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hello all i am after a MPH speedo for my nc23 as at night it is very hard to read the little red markings on the speedo,and in the day aswell tbh. i would like to keep the original look but am unable to take the speedo apart as the screen for the odometer reset has rounded off any ideas would be apprieciated

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Re: MPH Speedo

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blue convertor gearbox that plugs in between the speedo and the cable is the only way to get MPH AFAIK (except POSSIBLY an early Fireblade one?)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KPH-MPH-CONVERTER ... 20b8601a59

Gold ones won't work with the type of setup these bikes run I believe
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how does this work does it change whats shown as kmh to mph
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It uses gears inside the blue thing to change it to mph
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Yakama wrote:It uses gears inside the blue thing to change it to mph
Thereby meaning your speedo needle only swoops over the first 2/3 of the dial... doesn't help much with reading it!
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any ideas i was looking at koso speedos but im pants at electrics unless anyone can help
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amorti wrote:
Yakama wrote:It uses gears inside the blue thing to change it to mph
Thereby meaning your speedo needle only swoops over the first 2/3 of the dial... doesn't help much with reading it!
I had one for over a year, and never had any trouble reading the dials at all, especially seeing as you don't need much more than 1/3 of the dial anyway :peace:
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I have one you can have for £20..
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BillingCBR wrote:I had one for over a year, and never had any trouble reading the dials at all, especially seeing as you don't need much more than 1/3 of the dial anyway :peace:
Thats strange, mine usually goes at least half way, no problem.. :whistle:
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naughty naughty :lol:

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