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I have searched through the Forum so as not to ask a question that has been asked many times before. I discovered that it has, but unfortunately all of the solutions seem to be based on the assumption that the problem is fixing a glare problem when that is not the issue.
Yesterday as I was coming back from a short 50 mile trip on my 2012 Burgman 400; I encountered times when either headed directly into the sun--between 5-6 pm--or at an angle slightly to my right. What happened is that I could no longer see the speedometer. Instead all I could see was darkness and a hint of the needle, but no numbers. I was wearing sunglasses that are great for cutting the glare and I even experimented with having the addition of my helmet's sun visor and that didn't help. Perhaps the best post was this one from "Gramps" in 2007 and I looked to see if he was still active and he is not as he left in 2009. Here is a link to his post: http://burgmanusa.com/forums/15-burgman-650/22619-instrument-panel-visibility.html
Luckily I was riding with a friend and he was in front, so that I didn't have to worry what the speedometer was reading. All other times when I don't have the sun in this position, my sunglasses cut the glare just fine. I am curious about the suggestion of having a filter across the instrument panel as that would seem to suggest a glare problem.
Thanks for any help.
Yesterday as I was coming back from a short 50 mile trip on my 2012 Burgman 400; I encountered times when either headed directly into the sun--between 5-6 pm--or at an angle slightly to my right. What happened is that I could no longer see the speedometer. Instead all I could see was darkness and a hint of the needle, but no numbers. I was wearing sunglasses that are great for cutting the glare and I even experimented with having the addition of my helmet's sun visor and that didn't help. Perhaps the best post was this one from "Gramps" in 2007 and I looked to see if he was still active and he is not as he left in 2009. Here is a link to his post: http://burgmanusa.com/forums/15-burgman-650/22619-instrument-panel-visibility.html
Luckily I was riding with a friend and he was in front, so that I didn't have to worry what the speedometer was reading. All other times when I don't have the sun in this position, my sunglasses cut the glare just fine. I am curious about the suggestion of having a filter across the instrument panel as that would seem to suggest a glare problem.
Thanks for any help.