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A question about speedos
evo3500 - 1/11/04 at 11:39 PM

Has anybody managed to get a cable driven speedo working on there bike engine kitcar using there motor bike instruments .If so how did you get a pickup,Id like my speedo to work. building mkgt1 useing standard fzr 1000 thunderace clocks but its a cable driven speedo.For the moment I am using a cheap sigma digital pushbike speedo from m+p motorcycle parts anyone looking for a cheap and accurate speedo this is the one £23.95
Cheap a schips but works well.


locoboy - 2/11/04 at 09:40 AM

check out the hellfire website he managed it using a spring-loaded wheel type affair.


Hellfire - 2/11/04 at 12:35 PM

Our speedo isn't cable driven, its electronic, although the methodology of running it from a rotating part should be the same. We manufactured a sprung aluminium bracket to run the speedo pickup off the diff output. The only problem you may have with a cable driven speedo, is correcting any reading errors. On an electronic speedo, this is done by using a speedohealer or yellowbox. Might be slightly more difficult on a mechanically driven speedo tho. HTH