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By Beezabryan - Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:18 pm

- Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:18 pm #17511

Am I lucky?............... 40k miles on andthe original speedo head is working fine without any attention.............The cable has a decent route up into the casquette & the speedometer..............I did change the drive some years ago because the inner cable was slipping inside the drive, for quite a few years I'd wrapped a bit of silver paper round the inner cable end to make it fit until I got round to replacing the drive

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By Dave65 - Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:56 pm

- Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:56 pm #17516

Grunda - have you tried one of the repro speedos from our hosts? As an ex employee one of my jobs was to check every speedo for accuracy (those were fun times) and if they didn't meet the 10% rule it was scrapped or sold off as a special offer. About 50% of them failed this requirement so if you have bought one direct from India you have a 50/50 chance of it being ok.
Dave

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By apparently lucky eddie - Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:34 pm

- Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:34 pm #17517

I have to say the Smiths repro that I bought from here and fitted on my Bullet appears to be fairly accurate and has no wavering or needle shake. As an aside, one of the occasional posters here was constantly accusing me of speeding until on a riding course the plods pointed out that the (original fitment)speedo on that posters EFI was wildly optimistic. I will refrain from making any underhand comment about high speed EFI's. Oh damn, I've done it again!

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By grunda 12 - Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:05 pm

- Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:05 pm #17519

hi to all the chaps ,lets cut to the chase here,my speedo came from india it worked superbley well until the mileeage hit 2000 miles then it went tits up tried every trick in the book ,it works ok until it warms up then it is best described as "shite" i know mr h does all his relevent tests but as i say i know of a young chap who has returned 3 of the said tested speedo,s is the only route to fork out for a reconditioned chronometric from a reputable dealer ? can anybody recomend a reputable dealer ,ive just come into a tidy little windfall and might bite the chronometric bullet so to speak ,be seeing ya

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By Chris Tindal - Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:13 pm

- Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:13 pm #17520

I've got some chronometric 80mph innards you can have Paul if you want to make one.

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By apparently lucky eddie - Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:21 pm

- Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:21 pm #17521

A tidy little windfall eh grunda? Perhaps its time for a nice Smiths Chrono speedo and tach, connected to, say, a nice Beesa Goldie or RGS?

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By grunda 12 - Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:19 pm

- Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:19 pm #17555

hi chris you,ll have to show me your innards are they 2.1 ratio? eddie i said windfall ,after the wifes got her new laminate floor and bathroom tiles,the sons had his maintainance ,i,ll just about be left with the change to buy a tank of diesel!! not really into goldstars i,d sooner have a w800 in matt black with gold anodised wheels brand new for around 6k another dream but more realistic paul.

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By Chris Tindal - Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:28 pm

- Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:28 pm #17561

You wouldn't want to see my innards.