New speedo??

[aac1990]

How easy is it to install a new (nicer) speedo. Basically bought a sad bike without a quality one and would love appreciate some help with getting another speedo on there. Any help would be very much appreciated, I am very new to the bike world.


cheers
AC

[Chris]

Hey AC,

What kinda speedo you looking for? If I remember rightly your bike has been streetfightered?

Is it standard speedo/clocks you want or just different/nicer non standard ones?

Chris

[stevierst]

I fitted a Koso (RX1N??) unit to my R1 fighter last year, and unless your any good with wiring, leave it well alone.

Koso are good units, but not cheap. I paid about £200 ish for mine. Looked the dogs nads though.

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[stevierst]

Just a quick example of what on on about with the wiring.


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[stevierst]

End result was good though


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[Chris]

Wow! Looks awesome. Nuts amount of wiring though!  :eek

Chris

[Ruby Racing]

I fitted a Koso to my ZRX1200R and it wasn't a night mare at all. I bought a block connector that connected to the loom that went to the speedo and attached that to the Koso wiring. Now I can unplug the Koso and refit the OE clocks in seconds. The only wire I had to play around with was the permanent live feed.


I plan on fitting a Koso to my FZS600 and having looked at it (not thoroughly admittedly) it looks as though it will be a similar fairly painless install.


However I've been following this thread because I've been waiting for someone to mention that doing away with the speedo sensor and the OE speedo makes the bike run crap. I've asked on another thread what exactly happens, what the crap running symptoms are. Unfortunately I never got a definitive answer. I've run mine with the speedo sensor unplugged and then also the speedo unplugged and I didn't notice any difference. Mind you we have an island wide 40mph speed limit, so difficult to make proper use of the available revs.

[stevierst]

I think mine was a pain because there wasn't a plug and play loom available for that clock and my bike. I had to hardwire everything myself, and it wasn't all directly compatible. Not sure about the fazer 600 though.

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[packie]

I fitted a Koso to my ZRX1200R and it wasn't a night mare at all.......

......... Mind you we have an island wide 40mph speed limit, so difficult to make proper use of the available revs.

You have a ZRX1200R on an island with a 40mph speed limit??? :eek

.....now that is like really having the fleas of a thousand camels invest you underpants, and  no arms to scratch with!!  :'(

[Ruby Racing]

[quote author=Ruby Racing link=topic=7215.msg69111#msg69111 date=1365754834]
I fitted a Koso to my ZRX1200R and it wasn't a night mare at all.......

......... Mind you we have an island wide 40mph speed limit, so difficult to make proper use of the available revs.

You have a ZRX1200R on an island with a 40mph speed limit??? :eek

.....now that is like really having the fleas of a thousand camels invest you underpants, and  no arms to scratch with!!  :'(
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Tell me about it.

[aac1990]

cheers, yea the Koso speedo looks really good. I may have to get myself one - the wiring looks scary though, I may have to take it to my mechanic.
many thanks.

[aac1990]

I plan on fitting a Koso to my FZS600 and having looked at it (not thoroughly admittedly) it looks as though it will be a similar fairly painless install.

Let me know how the install goes when you get round to it. Do you reckon if I bought a Koso Speedo and took it to my garage they would be able to get it all sorted for me??

[Ruby Racing]

[quote author=Ruby Racing link=topic=7215.msg69111#msg69111 date=1365754834]
I plan on fitting a Koso to my FZS600 and having looked at it (not thoroughly admittedly) it looks as though it will be a similar fairly painless install.

Let me know how the install goes when you get round to it. Do you reckon if I bought a Koso Speedo and took it to my garage they would be able to get it all sorted for me??
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Well I'm not a mechanic and I'm crap with electrics and I managed it, so it should be a breeze for them.