Odometer / Speedometer

[Carts]

Hi all

On my mongrel 350 / 500 I have what I believe are circa 1978 350 dials

On the speedometer I don’t have a trip, I find this frustrating as on other period bikes I alway use this to guess how much range I left before I have to fill up.

Has anyone managed to retrofit a later speedometer with a trip

I did chat to gentleman who had a KPM version which I thought I could bastardise but these are for use on Left hand side of insurgent cluster ?

Any thoughts

David

[Steve Brown]

Insurgent cluster, best keep your head down and eyes peeled! You are right that units from other models can be used if they have the orientation you want. I think the later types had the speedo on the left with a trip knob facing out to that side, and some also had a trip reset cable that exited vertically down from the base of the clock.

[BumbleBee]

I did see an MRC member down in Penzance is selling a later model (Excalibur 350) speedo and tacho cluster on ebay (unrealsimon I think) but can't remember if they have a trip meter on them.

[Andy_C]

On the subject of Speedometers, does anyone do an overlay for the KMH clocks, mine is in KMH and I find myself continuousley converting KMH to MPH in my head.

Easiest solution I suppose is fit some markes on the dial but that looks naff.

Other half works for a printers so perhaps I could make an overlay myself and get it printed.

[BumbleBee]

On the subject of Speedometers, does anyone do an overlay for the KMH clocks, mine is in KMH and I find myself continuousley converting KMH to MPH in my head.

Easiest solution I suppose is fit some markes on the dial but that looks naff.

Other half works for a printers so perhaps I could make an overlay myself and get it printed.

Have a new face printed on the reverse of the old one maybe?

I have a bezel fitting tool and some chrome bezels if you want the finished bezel to look pukka.

[Andy_C]

Hmm, something worth thinking about.

If you dig around E Bay there are some GPS bicycle speedos about 2 " square and around the £17 - £20 mark, might consider one of those.

When I had my Enfield Bullet I fitted a bicycle speedo to that as the OE Indian one was total rubbish.

[Carts]

Hi Andy C

It’s not a cheep solution, but try speedy cables, they may be able to reconfigure yours

Dave

[3potjohn]

I don’ t have a trip on my Sport. I did get a converter for the speedo drive end from NLM in circa 2008.
I have checked the speedo against a sat nav 20 and 30 mph being correct but it is a bit under at 60 and above which is fine by me. When I went to France I just removed the converter. No idea if these are still available anywhere.