Speedo again.

Right, been to the local Honda dealer, the new MPH speedo i fit to the
blade is reading well low, about 30% ish. I reckon it must need the
sensor too, from a UK bike. Not a problem thinks I, until the bloke
tells me they are £150 fucking quid.

FFS, anyone know any good bike breakers?

How the **** can they charge that for a fucking sensor? I thought Land
Rover had rip off prices.

Another thought, theres one on ebay, but for a slightly newer bike, any
chance of it fitting right?

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'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

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

 

I recently used http://www.partfinderuk.co.uk/ - they make a small
charge, but you do get a lot of responses. Prices do vary though. See
the recent thread "Breakers".

 

Ta for that, I know I'm not the fastest rider, but **** me silly, I'm
not doing 50 when I know I'm doing at least 70

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'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

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

 

Please read what I posted a while back.

I cannot see any way the sensor would be different since all it'll be
sensing is gearbox output shaft revolutions. i.e. it'll give a pulse
once for every time the shaft goes around. How this could possibly
differ depending on whether it's a contintental or uk bike is beyond me.

Replace it if you want but I suspect that the issue is somewhere else;
fucked clocks?

 

Well, to be honest, I'm with you on this, but it is a known good
speedo. I cant see it being anything other than the sensor.

I'm an electrical engineer & fully understand what you say, but it
seems to be the opposite. I would think the speedo would do the
'calibration' of the signals. I can check it with a mate riding at the
side of me or satnav.

Next, to fit the new UK spec headlights......


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

Nige

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

 

I wonder if the sensor feeds some kind of ecu? hhmm, i'll check.

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'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

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

 

Looks like it goes through the main control module & then out to the
speedo.

Required, one main control module.....or license.


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'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

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

 

Speedo Healer?

 

If the point is to get an accurate MPH speedometer, you could fit a
cycle (pushbike) computer. Not as primitive as you might think, some of
them indicate up to 185 mph, and besides odometer function also indicate
max and average speed on a run as well.

 

I can recommend the Sigma BC series, IIRC the wife's EX250 has a BC600
which works up to 300 km/hr or 186 mph. Unfortunately there's no
illumination built in, so you have to fit an LED lamp or similar if
you need to be able to read it at night.

 

Just get a Yellow Box - http://www.blackrobotics.com/


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