RCinNC
Well-Known Member
I have a 2014 S10 (non ES version) that I've had for a year now. About a week ago, on a sunny day in the 80's, I parked the bike in the sun at a restaurant. About 45 minutes later I came back out, switched the bike on, and saw that the right side of the instrument cluster (the side that contains the tripmeter info, mpg, etc) was clouded over with a black cloud. It wasn't condensation; it appeared to be in the LCD display itself. I could still see the numbers around the edges of this "cloud". Gradually the cloud shrunk towards the center of the display (it took about 20 minutes total) until it was clear again. It seems fine now, though my perception is that the display isn't quite as bright and sharp as it was before, though I can't be certain of this.
Has anyone experienced this? I know some guys with V-Stroms have experienced melting of their dashboards when they parked their bikes at just the right angle to the sun and the sunlight got magnified through the shield til it was hot enough to melt plastic; could something similar have happened here?
Has anyone experienced this? I know some guys with V-Stroms have experienced melting of their dashboards when they parked their bikes at just the right angle to the sun and the sunlight got magnified through the shield til it was hot enough to melt plastic; could something similar have happened here?