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dummy light dust covers
« on: February 07, 2021, 06:05:32 PM »
is anyone doing a repop on these?  seems oem is scarce or nonexistent. 
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2021, 06:14:16 PM »
No idea what you are asking about
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2021, 06:22:43 PM »
No idea what you are asking about

these.  see photo.  i realize it was originally sold as one part but many have asked about just the rubber boots, including myself. 
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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2021, 10:39:15 PM »
idiot lights.

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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2021, 01:14:16 AM »
Never seen just the boots but have seen the whole thing as a pattern part just not sure where. Try putting the Honda part number into google
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2021, 01:18:07 AM »
i think Z1 may have the complete bundle. the boots alone i've never seen sold separately.

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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2021, 04:10:01 AM »
Yamiya list it at about $50 plus shipping 37581323000
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« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2021, 05:27:29 AM »
I think you can get just the boots from Marcel at https://www.cb750faces.com/en/  They should be the same as the boots that go in the early gauges.
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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2021, 06:17:39 AM »
Not listed on his site
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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2021, 06:27:11 AM »
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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2021, 06:38:17 AM »
I ordered them from cb750faces.  Here is a link: https://www.cb750faces.com/en/honda-cb750-k0-sandcast/102-rubber-housing-for-lamp-socket-honda-cb750-gauges.html
Too big for my 74 550, but with a bit of work I got them to fit but that is understandable since they are made for a 750.


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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2021, 09:04:22 AM »
Bit dubious of that item as no other items for sale and ebay shop empty
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« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2021, 09:21:24 AM »
Z1 do do them but they appear to be out of stock at present, personaly i find their wesite unfreindly and clunky
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« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2021, 09:42:36 AM »
I agree on both counts.

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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2021, 11:40:25 AM »
I looked into this a few months ago. Z1 listed them but were out of stock. Yamiya had them and I pulled the trigger but then they messaged me back and wanted more money for shipping because of covid so I declined. I think the part was around $25 but all the shipping jacked it to around $80.
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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2021, 07:32:07 PM »
I was able to snag a bulb harness from Z1 a few months ago for $30.  Quality looks good.  Definitely better than the deteriorated 45 year old set that came with the bike.  They sell out pretty quick.  I ordered them as soon as I got the "in stock" notification.
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dummy light dust covers
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2021, 08:18:00 PM »
Did some research and came across this at Denniskirk.  I’m sure if you dig a little deeper you can find out who manufactures/wholesales them; Digikey, McMaster-Carr, etc.  I hate spending double digit money on a piece of rubber about the size of a fingertip. Even if these aren’t the exact size, for four dollars a pop, Worth seeing if you could make it work.

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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2021, 08:32:04 PM »
much more exists than i thought.  thanks for all the info. 
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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2021, 08:34:53 PM »
Z1 do do them but they appear to be out of stock at present, personaly i find their wesite unfreindly and clunky

i agree.  they just gobbled up a few other smaller companies and it's sort of become vanilla from as appearance stand point. 
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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2021, 12:57:37 AM »
I ordered them from cb750faces.  Here is a link: https://www.cb750faces.com/en/honda-cb750-k0-sandcast/102-rubber-housing-for-lamp-socket-honda-cb750-gauges.html
Too big for my 74 550, but with a bit of work I got them to fit but that is understandable since they are made for a 750.

I got some from Marcel and used them successfully on my 400F.

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Re: dummy light dust covers
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2021, 06:34:29 AM »
The harness is same part number for 500,550 and 750 so should fit all of them the same
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