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russeleoin
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PostPosted: 12:14 - 21 Apr 2009    Post subject: Speedo Converter - do they work? Reply with quote
Hi Guys. I have just found a small bright blue anodised speedo converter(I suspect) screwed into the back of the speedo. The speedo cable screws into the converter. Do these things work, are they MOT legal? If they do work I presume that although the speedo is on km/h that I should read as m/h? I then assume that the odo will also read in miles?

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Finglonga
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PostPosted: 14:16 - 21 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes they do work, had one on my ZRX, the bike will pass the MOT with one fitted also if the odometer is driven by the cable it will also read in miles.
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PostPosted: 14:28 - 21 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Finglonga, just what I wanted to hear.
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PostPosted: 17:21 - 21 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Finglonga wrote:
Yes they do work, had one on my ZRX, the bike will pass the MOT with one fitted also if the odometer is driven by the cable it will also read in miles.


theyll pass without one too
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PostPosted: 10:39 - 22 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Vincent, the bike is an 88 GPz400R. I have a rebuild going, in Show and Tell and one of the strange bits I found was this converter. Looks like a nifty gadget and looks very well made.
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PostPosted: 12:34 - 22 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
russeleoin wrote:
Hi Vincent, the bike is an 88 GPz400R. I have a rebuild going, in Show and Tell and one of the strange bits I found was this converter. Looks like a nifty gadget and looks very well made.


I have one on the Clubman to convert its km/h clocks to mph.* IIFC mine (anodised blue) was an Oxford product - I picked it up in Hein Gericke.

I am told they can shorten the life of your speedo cable but I have had no problems so far and the speedo with it fitted seems to be as accurate as any other speedo.




* My Clubman pre-dates the mph and Km/H speedometer requirement
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Finglonga
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PostPosted: 13:51 - 22 Apr 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kal wrote:


I am told they can shorten the life of your speedo cable but I have had no problems so far and the speedo with it fitted seems to be as accurate as any other speedo.



It's only a couple of gears inside it to reduce the speed down to match MPH marks on the speedo. It puts no extra stress on the cable so wont shorten its life.
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PostPosted: 02:06 - 23 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
sorry for bringing up an old thread but where do you get them from? none of the shops near here stock them and cant find any online.
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PostPosted: 19:00 - 23 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clicky* Thumbs Up

*They are out of stock at the moment but it's the only place I know that does them now.
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PostPosted: 19:55 - 23 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is one used one on ebay, seems a bit high priced.

Found two now.

Search "kph to mph" for one and "speedo convertor" for the other.
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