electronic tacho

[captaindonutbikes]

as the 650 gear seems to be next to non existent and i have the patience of a small child full of adhd and too much sugar i shall be going the electronic route.

now if i run a Z1000 clock will i have any issues ?

or i might go hightech and get a vapour clock.

any recomendations ?

cheers peeps

[Rozabikes Tim]

Have you looked at acewell products - they do combineh tacho / speedo units. Very neat. Just Google acewell  and their site comes as top listing.

[matthewmosse]

How badly do you need 650 tacko gear and which bits do you need? I think I may have a few bits of 650 top end stuff and odds and ends left over from a job lot.....

[captaindonutbikes]

if you have the gearing, thats all i need, but not in a desperate way 

Pm me with a price my good man.

if you have a clock too that would be great 

[matthewmosse]

Looking bleak, the tacho drive isn't home in a cylinder head like I thought. That leaves a slim chance of finding the things in a box in the other shed...... Will not be fast

[captaindonutbikes]

well have a look but the way it seems to be is that i will eventually go digital for the clocks and idiot lights, saves a whole load of weight!

if you find it let me know,

cheers

[florence]

Digital?, electronic?, surely this is the stuff of science fiction.  I would have thought the size of the thermionic valves alone required to make a rev counter work by electronics would render the whole thing about the size of a garden shed and therefore highly impractical!

"A cheap and simple speed indicator can be fashioned using a clothes peg, a piece of card and a rubber band.  Attach the peg/card to one of the control cables and set off.  If the card is deflected by the wind to an angle of forty five degrees, this indicates a 'moderate speed'.  Angles of sixty to ninety degrees indicate 'high speed' and 'dangerous speed' respectively." (extract from "Motorcycling for Gentlemen" 1911)

[captaindonutbikes]

genius florence, again the the 'tweed logic' counters any form of realistic technological development and counters it with good honest gentlemanly codes of what is the acceptable face of motorcycling 

i doth my cap in shame but may on the other hand fit this for the period look:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electronic-rev-counter-tacho-KAWASAKI-Z1-Z1A-Z1B-Z-/230588576823?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item35b0267437

or this the track

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280632792048&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

not sure this will wire in tho 

[florence]

forgive me  , but may I also venture?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube


I like the digital one, it's very sci-fi

[captaindonutbikes]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NixieFrequencyCounter.jpg

love the look of this but doubt it would add anything to front end stabilty

[Bryanj]

Problem with using a car digital is it won't read accurate as, assuming a 4 cyl car, the contacts open 4 times per crank rev whilst the bike ones open once per rev

[captaindonutbikes]

damn, thought it would be too good to be true, thanks Brian J.

back to the drawing board.

do you see any faults with using the Z1 electronic repro version ?

cheers

[Bryanj]

If its for a 900Z1 with two sets of points I cant see a problem, if with electronic ignition I got no idea mate!

[matthewmosse]

Some taco's take power pulses off the altinator and can be set up for your vehicle. Might this be suitable