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SteveBless YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	400cc Jap import speedo 04/22/13 at 09:57:18 Hi, Does anyone know what the speed warning light on the speedo is for?. I have not yet rode my bike so I haven't got a clue what its for.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28889 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 400cc Jap import speedo Reply #1 - 04/22/13 at 10:10:38 We don't have one on the 650. Maybe the owners manual for the 400 will explain it.
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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: 400cc Jap import speedo Reply #2 - 04/22/13 at 11:54:50 Its there to tell you that you are speeding. Back in the day when our top speed limit was 80 km h, There were vehicles mainly cars that would give off a horrible sound when speeding.Pull the bulb out if it bothers you. Speed limit now is 100kph, I would prefer it to be 110 or 120 especially open roads.
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Reply #3 - 04/22/13 at 12:08:25

verslagen1 wrote on 04/22/13 at 10:10:38:

We don't have one on the 650.
Maybe the owners manual for the 400 will explain it.

If you can find a manual. I cant anywhere on the planet. Angry

Not that I need one as I replaced my 400 donk with a 650.
Tell you what if anyone could find a 400 manual they would be worth there weight in gold. Unless you are pulling apart the engine the 650 manual works just fine.

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wambr Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 610 Russia, Samara Gender:	Re: 400cc Jap import speedo Reply #4 - 04/22/13 at 22:07:59 on my Savage the light bulb is not and will never light flashed.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28674 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: 400cc Jap import speedo Reply #5 - 04/22/13 at 23:02:17 If mine had one,... and it ever flashed.... I would be ,... sooooooo... proud.... ...
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Reply #6 - 04/22/13 at 23:16:49

Paul, I will disagree somewhat on your interpretation of the bleeper. The New Zealand speed limit was lowered from 100 kph to 80 kph following the oil crisis in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur war of 1972?. At the time there weren't any Jap imports to speak of in our country and virtually no speed warning bleepers existed in vehicles. The bleepers first appeared when second hand Jap imports were allowed after 1984. The first Savage 400's to come here probably had them as stock. It would be interesting to know where SteveBless is from.

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wambr Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 610 Russia, Samara Gender:	Re: 400cc Jap import speedo Reply #7 - 04/23/13 at 00:16:57 can quite be and so... I don't have the full information . just on my "baby" this is not
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Re: 400cc Jap import speedo
Reply #8 - 04/23/13 at 01:10:28

jcstokes wrote on 04/22/13 at 23:16:49:

Paul, I will disagree somewhat on your interpretation of the bleeper. The New Zealand speed limit was lowered from 100 kph to 80 kph following the oil crisis in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur war of 1972?. At the time there weren't any Jap imports to speak of in our country and virtually no speed warning bleepers existed in vehicles. The bleepers first appeared when second hand Jap imports were allowed after 1984. The first Savage 400's to come here probably had them as stock. It would be interesting to know where SteveBless is from.

I live in the UK. The bike has been imported, and I have yet to register it. I bought a MPH speedo from ebay, it was located in the US, so I know I will have to disconnect the bulb. I just wondered what it was. My Fiat 500 I used to have had a warning beep which you could set, so I had a bit of an idea. I need to get the thing on the road with the original KMH speedo and see when it comes on. Not sure when its going on the road though. I am enjoying working on it.

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Reply #9 - 04/23/13 at 01:16:00

paulmarshall wrote on 04/22/13 at 12:08:25:

verslagen1 wrote on 04/22/13 at 10:10:38:

We don't have one on the 650.
Maybe the owners manual for the 400 will explain it.

If you can find a manual. I cant anywhere on the planet. Angry

Not that I need one as I replaced my 400 donk with a 650.
Tell you what if anyone could find a 400 manual they would be worth there weight in gold. Unless you are pulling apart the engine the 650 manual works just fine.

Hi Paul, I got a reply from my mate in Japan about info on the 400cc. He said it may take him a couple of weeks and he will start to ask questions and do a bit of research. I may be able to get a manual but it will be in Japanese. My daughter took Japanese at school so we could get it interpreted. Or my mate in Japan (he is English by the way) could get it done depending on what we need to interpret. Just a thought!

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Re: 400cc Jap import speedo
Reply #10 - 04/23/13 at 11:51:12

SteveBless wrote on 04/23/13 at 01:16:00:

paulmarshall wrote on 04/22/13 at 12:08:25:

verslagen1 wrote on 04/22/13 at 10:10:38:

We don't have one on the 650.
Maybe the owners manual for the 400 will explain it.

If you can find a manual. I cant anywhere on the planet. Angry

Not that I need one as I replaced my 400 donk with a 650.
Tell you what if anyone could find a 400 manual they would be worth there weight in gold. Unless you are pulling apart the engine the 650 manual works just fine.

Hi Paul, I got a reply from my mate in Japan about info on the 400cc. He said it may take him a couple of weeks and he will start to ask questions and do a bit of research. I may be able to get a manual but it will be in Japanese. My daughter took Japanese at school so we could get it interpreted. Or my mate in Japan (he is English by the way) could get it done depending on what we need to interpret. Just a thought!

SteveBless any info would be great thanks

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Re: 400cc Jap import speedo
Reply #11 - 04/23/13 at 11:57:39

jcstokes wrote on 04/22/13 at 23:16:49:

Paul, I will disagree somewhat on your interpretation of the bleeper. The New Zealand speed limit was lowered from 100 kph to 80 kph following the oil crisis in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur war of 1972?. At the time there weren't any Jap imports to speak of in our country and virtually no speed warning bleepers existed in vehicles. The bleepers first appeared when second hand Jap imports were allowed after 1984. The first Savage 400's to come here probably had them as stock. It would be interesting to know where SteveBless is from.

Yes mate you are right about the Jap imports and the speed warning bleepers, I didn't explain myself very well earlier. I was trying to explain that we had cars that once use to tell use that we were speeding. Sorry I should have mentioned they were from Japan.I did not know our speed limit use to be 100kmh prier to 1972.I was alive but not driving at the age of 5. Cheesy

However SteveBless that is a warning speed light and just pull that sucker out.

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Re: 400cc Jap import speedo
Reply #12 - 04/23/13 at 22:15:18

on our forum, in Russia, someone wrote that this lamp illuminates when the transmission 5 and at speeds of more than 100 or 120 km/h. but, unfortunately, neither in the wiring diagrams or on microfiche for LS400 I anything intelligible not found... there is light, there is a wire to it, but where this wire is connected-it is not clear... maybe to ignitor...

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