gauge cluster upgrade?

is there anyway to upgrade the 86 to a digital gauge cluster? with a fuel gauge possibly?

 

not that i know of. you can check out dakota digital for some gauges. i think they were rather pricey though. i am sure with a little surgery to the wiring harness you might be able to hook something up. i think there is a wiring diagram in the pictures section.

 

good question... what about an '84?

 

after a little research i did find out that you would need to get a clutch cover with a speed sensor on it. i think the 94 vfr has one, but i heard there was a problem with length of sensor. so it had to be changed. i posted something where an f2 used an F4 gauges. they seem pretty similiar with mechical speedo. but check out below might help.

Okay i recently came up with a plan to modify F2 upper fairing stay to fit 87 vfr so i can put on F2 racing fairings...(thank goodness for brackets.) Well that left me with another challenge...The Gauges. Well i figured since both Vfr and F2 use the speedo it should be very little headache to modify F2 gauges to work with VFR. but then i came across a post where f4i gauges were swapped on to F2 for digital. I was wondering can anyone see where this would be a problem for VFR. Below is the write up for F2 -> F4i swap

After much research, trial and error, and the search button i got it working
What you need

1. F4i gauges
2. 95-98 900rr front sprocket cover with speed sensor
3. Crimper
4. about 5 feet of wires
5. Quick connect female/ Male connectors (i like quick connects)
6. Alot of time.
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7. Speedohealer V4


First cut the ends off your f4i gauge and expose all of the wires and crimp the quick connect to the wires. Its smart to use all males on one end so you don't mess anything up later when connecting the wires.

Strip the wires from the F2 that go to the original speedometer and crimp the quick connect plugs on it.

Here is the wiring diagram that you will need to use for these wires.


F2 colors ==== F4i colors

Tachometer
Yellow / green ==== Yellow/Green

Temp
Black/ Brown ==== Green Blue

Left turn
Orange ==== Orange

High Beams
Blue ==== Blue

Neutral
Light Green / Red ==== Light Green / Red

Oil Pressure
Blue / Red ==== Blue / Red

Side Stand
Yellow/ Black ==== Green / White

Right Turn
Light Blue ==== Light blue

Dont know what this wire does but it needs to be connected.
Black/Brown ==== Black/Brown

Speedometer 900rr Sensor

black wires goes to black/brown,
pink wires to pink/green
green goes to to green/black.



Red/Green goes to battery



Wires that you dont use (from tach)
Brown/Black - fuel reserve sensor -*not used
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White/Blue - fi indicator - not used.


Also you need to wire in a speedohealer so the speedometer can read the correct speed otherwise it will just read up to about 20mph when your really going about 80-90mph



Im going upload some pictures and a video of it working


and this is what a few people said

you would have to source a sprocket cover from a newer vfr that has the speedo pickup on the sprocket cover. 3rd gen and 4th gen are your options here. then get a 3rd gen clutch pushrod and grind it down so its 10mm longer than the original one.


4th gen. 3rd gen still has the mech. drive, off the counter cover.

I wonder if I could use some F4i guages on my 85 VF if I fire up the TIG and weld a boss into the first gen sprocket cover.......

 

thinking of doing this. Do you have any pics of the finished project?

 

Pics would be great if you have them...thanks