This one is for PainterD but anyone else too... Speedometer.

I got the little mini speedo which was supposed to be 2200/60. Maybe the xjs don't use the same wheel rpms as other japanese bikes. Don't know. I do know I am either going 60 miles per hour in regular 55 zones or ALL traffic has decided to go 80 since I got the bike back.
Anyway, just wondering where you got the speedometer. Or ifnybody has a good source for speedos which work a little better for our motorized cycle units?

 

jc whitney

 

Re: This one is for PainterD but anyone else too... Speedome

Chuckles,
My spedometer is off of an older CB350 Honda, which is the same ratio as our XJs are.
Now you are asking about the tach? The tach is a different ball game. Mine was electric and I would'vehad to replace it with an electric one (but chose to run without one)
Yours must be mechanical and I don't know the ratio it is, so I don't know where you can get one. The tach runs off the engine with a cable so the only thing I would do is look on Ebay or Craigslist and try to find one from a Yamaha that may work. Wish you luck!

 

MikesXS

http://www.mikesxs.net/products-46.html#products

 

anybody know if these are direct replacements for xj's ?
like the look of the mini's

 

Oops, Painter. I don't have a clue why I said Tach. Haha. I meant speedo. Ya I don't use the tach either. I have everything I need to throw a tach on there for synching purposes but run without it.
So the Honda cb. We actually have a couple of those. I may go with that then. For now I have just used marker paint to designate 25, 35, 45, and 60 on the speedo. Its all i need for now. But I think i will make a project out of a honda speedo. Thanks, bud.

 

They are pretty small. I've got them on my '82 750 Maxim. I much prefer the look of them over the ginormous Atari box. The tach is a little smaller than the speedo. I wouldn't have minded if they were equal size.

 

Are they a direct swap to a 550 then? i was thinking about getting a speedo and tach from mikes xs. if they are a direct swap onto my 550 i'm going to get them. after rebuilding my stock setup the speedo says im going anywhere from 10-15 mph faster than what i'm actually doing. its actually kind of funny to look at the speedo saying 25 when im putting down my driveway.

 

Re: This one is for PainterD but anyone else too... Speedome

I found the Honda speedometer is more accurate then the stock Seca speedometer. They are a direct swap except for the bracket I made to hold it on the tripple tree. The Yamaha cable screws right in to the back of it.

 

Excellent. I am going to just do that then. I think I'll make the bracket too so that it's centered. I really am not cpying you scheme with your xj. Just turned out that way... black and red. I have decided, I am pretty sure, that I am going to go without side covers all together. I am either going to leave everything like it is or make a box. Going to eventually go with all red cables and lines too.