Turning Back Odometers
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From: The Older Gentleman on 19 Jul 2010 11:28 BrianNZ <brian(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: > I'm going to get it wound back to zero, Ever actually tried it, on a bike speedo? Not quite as simple as I thought, when I tried it. Using a drill was an incredibly slow process and I gave up. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
From: Futility Man on 19 Jul 2010 22:07 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:28:48 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >Ever actually tried it, on a bike speedo? Not quite as simple as I >thought, when I tried it. > >Using a drill was an incredibly slow process and I gave up. A guy told me he once tried it by chucking the end of the cable in a lathe and running the lathe backward. The miles were clicking off at a nice rate and they decided to run it at full speed. They estimated they were going in reverse at about 450mph. It melted the internal gears. I imagine with an old cable type odometer, you could chuck it up in something like a fan motor and leave it running for a few days or weeks to do the trick. But why bother? My '05 Mazda 3 will kick over 100,000 miles on the way home from work tomorrow and I'm rather proud of that. -- Futility Man
From: The Older Gentleman on 20 Jul 2010 07:04 Futility Man <null(a)futile.org> wrote: > A guy told me he once tried it by chucking the end of the cable in a lathe > and running the lathe backward. The miles were clicking off at a nice > rate and they decided to run it at full speed. They estimated they were > going in reverse at about 450mph. It melted the internal gears. <G> -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
From: Vito on 20 Jul 2010 07:37 Futility Man wrote: >> I imagine with an old cable type odometer, you could chuck it up in >> something like a fan motor and leave it running for a few days or >> weeks to do the trick. >> >> But why bother? My '05 Mazda 3 will kick over 100,000 miles on the >> way home from work tomorrow and I'm rather proud of that. I guess that's the point. Used car/bike dealers were infamous for turning back speedos when cars were worn out at under 100,000 mi and bike a fourth that - so much so that many states passed laws against it. But now, nearly any car will run over 250,000 and many bikes the same why bother? Perhaps that's one reason new car sales are slow.
From: The Older Gentleman on 20 Jul 2010 08:07
Vito <vito(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > I guess that's the point. Used car/bike dealers were infamous for turning > back speedos when cars were worn out at under 100,000 mi and bike a fourth > that - so much so that many states passed laws against it. <Boggle> It's been illegal here, covered by the Sale of Goods Act and prior laws, since before the car was invented. It's fraud, pure and simple. > But now, nearly > any car will run over 250,000 and many bikes the same why bother? > For the same reasons as ever. > Perhaps that's one reason new car sales are slow. Doubt it, really. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools |