Kymco speedo on an Elite?

Karman · Post by **Karman** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:11 pm

I came across this Elite for sale on CL in Hawaii:

http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/mcy/697235083.html

Whats up with the speedo? Is that kmph or mph? Its ugly, but it would be nice to have for "testing".

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:34 pm

yeah, its one of the parts that fit in the elite s.
its in KPH. if i remember correctly it goes up to about 75mph.

Burnt Toast was going to look it up and find the retail on it for me but he spaced out and never checked.

Karman · Post by **Karman** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:00 pm

Paging Burnt Toast...

So is Kymco still making a carbon copy of the Elite somewhere in the world? I noticed the JDM spec tail light is also a Kymco part.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:29 pm

Nope.

The bike looks nothing at all like an elite. But the speedo fits right in a elites headset. And the tail light off the kymco just happens to be the same size, shape and look as the True Japan honda elite tail light. (getting a real japan tail light off a japan elite is very pricey.) So in the states when you buy a "japan tail light" you are really buying a kymco ZX50 tail light.

danmdevries · Post by **danmdevries** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:47 pm

^^^ I've got that scooter in red

stillspeeding · Post by **stillspeeding** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:59 am

WARNING- do not buy from this area, what they can't steal they will kill for.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:52 am

stillspeeding wrote:WARNING- do not buy from this area, what they can't steal they will kill for.

what the f*** are you talking about?

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:05 pm

yea, i was tring to make sense out of that.

burnt_toast · Post by **burnt_toast** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:08 pm

Seriously he always says some trippy stuff haha

But yeah, my fault guys I did space out.. well actually! I found a neat lil fix that "could" possibly convert my kph on the stock Elite speedo into mph! This would mean stock speedo would show up to 60mph

Talk about sleeper speedo, since only the rider would know the kph is actually mph heh

..Yet after a while I've just gotten used to the stock speedo and haven't gone forward with that mod lol

I'd ballpark that Kymco speedo at about $70 though, I know one for my Vento runs about $80 brand new..

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:40 pm

burnt_toast wrote:Seriously he always says some trippy stuff haha

But yeah, my fault guys I did space out.. well actually! I found a neat lil fix that "could" possibly convert my kph on the stock Elite speedo into mph! This would mean stock speedo would show up to 60mph Talk about sleeper speedo, since only the rider would know the kph is actually mph heh

..Yet after a while I've just gotten used to the stock speedo and haven't gone forward with that mod lol

I'd ballpark that Kymco speedo at about $70 though, I know one for my Vento runs about $80 brand new..

how in the f*** would you pull something like that off?????

Karman · Post by **Karman** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:14 pm

I'm guessing a reduction gear assembly to go between the cable and the speedo head. It would have to work at the same ratio that would convert km to miles.

burnt_toast · Post by **burnt_toast** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:28 pm

Karman wrote:I'm guessing a reduction gear assembly to go between the cable and the speedo head. It would have to work at the same ratio that would convert km to miles.

Karman is da winna

, rare inline speedo cable converter from europe..

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:00 pm

yeah, but i have never heard of such a think. THat would be awesome.

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:54 pm

Its 2 gears in a box, doing the math and buying the gears would be the hardest part, isnt hard to make a box with two pieces of allthread tube welded on along with a couple gears inside.

dukemartini · Post by **dukemartini** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:19 am

in the 4x4 world where tire sizes and axle gears get changed often, these converter type boxes are common to keep speedometers accurate. i wonder if a company that makes these could help?