Remove speedo converter from SV650S K4

Hi gang,

after several turns with the DVLA, VCA, Suzuki and VOSA, I was finally forced to buy a UK spec speedo in order to register my imported SV650S K4. The reason was that the speedo still showed km/h - the unit - even though the running speed was converted to mph. According to VOSA it's not allowed to have any references to km/h on anywhere on the clock...

In any case, I've now fitted the new speedo and I'm about to book a new appointment for inspection with VOSA. However, I now need to remove the converter that the dealer installed. The dealer is willing to remove it but only at a cost (not surprised!). I can't imagine it being very hard to remove this myself but I'm not sure where to look and I was hoping one of you had installed/removed one of this and could guide me. I'm not sure exactly which converter they put on but I will try and find out tomorrow. Where is it located (I'm assuming near the gearbox??) and where is it most accessible?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Dion

PS. The new speedo works fine but the fuel lamp keeps blinking any ideas as to why this is?

Originally Posted by dnikop

Hi gang,

after several turns with the DVLA, VCA, Suzuki and VOSA, I was finally forced to buy a UK spec speedo in order to register my imported SV650S K4. The reason was that the speedo still showed km/h - the unit - even though the running speed was converted to mph. According to VOSA it's not allowed to have any references to km/h on anywhere on the clock...

In any case, I've now fitted the new speedo and I'm about to book a new appointment for inspection with VOSA. However, I now need to remove the converter that the dealer installed. The dealer is willing to remove it but only at a cost (not surprised!). I can't imagine it being very hard to remove this myself but I'm not sure where to look and I was hoping one of you had installed/removed one of this and could guide me. I'm not sure exactly which converter they put on but I will try and find out tomorrow. Where is it located (I'm assuming near the gearbox??) and where is it most accessible?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Dion

PS. The new speedo works fine but the fuel lamp keeps blinking any ideas as to why this is?

Yeah fill it up

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by dnikop

PS. The new speedo works fine but the fuel lamp keeps blinking any ideas as to why this is?

there's a hole on the top of the bike, flip up the flap and the ignition key fits inside

fill the resulting cavity with the funny smelling liquid found here:

[the_lone_wolf]

damn, beaten to it

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

damn, beaten to it

If your not fast your last

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by BILLY

If your not fast your last

yes, yes, but... but my post had a picture

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

yes, yes, but... but my post had a picture

The thought had occured to me. But my old speedo did not act the same way when the bike was low on petrol. Maybe the UK spec speedos are different though. And I'm pretty sure I have enough in the tank. In any case, I will try that too, though I don't think that's the problem. But you never know...

The post with the pic of the petrol station was quite handy

Cheers

It could be a faulty sensor! But see how much it takes to fill it up! If it is more than 14 ltrs then it was low on fuel!

[BoltonSte]

Don't know about K3's but when I had the speedo converter on my curvy over there, It was a little black box behind the headstock that was spliced into the speedo cable, just removed it and rejoined the speedo cable up, ran fine after.

Ste

someone correct me? i can change my digi k3 speedo from mph to kph by using the 2 buttons on the front.