140 MPH speedometer for '80 GS1000E

[J_C]

Funny.. I did a search on this only to find a thread from today. Go figure.

Chef, I'll be interested in this as well. Being that the wiring going on there so sufficiently scared me that I ran away from it last weekend... I assume there's something that runs from the speedo to the turn signal sending unit? (or am I speaking out of my rear)

[80GS1000]

Well, I found a 140 MPH speedo from a GS1100 junker at a local boneyard in Salt Lake. That place is awesome because I found a chainguard for my bike in good shape there yesterday. I eagerly took it inside and the boneyard owner twisted a speedo cable in it to see if it worked.

This was me:



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Alas, my prayers weren't answered as it didn't work. ](*,)

The hunt continues....