New Look for My Scoot By insanetexan (Read 844 times)

[insanetexan]

For the last 6 or 7 months I have been working on my scoot. Yes it has taken me this long. LOL What I did was stripped it all down and sanded the plastics and gave it a new paint color.



The colors are Almond and Slate Blue.

The longest part was figuring out how to mount the new gauges I ordered but I figured out after several failed tries;


This is the view during the day,


And the night view.

I also added a new radio that also has a jack for headphones and Ipod connections and I ordered a used Glove compartment section that came with speakers already installed,


The radio I got off Ebay.



This also came off Ebay.


Just thought I would share what I have done to the scoot.

Finally I can ride again. ;D

[bhinch]

Excellent work....great ideas and this will help others improve their rides....enjoy...

[bhinch]

I would love to have the info on the gauges....where to buy and such...thanks...

[terrilee]

very cool #smiley-happy080#

[richardthescooter3]

Love that blue where did you get the material for that seat, awesome I too will start soon in working on mine, buying new panels Sunday, not the color I want, so I want to paint them. Any ideas?

[insanetexan]

OK to start off question 1 about the gauges; I got the 3 3/8" GPS Speedometer and 3 3/8" Quad gauge setup from .speedhut.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.speedhut.com and the 2" RPM gauge from .glowshift.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.glowshift.com The quad gauge set you can get with different gauges.
Question 2; The seat and backrest on the trunk box I had done at an upholstery shop cost was right at $200.00.
The paint isn't all the great stuff just went to the local lumber/hardware store and got the spray primer and spray paint for plastic.

[insanetexan]

Thanks All. I like the choices I made in the colors and the gauges. It may have cost me a bit to get it all down but I wouldn't change a thing if I had it all over to do again.

[richardthescooter3]

Thanks insanetexan for the info

[prodigit]

looks like the seat paint may peel off after a while...

[scooteraddict]

I realy like the guages. A few questions.

1. Where did you tie the Tach into?

2. How accurate is the GPS speedometer?

[insanetexan]

TY Scooter. 1st off i think the speedometer would be as accurate as any gps device can be. It has it's own sensor which is on the top of the dashboard to get full view of the sky. What little I have rode it, it seems to be pretty accurate. (unfortunately the scooter now has an oil leak). 2ndis the tach, in the back of the original gauges there is a 3 wire plug for the tach. I used the plug from that to determine the pulse wire. If I am not mistaken I think it is a Yellow/White wire (the middle wire of the 3 wire plug) the other 2 wires were a hot and ground I think. I am not sure tho that the tach is correct on the readings unless the original tachs they use are debunked by a lot. When the old gauges were in, the tach would read like everybody elses at around 2K idleing, with the new tach in and a filter on it, it is reading in the 4K range idleing. So I am not sure which gauge was/or is correct. I don't really worry about the tach when riding anyway just when I am adjusting the engine, as long as it can read a steady pulse I am happy with it. The tach itself has an adjustment in the back to set it for different types of engines from 1 cylinder all the way up to 10 cylinder. I will get a set of original guages out of the storage shed and see about posting a pic with the wires I am referring to.