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Re: Moving stock speedometer
Reply #15 - 08/05/15 at 02:55:46
 
Kris01 wrote on 08/04/15 at 18:04:38:
It's a speedhut gauge. It's also somewhere in the neighborhood of 5" or so. I was wanting something a lot smaller...like around 2.25". You can't get the combo gauges without going to a very large gauge.

Those are quite spiffy looking! Just checked out the Speedhut website, they are apparently 4" and slightly pricy (and not watertight, but that can be remedied), but you can chose everything from the color of the needles to the color and fonts of the face.  
Does anyone know, or can measure, the diameter of the stock speedometer?

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Reply #16 - 08/05/15 at 03:05:22
 
I didn't have any trouble reading my TrailTech Vapor digital gauges - but the dashboard they sell with the turn signal, neutral and high beam light is a different story.  In direct sunlight it was nearly impossible to see the turn signal indicators, even after I changed the indicator lights to brighter LED's.  Their dashboard looks nice and works fine on cloudy days and at night.....not so good in sunlight.  I did like the trip meter, clock, and engine temperature gauge - the outdoor temperature gauge was always about 15 degrees off....I would be really cold and the thing would say it was 65 degrees!

The dual speedo/tach I used is a Speedhut brand, and Dime City sells a similar one that they buy from Speedhut and have their own printing put on it.  The units are not waterproof where the wires go into the back, and you have to do something to get that sealed up.  RTV silicone would do it.....but that would look a bit tacky.  I made some plastic covers and glued them in place.  On the last Dragon run Springman, Art Webb and I got hit by a really hard downpour, and the speedometer stayed dry inside!

The stock speedometer is about 3-13/16" diameter at the outside of the chrome bezel.  I think the 90 degree angle of the cable drive would be a bit troublesome if you moved it up to the handlebars/forks.
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Reply #17 - 08/05/15 at 03:42:03
 
Acewell makes a wide range of digital speedometers.  The shiny glass in the face can sometimes be hard to read when the sun hits directly on the face.....the mounting angle makes a big difference in how it works for you.  My Speedhut gauge is the same way, and every now and then I get some glare from it.

http://www.acewell-meter.com/

They have one for $ 219 that has a lot of functions - my only gripe with this one is the display and buttons look a bit tacky.

http://www.dimecitycycles.com/black-acewell-2853-digital-speedometer-and-tach...

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The top of the line one is $ 475!

http://www.dimecitycycles.com/black-acewell-2853-digital-speedometer-and-tach...

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Reply #18 - 08/05/15 at 04:10:25
 
Speedhut makes a small 3-3/8" GPS speedometer that is $ 259, and you can customize the face to a lot of different font style or colors. You will have to seal wires out the back of the case.  It has a lot of features like altitude, trip meter, maximum speed, time, direction, clock, 0-60 mph time, 1/4 mile time.  They most likely have a version with high beam and turn signal indicators.....although I found they are not visible in direct sunlight.  I had them shorten my antenna cable to 18" and I mounted the antenna on the top of my front brake master cylinder with a velcro strip, and it works just fine.

http://www.speedhut.com/gauge/GR338-GPS-01/1/GPS-Speedometer-Gauge-120mph
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