Speedo drive

[nickjtc]

What I thought was a broken speedometer cable has turned out to be a seized speedometer drive unit. So one of the tangs on the rotating washer thingy in the wheel is mashed up. I'm soaking the unit to see if it frees up, but assuming it doesn't I will have to replace it.

Any of you out there been in this situation?

I'm also considering switching to digital and fitting a Vapor digital gauge, which I've had good success with on a Yam XT500 I had.

[Nick Calne]

You can normally get second hand speedo and clock components from ebay quite cheaply.

If you change for a digital dash how will you mount it? Will you remove the old stuff?

[Sin_Tiger]

You can fit a magnet in one of the disc screw heads and a reed switch, Vapur retailers probably do a variety to suit, if not both Motogadget  and Smiths do various bits & kits.

[nickjtc]

You can normally get second hand speedo and clock components from ebay quite cheaply.

If you change for a digital dash how will you mount it? Will you remove the old stuff?

Yes.

But now might be a chance to bring Stanley into the 21st Century..... perhaps. Being an anal retent if I get a replacement speedo drive I would want to move the digits in the speedo forward to the correct mileage, per the post by Sin http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/topic,10879&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=  Not a huge job, but.......

So I have this afternoon stripped off all of the instruments and started to fabricate a replacement 'dashboard' out of a thin piece of aluminium sheet I had kicking around, using the stock plastic black thingy as a template. A good way to kill a couple of hours and listen to a few tunes in the garage. Did I mention a brewski or two....?

If it ends up looking half-arsed decent then I will order a Vapor 752-704 as suggested by their CSR and the fun will begin..

The $64,000 question will be whether to retain the stock idiot light cluster (and save $55) or to buck up and get the very nice and simple Vapor warning light surround.

[nickjtc]

You can fit a magnet in one of the disc screw heads and a reed switch, Vapor retailers probably do a variety to suit, if not both Motogadget  and Smiths do various bits & kits.

Yes, their kits are very comprehensive. Not cheap, but better than the cack that comes out of Hong Kong.

[nickjtc]

I decided to go Vapor. The compatible one is model 752-704 (in black), assuming you do not want to use their coolant temperature sensor. I will retain the Triumph temperature gauge and mount it where the clock is now in the right hand fairing panel.

I started tearing in to the wiring harness in prep for the fun and games to come and am amazed at the amount of 'excess' wire there is in the harness at the front under the fairing..

[Sin_Tiger]

am amazed at the amount of 'excess' wire there is in the harness at the front under the fairing..

That's for all the options like, heated grips, GPS, heated seats, powered windscreen, Traction Control and Multi Media system, were those options not available in the Americas 

[nickjtc]

That's for all the options like, heated grips, GPS, heated seats, powered windscreen, Traction Control and Multi Media system, were those options not available in the Americas 

Ha ha! But what I meant by excess was not volume, but length. The harness that carries all the warning light wiring is way longer than it needs to be to get from the gauge cluster to the main wiring loom, even allowing for a bit of give.