speedometer

[tiredoffixing]

I have an 81 1100s. Is it possable to switch the speedometer with one that goes up to 120 mph? Thanks for your help

[fvincent]

Yes

Yes, they are interchangeable

Floyd
'80G

[John]

Any speedo from a Yamaha from that era will fit. The 120 speedo is from a 650, the 140 is from a 750, and a 160 is from the 79 xs11 Special. They will all work, as they all used the same speedo drive ratio.

[fvincent]

Back to '79

But you will have to go back to '79 or before

Floyd
80G

[tiredoffixing]

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP. DOES THE CASE ALSO MATCH ON THE OLDER ONES? DO YOU HAVE TO RECALABRATE IT?

[fvincent]

Back to '79

But you will have to go back to '79 or before

Floyd
80G

[fvincent]

Yes. they all fit

If you stay with xs1100. Standard=square, Special=round

Floyd
'80G

[fvincent]

Bolt

Just bolt it on!

Floyd

[John]

Originally posted by tiredoffixing
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP. DOES THE CASE ALSO MATCH ON THE OLDER ONES? DO YOU HAVE TO RECALABRATE IT?

The housings are all the same style, but some of the older 650's may have black housings instead of chrome. Any speedo made after 79 will be of the 85 mph flavor. No calibration needed.

[tiredoffixing]

THANKS FOR THR HELP. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANYONE THAT HAS ONE FOR SALE? THANKS AGAIN

[John]

Yeah

There is some guy named ebay that seems to have them from time to time.

[fredintoon]

Try Canadian eh?

Hi Tired,
as has been said, any XS model speedo will be a direct no-calibration-needed fit on your '81 Special. There may be different idiot lights in some speedos and if the outer bucket is chromed while yours is painted (or vice-versa) the case will easily swap. Just remember the trip odometer stalk is a left-hand thread so screw it on to screw it off. Also if you get a Canadian speedo they were never were limited to that 85mph max reading nonsense so you can get a more modern one. Alas that Canadian speedos read in kilometers but any fool can multiply by 0.6 in his head, eh? And it'll say 260 on it rather than 160 which will really impress those who fail to see the KPH on the dial.