Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

A Bright Spark (again…)

Well, I had another bright idea, which once again led me into all sorts of trouble! I reckoned that it would be nice to have one of those LED gear change indicators.

As I’m sure most of you know, the Suzuki GT750 came with one in red as standard on the later models. The factory fit unit I had did not look like it was going to be easy to use, plus I wanted blue... typical. Back on to the Bangood website and a couple were on their way. They might be cheap Chinese, but if it didn’t work then not much lost. When they turned up the quality seemed reasonable.

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