Speedo replacement

Robert. I don't know why the refurb quote was so expensive. Phil Woods in Littlehampton, who advertises in OBM etc, did a grey faced pair for my 650ss earlier this year. He serviced both, including re-calibration, exchange resprayed cases, plus new bezel on one, for £45 & £65 + postage. You obviously have done a good job on yours, but it is refitting the bezel which requires the special tool in order to look as original. Also the recalibration is useful. His number is 01903 724509......

The screwed on bezels were much more user friendly, but no doubt fell foul of the bean-counters, being more expensive to produce than a plain rolled-on one, no doubt. OK until you have to get them off!

Phil seems happy to do as much or as little to them as you require, so he would no doubt just fit a new rim. P&P adds a bit, but I dropped mine into him when I was in Sussex visiting reli's at Christmas, so only had the return cost, which was £15 for the two.

His father has done some for me in the past, but I believe he is semi-retired now, and just plays with the expensive stuff, Vincent 6" speedo's and the like.

David. It is not the screwed on bezels that are the problem.....!

Maybe not, but that's a very useful tip all the same. Thanks David.

Fair point, Howard. My apologies David, I read it that you had misunderstood the point being made.

Your method brings with it quite a risk of damaging the finish though, particularly with a jubilee clip around the body, which will dig nicely into the paint. You could wrap plastic tape around it, but the clip could still dig through. I am sure anyone using that method will proceed with caution.

To answer your original question , pattern clocks have been around for a while I bought a pair from rgm 5 years/ 7500 miles ago - no problems except they aren't original, More recently bought an Indian one for other bike seems Ok came with special cable as speedp end is larger no issues so far but only 400 miles. I see there are ones available for as little as £12 with original cable fitting,so my advice ( from the philistine camp ) is sell your broken chronometrics on a well known site and buy 4 with the cash!

Previously robert_tuck wrote:

The grey face magnetic speedo on the Atlas needs a service,There are cheap pattern replacements on the market that are a fraction of the cost of the service, has anyone tried one?.

I should have said, I replaced my pair of cheap imported clocks with the refurbished grey faced magnetic originals, for reasons of originality. The imported ones have a different drive ratio to the standard ones; or at least mine did; which meant getting a different drive gearbox for both the speedo and rev counter, but I now have correct clocks, which look right, so I am happy! I can sell you a set of clocks, complete with correct drive gearboxes for them.....

We can put Tiawanese clocks, Japanese carbs, electronic ignition, belt drives, self-starters, disc brakes, hydraulic clutches etc on our old bikes, in order to make them not the bike we were attracted to in the first place....

light blue touch paper and stand well back!