Dash light bulbs (SV650s, '02)?

[sileguk]

Hey guys,

few days ago my bike was knocked down (while parked) by car, and excluding broken and scratched fairings and indicator, two light on dashboard (speedo) seem to be not working... I believe someone already had such problems, so i need an advice- what kind of light are those? Where can I buy some? I really hope those are not welded in...

Thank You for the answers!!! ;)

[sunshine]

there small bulbs. i think these are accessible by removing the back of the speedo unit and you can get to them, to check size which you can get from most bike shops/halfords or similar

[dirtydog]

Right it's been a while since I've had to replace bulbs in the speedo and cant remember exactly what bulbs are fitted but I think they are 5mm capless 286 bulbs possible 3w or maybe 1.7w. If you have more money than sense you can buy them from suzuki for about £4 each!
Be careful of the car ones as their wattage may be higher and therefor may get a bit hot for the speedo.
Another option is fit LEDs just make sure you get decent ones with a good spread of light or you'll get hot spots.

Front fairing needs to come off to get to the back of the clocks so it makes sense to change all the bulbs while it's apart


I fitted green LEDs to my clocks a while back, picture doesn't really do them justice as it the hot spots look really bad but it's just the camera picking them up more
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x241/dirtydog88/greenLED.jpg

[sileguk]

Thank You for the answers ;) Next day-off (in case of sunny day) I will do that ;) And by the way, it is really good idea to change all of the bulbs... Just in case ;)

[rictus01]

they are RW286 1.2w 12v bulbs, you can get them down Halfords, sometimes called 286/286A T5.

Cheers Mark.

[sileguk]

Thank You all very much!! Really helped me there... Now it is shining as it suppose to be ;) Almost took too strong one, so very big THANKS to rictus01!

[D44nny]

Hi I've just got a sv650 aswell with the same problem. How easy was it to change the bulbs.

[sileguk]

Hey there ;)

Well, it will take some time, to be honest, although the job is very easy... Just lots of bolts ;)

At least I had to take all the front fairings off, as it was uncomfortable, I took off the headlamp as well... Then clocks out, take out back of that, and You will see 8 lamps- 3 are used to light up the clock, other 5 for Oil, indicator and so on... Very good suggestion is to change all at once... There is really no point later on repeating all this job, because it takes some time ;) I had to repeat everything after two weeks, because another light decided to die... :D Good luck ;)

[andrewsmith]

Second the LED's
Work out about £1.05 each posted. Yet to rebuild the front to test, most LEDs are becoming cooler running as the technology is accelerating in development

[apchara]

what bulb type? as in h4 h6, i know they are headlight bulbs but i got a few out and need some but dont know what they are

[rictus01]

this thread is about the "DASH" bulbs, not headlight ones.

having said that H4 bulbs are fitment on the SV.

[apchara]

I know its a dash thread, its the dash bulbs I was asking about, my post was unclear, my apologies

[rictus01]

if you read post 5 in this thread it'll tell you the answer

[apchara]

Cheers bud, was sitting in a service station dripping wet in my kevvy jeans didnt read through properly

[Mauler]

This (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=200969) thread may also help, oddly also the 5th post down to start with.

[slug]

Dash LEDs

I replaced my standard bulbs a year of so back when all the speedo lights had final gone - made nightriding a bit guesswork.

Dismantling the dash is a bit fiddly but not difficult. Remove fairing, take out the clocks and then open up the clock box.

The bulbs for both the warning lights and backlights are T509 fit on a curvy (mines a 2002 SK2). I don't know if they are the same for a pointy but I suspect so.

I found LEDs on this website www.crazyleds.co.uk (http://www.crazyleds.co.uk)

They have both LEDs built into a T509 twistfit fitting http://www.crazyleds.co.uk/509T-TWIST-LOCK-LED.html or I bought pushfit 286 T5 LEDs to go into a T509 fitting (more colour options and a wider light spread) http://www.crazyleds.co.uk/286-T5-Capless-LED.html + http://www.crazyleds.co.uk/509T-twist-lock-holder..html The LEDs are about 60p each and the fitting 27p.

Coloured LEDs behind the warning light lenses work really well and I fitted blue backlights to the speedo/rev counter.

They've been in a for about 7000mls and no sign of any hotspotting

Reassembly is reverse of stripping but be careful in reassembling the clock box so as not to trap the seal between the two bits.

[DryRob]

Could you put a photo up of your blue clock lights please?

[Mauler]

Check the link in my post for an example, Rob.

[DryRob]

Ta, very interesting thread by the way

[slug]

Here you go.


http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?pictureid=7286&albumid=1144&dl=1381261061&thumb=1



The clocks has wide angle blue LEDs

The warning lights also have coloured LEDs for each behind the standard lenses.