Is this normal?

[7omly]

I'm a bit perplexed. I pulled up next to another Fazer today and noticed it it had a different speedo to mine. Mine has a 260mph speedo. The other Fazer had a 260kph/160mph. Mine has no kph scale. Is this normal?

[Paulfzs]

notice your "mph" sticker that is covering a kmh print.


it will have a speedo healer built in to take it to mph.

[clayt74]

Or if it doesn't have a healer fitted, you have been riding very slowly lol.

[BBROWN1664]

:agree

That is the speedo off of a European bike. Your bike may be a parallel import rather than a genuine UK bike or the speedo may have been changed for a euro one.

[fazersharp]

Yep definitely a MPH sicker over the KPH

[celticdog]

Hi 7omly,

in top gear at around 5000 revs have a look at what the speedo reads . . .
Is it 60 or 100? This will tell you if your reading Mph (60) or Kph (100)  :rollin

Anyway, 260mph! that's the top end of this Porsche 9FF, even if it is blue  :lol

[Paulfzs]

Hi 7omly,

in top gear at around 5000 revs have a look at what the speedo reads . . .
Is it 60 or 100? This will tell you if your reading Mph (60) or Kph (100)  :rollin

Anyway, 260mph! that's the top end of this Porsche 9FF, even if it is blue  :lol

I know some people make a lot of stuff up on here to look cool but come on man.. a blue car doing 260mph... only a black car can go that fast.

[7omly]

Around 60mph at 5000rpm. The good news is I can simply replace it with a genuine UK speedo? Anyone got one going cheap?

[Paulfzs]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-Yamaha-FZ...33a17433fe


all around £45 on ebay


i know where there is a speedo.. in a breakers ill be going by thursday maybe i can have an ask but i should imagine it will be about the same.




or..


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-FZS600-...27dd27bb52

[BBROWN1664]

7omly - There will be a box of tricks somewhere between the sensor and the speedo to make it read 60 instead of 100. You will have to remove that if you fit a UK speedo.

[7omly]

Thanks BBROWN1664, I thought as much. I'm hoping it's just behind the speedo. To get a replacement with a time clock isn't easy as most are the earlier 1998-99 ones. It's still a fantastic bike and has rekindled my love of riding. The divvy was more or less for commuting but the Fazer is for everything because it's just fun to ride. I even find myself riding when it's rainy instead of using the car.

[Paulfzs]

buy the number sheet thing that i posted above for £20. job done.

[BBROWN1664]

7Omly - The connectors are different on the later speedos. it wont be a straight plug in job.

[7omly]

My bike is a 2000 FZS600S with the time clock on it.  I thought of buying the dial  but was too keen on taking off the speedo needle. If I buy that dial will I have to remove the speedo healer. At 70 my needle is only one third of the way round the dial but on UK bikes 70mph is almost half way round.

[Paulfzs]

the healer is just a box with a plug on it.

get a decent set of pliers on the needle itll be fine

[7omly]

Thanks for the advice. I'm now unsure if the clocks are even off the right bike. Mine have odometer, trip one, trip two and time clock respectively when you press the top button. However I've seen what I assume are later boxeye clocks with a separate LCD display at the bottom of the rev counter. The more I look into it the more confused I am.

[Paulfzs]

post a picture of your whole clocks.

[7omly]

Here are the clocks on the bike.

[Decoke Dave]

buy the number sheet thing that i posted above for £20. job done.

 
My bike is exactly the same.  Please correct me if I am wrong, but if you fit a new U. K. speedo face obviously the needle will then not read correctly, you will have to remove the electrical corrector box.  But the bike will then record the mileage in kilometres as it is a genuine European speedo you have stuck the new face onto!  I think? 

[BBROWN1664]

Decoke
If you convert the speedo (as 7Omly's has been done) the odometer starts to increase in miles instead of km's from the point of the conversion.