So don't have much to contribute to the forums in terms of knowledge as a new rider and a god awful mechanic, but I thought I'd share the backlights I used to replace the dead bulbs in my cluster.
While I was at advanced auto parts to get the 194 bulbs to replace mine, I noticed the 194b blue LED bulbs and was sold. The bulbs were 7 bucks a pop and I found them online for like 4 dollars a dozen, but had to have them now of course.
As a not so knowledgable mechanic, it was easy to pull the bulbs from the cluster and replace them. Only problem I ran into with the LEDs was when pushed in all the way the bulb would go out. To solve this I simply bent the leads straight out to make a solid connection. Some people I've seen online have actually modified the LED bulb with thicker leads, but seems like alot of work.
And finally I put the cluster back together and snapped the pictures. Successful first bike mod
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