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Purists please don't even look at this...may cause elevated blood pressure etc. It has taken me longer than I thought to get my MK3 ready for a 1000 mile trip but I'm finally there. Leaving on the 23rd god willing. One thing that was bugging me was how to accurately record important data such as distance travelled etc with my stock clocks. The tach is OK but the speedo is almost useless. It worked for a while after I spent alot of time with cable routing and lubrication then it just packed it in and started swinging all over the place. My drive is OK and I now have a small collection of cables but my speedo is done for. Buy another one? Repair this one? Even so it would just be a matter of time before it goes south again.
After looking around I decided to try the Trail Tech Vapor speedo/tach/clock combination. It costs less than the cheapeast repro speedo and does much more. It was easy to set up and I really like it now. The tach is not spot on for accuracy but I'm sure it could be made to be. All other functions and especially the speedometer are dead on. I made a little bracket for it and it fits neatly in the space that the MK3 dash used to take up. I had intended to just use it for this upcomming trip but I may just keep it on the bike. Good documentation and the company is out of Washington State. It works so...dont judge!
After looking around I decided to try the Trail Tech Vapor speedo/tach/clock combination. It costs less than the cheapeast repro speedo and does much more. It was easy to set up and I really like it now. The tach is not spot on for accuracy but I'm sure it could be made to be. All other functions and especially the speedometer are dead on. I made a little bracket for it and it fits neatly in the space that the MK3 dash used to take up. I had intended to just use it for this upcomming trip but I may just keep it on the bike. Good documentation and the company is out of Washington State. It works so...dont judge!