Whose fitted a bike speedo?
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Just bought one cheap to have a play with, my speedo isnt accurate at all!!

jsut wondering where everyone has mounted it?

Im thinking pot joint at the minute but not sure if its worth making more effort and lengthening the wires etc to run off the rear drum or something.

Also wondered about the driveshaft then mount the receiver bit on the top arm, then they should both move together.

See more when i get it i suppose but just thought id bounce around a few ideas. when i get my proper digi speedo set ill be doing it off the drum, hopefully inside if its not to bothered about dust.

cheers

most people use rear drum I think.

Team Racing

Jon's fitted one, and I think Jim's right, on the rear drum :)

I have fitted one on my Fiat van on the front disk but I now use a GPS speedo which is ment to be spot on,my turbo mini van is 7mph out at 120mph

http://www.rabdunn.co.uk/

i have fitted one..i mounted the magnet inside the rear drum on the hub and made up a bracket the fix the sensor too.

its been there since october with no problems from brake dust or wet weather..

““A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.”” - Jeremy Clarkson

Sounds great, how much do all the parts cost?

mine was ?15

mine cost ?6.99..!

from a marvelous place called....EBAY!!!

““A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.”” - Jeremy Clarkson

mine was from ebay but bought one with a few tricks on it. no real reason though!

bling bling

I'll be doing THAT then!!! good stuff.

I have fitted two!

One to the mini and one on my minimoto, both work a treat!

HALFORDS FOR ?2.99 at the mo!!!!

I've got one fitted to the rear drum, I just gllued the magnet on and got the sensor somewhere close attached to the back-plate.

?3.99 from Aldi.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

sorry guys could you shed some light on this for me, you mean that a bike speedo uses magnets rather than a poxy cable, giallofly, what do i look for for in halfords if this is correct? and what is a gps speedo where can i find one ?

it has a cable from the sensor. the magnet rotates and as it passes the senser it gets counted as such, hence working out your speed.
they all work like that.

i looked into wireless ones but they are only suppossed to have about a 80cm range. not really good enough. thats without having electrics interfering with them (if they would i dont know)

Turbosteve,

Not wanting to sound patronising but you are looking for a bike speedo that costs ?2.99.

It is connected by cable from a sensor to the display, you will obviously have to extend the cable.

*** IF ANY OF YOU NEED SOME TELECOMMS BELL WIRE TO EXTEND THE CABLE PM ME YOUR ADDRESS AND I'LL BUNG YOU A FEW METRES IN THE POST F.O.C.***

?2.99 !!!!!!!!!!! and thay work ... what more do you want.... neon backlight???

BLING BLING

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

(giallofly)- il have out for nowt!

but 1st

il ask minimark if it would help! (wouldnt like to waste your time)

pennys make pounds!:cool:

2.99 lol thats mountain bike then.. ? lol is it? man i sound dull...
i was asking bout halfords as i thought you ment motor cycle speedo

i fitted one today, got it off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT

reads mph and can do over 100mph so ideal for cars

stuck the display on the rollcage, and used a spare dif cover to mock up a bracket, used a bit of left over sikaflex to glue the magnet to the cv, and jobs a goodun





did think i had a pic of it all done on car, but i cant find it on my camera now :(

*edit, found them*






Anyway, too it for a spin, and its mint, works a treat, i just used some spare speaker cable to extend the wire, works fine.

I know it wont read the speed accurately whilst spinning up/hard cornering etc, but to be honest, whos looking at the speedo at those times anyway?

i measured my tyre circumference (165/55r12) at 58.6", and it reads pretty much spot on compared to the tom tom.

Edited by joeybaby83 on 25th Mar, 2010.

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

good work - i need to fit a pickup to mine for a new speedo - this now looks alot like mine

looks good, but I get the feeling that the bit with the pickup attached could quite easily flex and move about

yeah, if i could tig, id have added a gusset, but its 1mm ally, not the most rigid, but works fine, the sensor needs to be between 1 and 5mm, and im sure it wont flex more that a couple mm at most

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

yeah, if i could tig, id have added a gusset, but its 1mm ally, not the most rigid, but works fine, the sensor needs to be between 1 and 5mm, and im sure it wont flex more that a couple mm at most

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

the little displays on those speedos are quite small, do people find it hard to read them while driving along ?? the one on my push bike has a calorie reading lol bet that would go mental on a car doing 70mph

Dave the Cake