vfr400 speedo change

titch11 · Post by **titch11** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:46 pm

just woundering I have managed to change original speedo face off an old universal speedo clock onto vfr400 nc30 but the needle is higher up on new start pin point the pin that the needle end sits on when not moving.Does any body know if were it starts on start pin will this effect reading or not as the new face has kph aswell as mph

here is a picture of what i mean

also going have to replace outer casing as its a bit untidy at moment. Any answer's out there cheers

Post by **CMSMJ1** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:16 pm

Can you edit that to make it legible? I cannot quite figure out what you are trying to say.

titch11 · Post by **titch11** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:18 am

does that make it easier cm sorry not much of a high tec speaker when explaing things

amorti · Post by **amorti** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:57 am

Why would you do that?

You can clearly see that on the old one, 0-180kmh takes about 2/3 of the dial. On the new one, 0-180kmh takes about 1/2 the dial. There is no way it can be accurate unless you have quite heavily raised the gearing (ie, larger rear sprocket / smaller front).

Edit: what bits have you actually changed? The odometer reading is different so have youactually changed the entire internals, or just the face like you said you did?

The only way to reliably check this is go out with a car sat nav in a tank bag, or get a GPS speedo app if you have a newer smartphone (iPhone 3GS or 4 can do this, some android phones too).

If it is not right, you may be able to change the 90 degree joint on the back of the speedo, as these sometimes contain slightly different gear ratios.

Post by **Neosophist** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:19 am

No way thats going to work.

What will happen is when you reach where 80/kmh was on the old dial your speedo will move upto that point on the new one.. which is about 20mph on your new dial :/

titch11 · Post by **titch11** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:25 pm

cheers amorti for reply just changed the face i will do as you said on samsung android.If this doesnt work can i fit cbr400 clocks instead or any other clocks recommended ? cheers for help

titch11 · Post by **titch11** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:47 pm

tested and failed now looking for new clocks any suggestions what will fit edging towards ep7 clocks on ebay but noticed will need longer speedo cable ?

Post by **Neosophist** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:08 pm

Porndog brought a load of MPH faces recently but they all sold.. maybe contact the company he brought them from and get a price on a new one?

The CBR400 was a grey import so it will have km/h clocks too.

You can get NC30 UK clocks that are in MPH if you are lucky to find some.

titch11 · Post by **titch11** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:25 pm

would this work sos for being a pain in the ass lol [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtdyM_xcL1M[/youtube] still cant figure how to do videos so sorry if this doesnt work

Post by **porndoguk** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:30 am

titch11 wrote:would this work sos for being a pain in the ass lol [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtdyM_xcL1M[/youtube] still cant figure how to do videos so sorry if this doesnt work

you just put the youtube video code from the end of the url link anfter the = symbol ie this DtdyM_xcL1M in side the [youtube][/youtube] brackets

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