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Moving stock speedometer
07/31/15 at 11:08:30

How much trouble would it be to move the stock speedometer to the handle bars? I guess the only thing I would need to worry about are the wiring for the lights and the proper length of cable to drive the needle, right?

I'm tired of looking down at the speedo and don't want an aftermarket speedo that reads 160 mph on a bike that's barely capable of 90! Wink

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #1 - 07/31/15 at 11:50:14 I think you'll find most bar mounted units are fed from the front tire. Imagine the cable and the routing and the action of turning and what that would do. And the cosmetics.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #2 - 07/31/15 at 14:49:49 Cosmetics I can take care of. I was just wondering if the cable routing would chew up the ends of the cable or something. It's probably not the best idea.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #3 - 07/31/15 at 15:01:55 Maybe build a mount off the frame and bring it up near the front of the tank?
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Johnny57 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 76 Minneapolis Gender:	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #4 - 07/31/15 at 15:10:02 RYCA makes a bracket; sells a Speedometer and sells a longer cable so you do not have to use front wheel.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #5 - 07/31/15 at 16:46:31 But the Ryca speedo has waaay too high of a maximum speed. I wouldn't use over half the gauge. I'm just looking for some options.
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05ss45 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 12	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #6 - 07/31/15 at 18:13:33 Ill be keeping an eye on this thread as i am debating where to move the speedo. I might just go with the higher mph one.
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Re: Moving stock speedometer
Reply #7 - 07/31/15 at 18:50:30

Securing a much longer cable might be an issue and there doesn't seem to be a lot of room on the stock bars for the instrument and its associated paraphernalia, if you intend keeping the surround. A possible solution might be to see if you can find a speedo off an older 250-350 cc bike that only reads to 100mph or less and see if you can have it calibrated to suit the S40.

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chzeckmate Serious Thumper Offline Be the person your dog thinks you are Posts: 514 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #8 - 08/03/15 at 16:13:12 The RYCA cable is $60...pricey. Maybe just use a cable extension like this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-SPEEDOMETER-CABLE-EXTENSION-black-custom-chopper-s...
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #9 - 08/03/15 at 18:32:33 I saw a post/thread the other day from seviersavage where he moved the stock speedo to the handlebars but I can't find it now and he hasn't been online for a while.
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Re: Moving stock speedometer
Reply #10 - 08/03/15 at 18:54:10

There are a bunch of electronic options these days, and mounting a magnet and a sensor is not a big deal. They also have a lot of features on some of them like trip mileage, a clock, engine temp, outside air temp, max speed, a tach, etc. The good news is the speed is programmable and you can get it exact.....and each time you change a tire or gearing you can make corrections for your speed. The Trail Tech Vapor is about $ 120 in the basic form, and about $ 50 more with the dashboard that has indicator lights (that are hard to see in sunlight).

Another option is the GPS speedometers, and they are getting more affordable. The only problem I have had with my GPS is when we were riding at the Dragon.....sometimes it took a while for the speedometer to lock into the satellites and show a speed, as the steep hills and tree cover sometimes made it hard for it to lock onto the satellites.

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Re: Moving stock speedometer
Reply #11 - 08/03/15 at 19:02:12

I've been looking at the Speedhut gauges but if I get a speedo, I'll have to get a tach. It's just how I am! I wouldn't really use it for anything - I just like to watch the needle move! Cheesy

The great thing about Speedhut is that I can get a speedo that reads 80 mph! That means that about 90% of the gauge sweep would be useable for me.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #12 - 08/04/15 at 03:20:01 Kris01 wrote on 08/03/15 at 19:02:12: I've been looking at the Speedhut gauges but if I get a speedo, I'll have to get a tach. It's just how I am! I wouldn't really use it for anything - I just like to watch the needle move! You can get them both in the same unit.
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Re: Moving stock speedometer
Reply #13 - 08/04/15 at 16:30:00

I've thought about the same thing, but a huge consideration (and probable expense) is what to do with the "hole" you create in the tank.

Concerning the digital spedo units, I was talking just a few days ago with a guy who has one, and he claims that in many instances it's hard to read due to lighting. He said bc of glare or other factors he often can't see the numbers. Just an FYI as I have no 1st hand experience.

Edit: Dave is that combo unit mounted on a savage! Looks sweet. Do you know where it was sourced?

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Moving stock speedometer Reply #14 - 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.
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