hupelde Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Jim, this should be on it's own thread for mods as its a good one. I just experienced my dash melting on the upper part due to unseasonably high temperatures of 28-30 Celsius!! Damn it. Uh...? Pics...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thruster8999 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Sure would like to see pics too. Did you have a clear windscreen or a tinted one and how long parked in the sun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thruster8999 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Melted dash. 28-30 Celsius, probably happened at work is my guess. Outside for 8 hour shift. Ermax Touring clear screen: > :'( Holy shet. I would not be happy at all with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdog Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 30C. Not good. Had the 600 mile service done today. I'm parking mine in the shade! 2015 Grey FJ09 with a few tweaks, 2007 HD Street Glide - Good Bike + Good Friends = Good Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workn2ride Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 On my way to work!!! Broke the 10K mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member jimf Posted May 28, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 I made sun shades for the FJ's instrument cluster and my GPS. Jim, this should be on it's own thread for mods as its a good one. I just experienced my dash melting on the upper part due to unseasonably high temperatures of 28-30 Celsius!! Damn it. What melted? I can't imagine that the FJ dash melted at only 30C. That's not even a particularly hot summer day. As for its own thread, the mod is pretty simple. I just bought the ABS sheet I mentioned, measured out what I wanted with a couple of 45 degree cuts on each side, and then folded it into shape. The folding is easy: Clamp a straightedge or piece of wood to the ABS at the fold point. Put the ABS on a(nother) piece of wood. Apply heat gun to seam until plastic is pliable. Bend to desired angle. Remove heat, hold until it sets (maybe 15 seconds). Voila! (That's how I folded the GPS shade. With the FJ dash shade, which was the first time I'd tried to fold plastic, I only used the straightedge clamped to the ABS and did the folding with my fingers rather than with a block of wood. As you can see, it's not as clean a fold as a result because I didn't have even pressure for the length of the fold.) I will re-do the FJ dash shade eventually because it's not long enough to shade the whole display a lot of the time. I'll make it look more like the GPS shade, which works brilliantly. Maybe if/when I do I'll create a template and post it. 2015 FJ-09 (Mary Kate) 2007 Daytona 675 (Tabitha, ret.) 1998 Vulcan 800 (Ret.) 2001 SV650S (Veronica, Ret.) 2000 Intruder 800 (Ret.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member jimf Posted May 28, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 Melted dash. 28-30 Celsius, probably happened at work is my guess. Outside for 8 hour shift. Ermax Touring clear screen: :'( Ahh. That must have been caused by lensing of sunlight through the windshield. It may be that the Ermax's shape and the refraction rate of the material was enough, with the sun at just the right angle, to create a good focus. I've never seen anything like that, crazy. 2015 FJ-09 (Mary Kate) 2007 Daytona 675 (Tabitha, ret.) 1998 Vulcan 800 (Ret.) 2001 SV650S (Veronica, Ret.) 2000 Intruder 800 (Ret.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluke Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 On my way to work!!! Broke the 10K mark. How on earth have you managed 10K already? That is some going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member builderbob Posted May 28, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 Installed my CalSci windshield last weekend and my new Shad side cases today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member johan Posted May 28, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 28, 2015 Melted dash. 28-30 Celsius, probably happened at work is my guess. Outside for 8 hour shift. Ermax Touring clear screen: :'( That is weird, I've never seen anything like it! Even a 1970s Datsun dash in the worst of the African heat never melted that quickly! You must surely take this back to Yamaha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rszk Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 That is weird, I've never seen anything like it! Even a 1970s Datsun dash in the worst of the African heat never melted that quickly! You must surely take this back to Yamaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spunrdneck Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 new FJ09 decals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trench Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 where did you get the decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spunrdneck Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 where did you get the decals?from Yamaha, they are the stock decals for the red model- they are 8 bucks each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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