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Good morning everyone,

I'm hoping someone could assist me with a problem I'm experiencing with my 1983 GPz 550. As stated above, the LCD readout on my dash is very dim and not very legible. I've done a fair amount of searching and haven't had too much luck in tracking down the issue or a fix. Lots of people seem to have problems with dim LCDs, but that's mostly due to them parking them in the heat. This is *not* the problem I have. My display is dim all the time.

Thanks much for any assistance that can be offered,

-Matt

Hey Matt, I have the same issue with my GPZ750. For mine it seemed to get worse when I replaced the bulbs in the instrument panel. Not sure if you need a special bulb behind it or not. Maybe someone wiser will chime in...

ThatGPzGuy wrote: Hey Matt, I have the same issue with my GPZ750. For mine it seemed to get worse when I replaced the bulbs in the instrument panel. Not sure if you need a special bulb behind it or not. Maybe someone wiser will chime in...

Thanks for the response; my assumption is that you may have knocked something loose that was already possibly in a fragile state. I've been doing some reading and it looks like failed/failing electronic components like capacitors and whatnot can cause a dim condition. Of course more simple things like corroded connectors can be a problem as well. I've not done any digging into the dash myself just yet as I'm dealing with other more important problems (tank was leaking, had to de-rust it, solder it up, coat it, and repaint/patch it up, etc). That said, I want to get to the bottom of this problem because it is quite irritating!