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Am I right in thinking that the SF was the only special with a 160mph speedo where the other specials have a 80mph speedo?
Al
Al
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You are correct, 79SF (3H3) Special only.2H7 (79) owned since '89
3H3 owned since '06
"If it ain't broke, modify it"
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The good news is ANY round speedo from Yamaha will probably work. As the top speed of these was about 130, the 145Mph speedo from the 750/850 works well. The 650 speedo will also work, and any one of them will go into the stock mount. I put a 750 speedo in my Midnight Special because I hated pegging the speedo every time I went out for a ride.
Ray Matteis
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XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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The 850 only goes up to 85 because it didn't begin production until 1980 but the 750 speedometer , which is what I run, goes up to 140 and the 650 goes up to 120 and are as accurate as what we have because they both use the same size front tire.
You have to be careful buying the 750 speedos though because there are 2 different styles. One is an ugly green faced one with a big needle, the other is exactly like our black faced units. You just need to swap out the wiring haness in them.Greg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
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