Lying speedo

[trinder]

Hi,

Does any one know of someone who refurb's Veglia speedo's? mine is stuck at 20 mph when stood still, and is 8 - 10 mph optimistic. When indicating 40 my satnav is showing 31mph and so on. Is this a common 'quirk' or can this be remedied?

Neil Trinder

[George 350]

Hi,
You can ask Ashley Pople, aka 'Speedo Repairs'. Whilst he normally deals with Smiths etc, he may well be able to advise you. Just 2 weeks ago he re-bezelled and glassed my speedo/rev counter for £50 including return post. There are others around who do speedo repairs, but I have always had good service from him.
His details are:
AE Pople
c/o A and E Coachworks
Units 12 & 13 The Vehicle Centre
Ash
Aldershot
GU12 6LX
01252-329826
07824-884434

Hope this helps,
George.

PS: The Morini Speedo's, in common with most of the '70s' Italian bikes weren't known as 'Vague-liar' speedo's for nothing!

[mgelder]

The speedo on my '82 350K is within a couple of midgies of being spot on when when compared to a satnav.

I was amazed. It's a km/h model, if that makes a difference.

[trinder]

Hi George,

Thanks for the info, Pople is one of the chaps that advertises in the Jampot mag for Matchie speedo repairs

Neil

[EVguru]

Very few people seem to do Veglia instruments.

Peter Bond is one 07780 908833, but he charges something like £150.

[MarkB]

My Strada consistently reads 8mph fast, and at zero the needle is reading 8mph, touching the little pin protruding from the dial face. Now that I know what my true speed is, I'm happy to leave it be.

[RHThomas]

I had a Veglia electronic tacho repaired about 18 months ago by Speedy Cables in S. Wales:
http://www.speedycables.com
01639 732213

They fixed my broken tacho and refurbished it so it looked like new, charged abot £90.

Cheers,
Robin