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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: captaindonutbikes on March 17, 2011, 02:35:11 PM
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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
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Have you looked at acewell products - they do combineh tacho / speedo units. Very neat. Just Google acewell and their site comes as top listing.
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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.....
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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 ::)
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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
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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
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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)
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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 (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 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280632792048&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT)
not sure this will wire in tho ???
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forgive me ;D, but may I also venture? ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube)
I like the digital one, it's very sci-fi
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NixieFrequencyCounter.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NixieFrequencyCounter.jpg)
love the look of this but doubt it would add anything to front end stabilty ;D
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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
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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
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If its for a 900Z1 with two sets of points I cant see a problem, if with electronic ignition I got no idea mate!
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Some taco's take power pulses off the altinator and can be set up for your vehicle. Might this be suitable