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Hey skull & nj1639, solved, the translation for the sticker; "Speed warning light" that would explain why the light comes on at 80km! Now to get rid of it.....

Wow small world! Man this bike is awesome! Was the other burgundy?

Just noticed the example of the Jap speedo is my bike at the importers just before i bought it!!!!

Yeah I'll get to bottom of it somehow.

Yeah skull, I've noticed the brake.tail light does just that, so no need for the mod to get the hlf lamp to do the same thing. So I guess I'll start by finding the what it's connected to. A clue might be the red line on the speedo like mine starts at 80km unlike the other speedo shown, my gut...

After experiencing a few electronic gremlins, lots of reserch, i decided that the rlu had to go, after making a jumper as described, whacko! all good again...so far. However one of the anomalies was that the headlamp fail light came on at 80km, irrespective of engine rpm, so i thought using the...

7mm disc, yeah im curious to find out just what ive got here, ive been involved in bikes for a while though this is the first xs.

Yeah David, I was into Ducati's as well, just sold my last one, while they are great bikes, I'm kind of into being lazy these days, I love this bike and find myself making any excuses to go for a ride!

Yep, that was on YouTube, looks like a museum, check it out David there's a cutaway engine next to it as well.

This one is in Japan , looks like a museum, check it out on you tube, the only difference I can see apart from carbs and bars is mine has twin disks!

Check this out, the exact same bike minus carbs and bars! Different Color ( the other color available in'78) even has the little Jap sticker over the lamp warning light!

I am thinking of bypassing my rlu and use the space for a voltmeter from a ducati, its a little red box a bit smaller than the rlu, tricky little bugger, what it does is switch a warning light on when the bike is drawing more current than the alternater is making. ie, lights on at idle. As soon...