{"id":29922,"date":"2022-01-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=29922"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:46:04","slug":"thoughts-merlinmotorsport-various-motorsports-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20220123\/convenient-tips\/thoughts-merlinmotorsport-various-motorsports-items","title":{"rendered":"[Thoughts] merlinmotorsport \u2013 An amazing selection of various motorsports items, too good to be true. The STACK ST8130 is still available"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Digital meters just don’t do it for me… as an old timer.
Even with digital, I really like that blocky calculator-style font \u2013 segment display. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah, I was dreaming about the 21st century in so many ways… or is it just me? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

merlinmotorsport<\/a> is really quite good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Well, we really have entered a convenient age, haven’t we.

When I introduce overseas sites like this, there are rare cases where people misunderstand…
I’m not introducing them because they’re cheap \u2013 I’m introducing items that are hard to get in Japan.
If you can’t overcome that wall of “I really want this!”, I can’t recommend taking the plunge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want STACK meters and such, you can get them domestically in Japan.
However, fine sensors and attachments can sometimes be hard to source in Japan.
STACK dash system GPS speedometer interface module<\/a>
It’s compatible with the ST8130 and similar. Inspection is tough, but it looks good for tuning too.
Aftermarket meters don’t work out as easily as just measuring the tire circumference… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ultimately simple and excellent design STACK ST8130<\/a>

I love this white panel and have one on my GS1000S too.
To think new ones are still available… it’s the best.
Since it’s for cars, it’s not waterproof, and the harness is thick and bulky.
There’s even a silica gel packet inside the meter…
It’s pretty rough around the edges, but that’s part of what makes it a meter I can love.

You never know when things like this will stop being available… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dzus clips & fasteners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can get items like this too. With domestic Japanese distribution, you basically can’t choose the length below the head.
Having choices just adds to the dilemma, but they also sell lengths that make the impossible possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AeroLoc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven’t tried it myself, but it looks like an interesting fastener.
They say it completes in a quarter turn, but… I wonder how that works out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The needle direction is so niche… incredibly cool… <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it’s a site where dreams expand… but it does have a somewhat… industrial feel to it.
Enjoy during those long COVID nights! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Digital meters just don’t do it for me… as an old timer. Even with digital, I really like that blocky calculator-style font \u2013 segment display. Ah, I was dreaming about the 21st century in so many ways… or is it just me? merlinmotorsport is really quite good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,37],"tags":[269],"class_list":["post-29922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-convenient-tips","category-thoughts","tag-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}