Rolling back the odometer

[Nandonian]

I just bought a second hand speedo for my bike as the other one had cracked glass and kept jumping about. My bikes done 19,000 genuine miles but the new odometer has 93k on it!

The law says that an odometer shouldn't be changed to fool people into thinking it's a low mileage bike, but I just don't want to have my bike saying 93k when it's done nowhere near that.

Is this possible / illegal?
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[P.addy]

93k.
RS125.
You trollin

[reed]

I wouldn't worry about the legal side at all, all you are doing is putting the mileage to what it should be, if I was in your situation I would do it without hesitation.

I'm sure it's possible, but I don't know how to do it so I will shut up now.
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[reed]

[Nandonian]

[Islander]

Dodgy car dealers used to use electric drill to do this very thing.

[Nandonian]

[andym]

I know someone who done it, didn't say exactly how though, but he did say something about turning back the first number with a screwdriver. When I seen the mileage I would never have guessed anything had been done (unlike some where the numbers are all over the place).

Quick edit:

I was told that an electric drill would burn out before getting all the way round the clock and back to a decent mileage... not sure if that's true or not

[mysterious_rider]

Don't bother hooking up a speedo cable to a drill, you can't go in reverse and forwards takes far too long. Remove the plastic lens and use your nails/screwdriver to roll the digits back manually. Be sure to glue it back together properly though.
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[P.addy]

Leave a note in there too...

"Jeez, not this shit again" ideally.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Just take a piccy of both when you're fitting it, and when you sell it give the new owner the old speedo.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3526686/speedo.png
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

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[yen_powell]

Ride the bike for 7,000 miles and have a brand new 0 mileage bike.
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[Linux]

Ye that drill thing is a myth, lets say the drill could reverse it at " 100mph " , it would take about 40 days to wind it all back.

I took mine apart and used a small flat head screw driver to spin them round, be careful not to nick them at all, I accidentally dented one of the numbers and it was noticeable.
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[Timmeh]

I wonder how many 'requests for information' Kornski will get from this thread about you all admitting to clocking your bikes.


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[Timmeh]

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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

I believe the official phrase that's legal to use is "mileage correction". Which is what it is in this instance.
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[andym]

I didn't bother changing the miles on my clocks, (not sure the exact dates but the time line is about right anyway).

21/6/2011: Mot shows mileage at 00009
28/01/13: Mot shows mileage at 68,800

When I took it for the mot I explained I had changed the clocks over and that the previous only had 9 miles, he said he has to go with what is shown.

Now the bike has been sold (for scrap value) and is suddenly showing with 28,000 miles

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Derivative]

I've never taken apart a speedo so I have no idea how it's mechanically put together, but surely driving it at hundreds of times its design speed for days would bugger something up?

I could be completely wrong in which case this statement should be ignored.

[The Artist]

At least some newer ones do not allow rewinding. They were designed not to be spun backwards.

Only ever seen it on old old clocks.

Also, sawdust helps the engine run smooth for the first few miles.

[Islander]

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