and the instrument LCD has leaked.

Need advice over options to replace it ? Most places only offer a total instrument cluster replacement, which is indeed costly, and time consuming. It also resets your mileage to 0km

Appreciate any advice

Many thanks

gsforster · Mar 28, 2014

Maybe buy a used cluster from a wrecker and carefully transplant the lcd display.

SupraSabre · Mar 28, 2014

Sorry, but I'm afraid you're stuck buying a new (used?) one.

I have bought three now. One was in pretty bad shape and I bought it just to pull apart to see what made it tick!

That LED display is all soldered on to the board.

thumperjdm · Mar 29, 2014

SupraSabre said:
Sorry, but I'm afraid you're stuck buying a new (used?) one.

I have bought three now. One was in pretty bad shape and I bought it just to pull apart to see what made it tick!

That LED display is all soldered on to the board.

Not to hijack the thread, but to SupraSabre--are those regular incandescent 194 bulbs that light-up our dials?

If so, I've got 194 LED's that I'll put in there next time my top cover comes off.

T_C · Mar 29, 2014

thumperjdm said:
are those regular incandescent 194 bulbs that light-up our dials?

No. The light source is LED, surface mounted and soldered.
PITA to change.

mlheck · Mar 29, 2014

Actually the LCD is Not solder to the board. There are metal tabs on the back side of the board that can be straightened out and the whole LCD will come off of the board. The electrical current for the LCD is passed through some silicone pieces that make contact with the board.

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maclife · Apr 1, 2014

Thanks for the inputs mheck and suprasabre ...

Suprasabre, if you still have the one that you torn apart but with working LCD, it would be great that I can take it off you hands... just name a favouarble price if it is still available...Problem is finding one in km/h

SupraSabre · Apr 1, 2014

mlheck said:
Actually the LCD is Not solder to the board. There are metal tabs on the back side of the board that can be straightened out and the whole LCD will come off of the board. The electrical current for the LCD is passed through some silicone pieces that make contact with the board.

Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk

Well, dang, I'll have to take a look at that!

maclife said:
Thanks for the inputs mheck and suprasabre ...

Suprasabre, if you still have the one that you torn apart but with working LCD, it would be great that I can take it off you hands... just name a favouarble price if it is still available...Problem is finding one in km/h

I'll have to see what I paid for it. I think it was around $60, but I'll let you know. I think you can change the miles/F & C...some how (I hope)...anybody know the trick?

Al Gully · Apr 1, 2014

SupraSabre; said:
I think you can change the miles/F & C...some how (I hope)...anybody know the trick?

Here's what you do, set current MPG /average fuel consumption meter display in "No Indication" meaning it is blank.
Then hold the FCD/H button for 3 seconds. It will display metric rather than imperial measurements or visa/versa.

I use it all the time.
A few things don't change, can't change the American bike to read celsius for the temperature.
Also, can't change the American bike from US/GALLONS to KILOMETRES/LITRE

SupraSabre · Apr 2, 2014

Al Gully said:
A few things don't change, can't change the American bike to read celsius for the temperature.
Also, can't change the American bike from US/GALLONS to KILOMETRES/LITRE

Great! My new Calibrated Cop Speedo is in Celsius! There's got to be some little switch on the board to set it! :think1:

SupraSabre · Apr 2, 2014

maclife said:
Thanks for the inputs mheck and suprasabre ...

Suprasabre, if you still have the one that you torn apart but with working LCD, it would be great that I can take it off you hands... just name a favouarble price if it is still available...Problem is finding one in km/h

I'm looking at it now. I need to do a little experimentation with it before I can let it go. I need to find out if there is some way to change the C to F. I'm wondering if it is in the board or the lcd... I can't find anything on it.

Al Gully · Apr 3, 2014

SupraSabre; said:
Great! My new Calibrated Cop Speedo is in Celsius! There's got to be some little switch on the board to set it!

If you don't find that switch and your sale to Maclife doesn't work out, I'll trade you an American one for a Metric one.

SupraSabre · Apr 3, 2014

Al Gully said:
If you don't find that switch and your sale to Maclife doesn't work out, I'll trade you an American one for a Metric one.

The frustrating thing is, I bought that cop speedo because it had about 20K on the clock....which my 2010 has...about...

The only thing wrong is the C VS F!

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So, if you have a American one that is a cop speedo and has about 20K on it we would be in business...

paneuro · May 27, 2014

i was wondering i read somewhere that changing the instrument cluster to a used one will have your milleage according to the cluster. another post somewhere i read that it follows the ecu as the data is stored in the ecu? anyone knows or point to the right answer?

maclife · Jun 14, 2014

Project Completed - the surgery has been successful and many thanks to Suprasabre for supply the LCD.

All data were not affected and remained with mileage in Km, and temp in celsius

SupraSabre · Jun 14, 2014

maclife said:
Project Completed - the surgery has been successful and many thanks to Suprasabre for supply the LCD.

All data were not affected and remained with mileage in Km, and temp in celsius

That's excellent news! Glad to hear all went well!

SupraSabre · Jun 14, 2014

paneuro said:
i was wondering i read somewhere that changing the instrument cluster to a used one will have your milleage according to the cluster. another post somewhere i read that it follows the ecu as the data is stored in the ecu? anyone knows or point to the right answer?

It's in the cluster. Trust me, I've been playing with a number of them over the last couple of years.

paneuro · Jun 20, 2014

maclife said:
Project Completed - the surgery has been successful and many thanks to Suprasabre for supply the LCD.

All data were not affected and remained with mileage in Km, and temp in celsius

great. you managed to change your lcd and the milleage km still remains.

paneuro · Jun 20, 2014

SupraSabre said:
It's in the cluster. Trust me, I've been playing with a number of them over the last couple of years.

OK. this may sound weird but is it specific to certain region? eg US model follows the cluster or Euro model follows ecu.

SupraSabre · Jun 20, 2014

paneuro said:
OK. this may sound weird but is it specific to certain region? eg US model follows the cluster or Euro model follows ecu.

I also have a UK speedo, the mileage is in the speedo!

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