Twin Pots
Active Member
- Local time
- Today, 09:03
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2018
- Messages
- 189
- Points
- 42
- Age
- 65
- Location
- Calamvale
- My Ride
- Triumph Bonneville 1967
FJR 1300 Yamaha
As with probably all Triumphs here in Oz my 1967 Bonneville is fitted with the correct 10 - 150 mph speedo. I finally got hold off a Kph speedo 10 - 190 from the US which I really wanted to fit as we ride to Kph here in Australia.
Supposedly renovated it turned out it was not. The US supplier was great and gave me a full refund inc postage and let me keep the speedo. I have never seen another Kph speedo for sale so I reckon this is quite a rare beast. This is an original Grey faced Smiths speedometer.
I took it to a local specialist who did a full rebuild. He did mention it had 1600 gears inside whilst the dial face said 1000. They stuck with the 1600 internal gears. I have now tried using the speedo with both 1.25:1 rear wheel drive and a 2:1 rear wheel gearbox drive. Neither seems to give anywhere near an accurate reading at the speedo. Does anyone out there have experience with the Kph speedo?
Do I need to return it and have the 1000 gear internals fitted to make it work? i have already spent $350 on the rebuild.
Supposedly renovated it turned out it was not. The US supplier was great and gave me a full refund inc postage and let me keep the speedo. I have never seen another Kph speedo for sale so I reckon this is quite a rare beast. This is an original Grey faced Smiths speedometer.
I took it to a local specialist who did a full rebuild. He did mention it had 1600 gears inside whilst the dial face said 1000. They stuck with the 1600 internal gears. I have now tried using the speedo with both 1.25:1 rear wheel drive and a 2:1 rear wheel gearbox drive. Neither seems to give anywhere near an accurate reading at the speedo. Does anyone out there have experience with the Kph speedo?
Do I need to return it and have the 1000 gear internals fitted to make it work? i have already spent $350 on the rebuild.