Speedo last post.

It turns out it was reading very wrong, i got a UK sensor at a cost of
a stunning £80 for a new one, as opposed to £150 from a dealer.

Anyway, I fit it last night & it reads fine now.

The sensor fits over the sprocket nut & must have some sensing elements
inside. I would have thought it cheaper to manufacture one speedo body
& one sensor & make the speedo changeable dependant on market.

But, it's sorted, it was reading 60mph & i was actually doing 85mph.

£80 is cheaper than losing my license.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

I cannot see how the sensor can be MPH or KPH. All it can count is
sprocket revolutions which will be the same for any given speed whatever
the speedo is calibrated in.

Completely and utterly confused; unless the old sensor was simply
fucked.

 

The (analogue) Suzuki Bandit kmph and mph speedo are the same, but the
numbers pronter on it are different.

I've seen kmph/mph converters on sale for cars and bikes, it apears
that it has some kind of gear in the plug that alters the speed that
goes into the speedo.

Some are available to swap the kmph to mph on a car for example so
that 30kmph = 30mph. This will also **** up the odometer reading too.

Here's a bike one:

<http://www.wemoto.com/library/kph-mph-mechanical-converter/miles-to-kilometers-converter-1.jpg>

 

Yes...

But that's not what Nige has fitted and I'm struggling to see the
relevance of your post in this thread.

 

Thanks. I'd assumed it was just a pick up rather than an assembly
including a gear wheel.

What a stupid design. Still, good for parts business.

 

I feel your pain.

 

it worked fine oin the KPH speedo!

As I say, it fits over the nut that holds the sprocket on & has some
electronics inside the quite hefty case. I agree with you, i deal with
this kind of thing every day, but it is true, there are two part
numbers, one for KPH & one for MPH

Very odd.


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Very stupid design, but I'm legal again, thats all that matters to me.

I'll shove that & the speedo on ebay for worldwide delivery, as thye
are so expensive.


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

I agree - the sensor neither knows nor cares what country the bike is
being ridden in and the display whether analogue or digital is the bit
that does the important thing with the input.

Is probably the right answer - giving spurious readings.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

Nice weather back home, is it?

 

Smart move.

 

That is the strangest design I've ever heard of. Christ knows what they
were thinking when they cooked it up.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

Oddly enough, yes it is this afternoon.

 

Utter madness, all it would need would be a convertor on the speedo,
lets face it, it has one already as it coverts the signals to a
reading. Even a switch would be ok, at worst firmware.

I suppose it's like anything these days, they bung the costs to the
outsourced developer (TDK in this case) so Honda don't lose out.

What a waste of any kind of resources though.


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)