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electronic tacho
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 ;D, 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 ;D
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