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  • DiverRay
    Moderator
    • Nov 2004
    • 7605
    • Star, IDAHO

    #31
    Yeah, the 85mph speedo on a bike that will cruize at 110mph is a joke! You can get an earlier speedo from any late '70's Yamaha, and actually know how fast you are going. But then, there have been a few posts about only getting a ticket for 85, because that's all the speedo goes to!
    Ray Matteis
    KE6NHG
    XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
    XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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    • Loch
      XSive(Resigned)
      • Jan 2016
      • 49
      • Corpus Christi, TX

      #32
      Originally posted by DiverRay
      Yeah, the 85mph speedo on a bike that will cruize at 110mph is a joke! You can get an earlier speedo from any late '70's Yamaha, and actually know how fast you are going. But then, there have been a few posts about only getting a ticket for 85, because that's all the speedo goes to!
      I have a couple of extra 160mph speedometers if your interested?
      Resigned

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      • Str8Legs
        XSive
        • Nov 2021
        • 17
        • Washington, DC

        #33
        Originally posted by Loch

        I have a couple of extra 160mph speedometers if your interested?
        The stock speedo is good enough for me, I'm not out there doing any crazy speeds on it, I only go 85
        Professional Crayon Eater

        81 XS1100 Midnight Special
        20 R3

        -Tom

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        • normalthom
          XSive
          • Dec 2021
          • 63
          • Normal, IL

          #34
          Strange, I have a 1981 MNS and my speedometer goes to 160.
          1981 Midnight Special
          Formerly had a Seca 550 and boy was it fast!!

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          • cajun31
            Moderator
            • Oct 2003
            • 1792
            • Brandon, MS

            #35
            Originally posted by normalthom
            Strange, I have a 1981 MNS and my speedometer goes to 160.
            which means someone switched it out before you acquired the bike. You're not the original owner are you?
            2 - 80 LGs bought one new
            81 LH
            02 FXSTB Nighttrain
            22 FLTRK Road Glide Limited
            Jim

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            • normalthom
              XSive
              • Dec 2021
              • 63
              • Normal, IL

              #36
              You got that right cajun. I just bought it last spring.
              1981 Midnight Special
              Formerly had a Seca 550 and boy was it fast!!

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