Hey everyeone.  I'm an ex-Savage owner and have a question for you all.  (I'm actually number 20 in the poster's picture gallery; Ryan G--blue/silver savage).  I know Savage owners are the best people out there, so I thought I'd come here first to ask.  My buddy just got an 81 Yamaha Virago and we're looking to do some work on it.  We're looking for a handlebar-mounted speedo (one that'll look decent, but not cost too much; I think I may have heard of people using bicycle speedos before).  Anyone know where I can get one?  Thanks!

If anyone's looking for an old bike to fix up, the Virago is perfect.  It's got some great potential.  It's a v-twin 750, rear mono-shock, pretty good overall lines (especially after we redo the seat), and a heck of a lot of fun to work on.

By the way, I've got an Intruder 1400 now.  Holy crap.  I love it.  I'll always love the Savage though, and I'm sure I'll have one again someday.  I sure miss tinkering around with it.

Thanks for all your help, guys.

 -RG

The one I've heard of folks using is a Sigma.

I am using a universial speedometer with a tripometer that I traded a set of HD buckhorn bars for.  In order to mount the speedo on the handlebars I purchased a 10" cable extension from www.workingclasschopper.com

Now I hope to have the flexiblity to mount a bigger gas tank something along the lines of a one piece 3.5 gallons and up tank like a HD FX, I have also looked to see if the M50 Boulevard, Intruder, Marauder tanks might work.  If any of these tanks are off fuel injected bikes then they might not work.  

I noticed a 3.5 gal fatbob/quickbob tank on cyclewarehouse website that looks to be close to 6" wide which is needed to mount on the stock LS650/C40 frame that starts out single tube for 5.5" then Y's to 6" for 10" to the rear tank mount.  I posted some additional comments in the Michael P. Plan



Regards from Alaska

Thanks everyone.
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All right guys, here's my 1400:

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I'll get picks of the Virago as soon as I can.

Very nice indeed! Clean, no-frills ... my fave look when it comes to motorcycles!

Well, as far as bigger bikes go, it's probably the lightest one you're gonna find out there.  It's got 300cc's on the Vstar 1100 and its about 100 pounds lighter at 550 pounds (which is about 200 pounds heavier than the Savage).  I've absolutely no problems with it at all.

 -RG

That's real nice lookin'!

The mini speedos we have are geared 2.1:1 which is the proper gearing for almost all japanese motorcycles.
These are mechanical drive speedos.
If your moving your speedo you may want to remount your idiot lights, we have 3-4 options for that too.