speedo drive

Hi guys

Would i be right in thinking that all SV's have a speedo drive on the front wheel? I know the curvys do, but I'm suprised that the FI's Pointys do too. I thought they would take the drive off the gearbox in some way.

If the speedo drive is on the front wheel it's great news as I want to raise the gearing on my Ponity to lower the RPM on the long motorway journeys I do.

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Adrian

FI models do indeed have it on the front wheel. It's on the axle on the left hand side just inside the fork leg. It's the bit the cable next to the brake line leads to. It drives speed displayed on the clocks and the mileometer.

[yorkie_chris]

All SV's have the drive on the front wheel. And they all break if not put back carefully.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

All SV's have the drive on the front wheel. And they all shatter in situ, and then fallout like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle whenever you have the front wheel out, no matter how carefully you treat it.

thanks guys. Always helpful as usual.

[breakz187]

Can hitting a speed bump damage these badly designed things? Im pretty sure that what nkocked mine out on thursday of last week.

Originally Posted by breakz187

Can hitting a speed bump damage these badly designed things? Im pretty sure that what nkocked mine out on thursday of last week.

Not unless the axle wasn't tightened correctly, and possibly not even then. IMO.

Might have been previously broken on re-installing the wheel and hanging on by the proverbial thread.

[breakz187]

It has been replaced before, but its was done about 5k miles ago.

Seems to be a bunch of people reporting this issue on the forum as of late.

I have broken one only once and I and tyre fitters have had the front off loads of time. Maybe the plastic gets more brittle with age.

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

I have broken one only once and I and tyre fitters have had the front off loads of time. Maybe the plastic gets more brittle with age.

Is it actually plastic then? Mine was really brittle and felt a bit odd, almost like ceramics. I was only half joking when I likened it to 'fine china' in the other thread.