Reply To: Cluster Upgrade / TFT Mod – 2017 Hyosung GT125R
Isn’t the display already LCD? – The OEM display that’s fully LCD is Hyo’s newer 2020+ GV300S and Gv650s in Japan but they are not backwards compatible with carby bikes.
The “plastic surround” on your bike is molded to fit the current display you have and the bike’s electrics expect that Orange Backlit gauge to be there , otherwise 99% of all digital displays that are aftermarket WILL fail at some point if not much sooner as sold in china sweat shops.
If you can fork out big money for a dash that will last well, you could look at a KOSO USA gauges (beware of clones, so many clones!) and you have to learn to rewire everything with a fresh connector and wires (no point chopping up your old loom cables , as you will be lucky to find another one at this rate) so expect to have a 9-PIN connector and long sets of cables. Now your new dash should plug & play and remove if you need to restore the old dash.
The plastic surround will be cut around, so buy a new plastic surround and mold / cut your new dash in to it.
Speed Sensor on the left fork is calibrated to run on your OEM dash, aftermarket dashes probably come with magnets attached to fork leg and brake disc to “estimate” speed (but not always perfect!) , so have GPS as a backup as we have more cameras everywhere now lol.
I could be old fashioned to say i prefer how Hyosung did it = RPM tacho + LCD speed display with icons (high beam, neutral, etc) on their own too instead of being intergrated in to the LCD display.
If i ever know someone who has used a real Koso gauge on the 125R, i would ask them to make the tutorial on the forum