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hairy monsta
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« on: February 17, 2008, 10:16:29 PM »

Hi folks, now please excuse my ignorance but if i use a bike rear wheel in the front of a Reliant trike I take it that rules out driving the speedo from it, leaving me with the expensive electronic option (what about msva), an original reliant item if  rear wheel/tyre diameter same as original, or some type of ratio correction to use any other speedo or wheel/tyre diameter.
 Are these assumptions correct folks?HuhHuh
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2008, 10:33:32 PM »

Yup. As far as I can see, electric speedos are acceptable for the MSVA but next time I speak to Chris the tester I'll ask.
"Speedy Cables" will sell you a corrector unit to speed up or slow down the speedo cable to read correctly with whatever size tyres you use so you can run off the original Reliant speedo drive, (on the side of the gearbox). It's based on a lorry tacho drive & about the size of a matchbox. We'll be fitting one to Taz's trike as it'll be running a VMax rear wheel up front.

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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2008, 01:24:30 PM »

Pretty much as I thought then. Thanks for the Speedy Cables link fella.
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2008, 03:21:28 PM »

i use pushbike electronic speedos about £12.00 and go thru mot no problem but read and follow instructions for calibration
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2008, 10:26:15 PM »

if you fancy summat a little more up market than a cycle speedo.
these are stainless steel cased lcd units.
switchable between mph and kph
speedo ,trip, odometer
fuel guage if you have a fuel sender fitted that works in the 100 150 ohm range.
black when off
police blue when on

everything included
4 page instruction book


http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/dracken1/various/digispeedo.jpg
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http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/dracken1/various/digiclocks.jpg
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also matching rev counter with water temp guage and clock
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/dracken1/various/digitach.jpg
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fitting a speedo to kingo's wg trike tomorrow Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2008, 10:30:56 PM »

dracken1 were would one purchase said speedo from...



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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2008, 10:46:21 PM »

I'm guessing from Dracken.
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2008, 11:00:16 PM »

Thanks for that Embarrassed Glad I asked though great site...where's me wallet... Grin
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« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2008, 11:09:13 PM »

Another of Lord Yoda's websites.
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« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2008, 12:30:20 AM »

yes you get 10% off if a member of this forum.
pm first though.
as i have had people try it on by saying theyare someone they not. Shocked
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2008, 07:08:18 AM »

 dracken1 what diameter are they
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2008, 05:06:17 PM »

Cideray,

55mm diameter lcd guages. 61mm diameter at the bezel. stainless steel cased speedo is switchable between kph and mph it also includes a odometer and trip meter. plus fuel guage working in the 100/510 ohm range four pages of setting up instuctions comes with all mountings , brackets, sensors.. rev counter also includes a clock and water temp. comes with fixings and sensors.
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