david walker
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 posted on 15/8/02 at 09:30 PM |
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bike speedo
I read on TOL some time ago about using bicycle speedos sucessfully. Driven off either a wheel or propshaft they seem to work fine up to 100 mph.
Does anyone have any actual experience of using one and can you suggest a make/model etc?
Dave Walker, Race Engine Services - 07957 454659 or 01636 671277
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/8/02 at 10:28 PM |
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try searching the archives on tol
and i think there might be something in the files area....
atb
steve
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Jim
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| posted on 16/8/02 at 01:53 AM |
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I bought one from http://www.thefastone.co.uk. Can't remember the exact make and model but if you order a catalogue it is in there. It is designed
to be used on bikes an will read up to 183 mph (i think). To make it SVA legal you wil require it to be lit. They also sell a small light which is
designed to light up the display. All for apporx £40
James
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Peteff
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| posted on 1/9/02 at 03:39 PM |
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A mate of mine fitted one ( I helped him  )
to his first car. It was from Halfords and cost less than £10. It ran on a magnet araldited to the wheel rim with a sensor mounted from the shock
bracket and the wire extended with some speaker cable. To calibrate you entered the circumference of the tyre and it was spot on. It ran to something
like 99 mph then started again from 1 mph. We lit it by shining a numberplate light at it from the top of the steering column and it passed sva. That
was low cost. It might have been a sigma or similar make.
yours, Pete Ffrench
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Peteff
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| posted on 1/9/02 at 03:43 PM |
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Forgot to mention another one in the MPS motorbike catalogue which has a trip meter datalogger and all the whistles and bells and costs about £30
yours, Pete Ffrench
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