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Smith's Style Spedo
- Thread starter BowlingSS
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I think @Marlin72xs has one
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Yes, I bought them. I have about 25K miles on them now! They work fine, except, the indicator needles fell off of both. The speedo needle fell off in less than a year, so Mikes gave me another, np. However, the tach needle fell off after about a year and a 1/2, and they wouldn't replace it. I then proceeded to take the tach apart, carefully, and glued the needle back on. I also fixed the speedo, so now I have a spare.
The Mikes tach has both the neutral light and a high beam indicator. I use the blue hi-beam light for the blinkers since 70-73 owners have the blinker indicator on top of the headlight shell. I also installed LED bulbs in them.
Since I had them apart and they both have just a flat black finish, I then decided to make them look like the XS2 originals. With some trimming and some spacers and alot of wangling with the trip odometer knob, I was successful. Zoom in on the knob in the missing front end pict. It's from an old lamp.
The Mikes tach has both the neutral light and a high beam indicator. I use the blue hi-beam light for the blinkers since 70-73 owners have the blinker indicator on top of the headlight shell. I also installed LED bulbs in them.
Since I had them apart and they both have just a flat black finish, I then decided to make them look like the XS2 originals. With some trimming and some spacers and alot of wangling with the trip odometer knob, I was successful. Zoom in on the knob in the missing front end pict. It's from an old lamp.
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Hi BowlingSS. I just wanted to mention, in the product description they put (60MPH = 2,240RPM). That makes no sense at all. The 2:1 ratio is correct. It reads slightly faster, exactly like the original. The only time mine was spot on was when I had a 3.50x19 on it. The 3.25x19 and the 100/90-19 all read a little faster with the slightly smaller diameter tire.
MikesXS knows, from me, that the needles fall off. I must admit that until I rebuilt the top end and added the 750 kit, it used to vibrate a lot. Now not so much!
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