Gauge Options redux

Yorkie · Mar 30, 2022

I am piecing together a '72 Commando for my youngest son and as the bike is a bitsa I was thinking about alternatives for the gauges. I have a set of original gauges but both of them have the threaded studs snapped off. What modern alternatives are out there that will fit the original gauge holders? I was hoping that CNW would have something but I couldn't find anything. Smiths?

baldy · Mar 30, 2022

Options. Repro gages - cheap but bad reputation for failing. New smiths digital gages - expensive but nice. I would just get some housings off ebay and rebuild the ones you got. Plenty of triumph ones.
George

bill · Mar 30, 2022

legendary motorcycles
//legendary-motorcycles.com/product-category/gauges-brackets-speed-rpm/

gortnipper · Mar 30, 2022

fixed the link

Speed/Tach Gauges & Misc Brackets – Legendary-Motorcycles.com

legendary-motorcycles.com

Stephen Hill · Mar 30, 2022

Just run the old dead ones. They will look right and nobody will know the diff. I have friends who gave up keeping them working years ago. You don't need a tach to know when to shift a Norton and most people ride the speed of traffic. If you are going faster than traffic and you get busted, a working speedo isn't going to help you much.

maylar · Mar 31, 2022

Stephen Hill said:
most people ride the speed of traffic

There was an article many years ago in Easy Rider magazine where they suggested marking your twist grip with a knife for the speed limit in top gear (55 mph at the time).

Derek Wilson · Mar 31, 2022

The electronic ones are not that expensive, if you factor in good cores and having them rebuilt. I ordered a new tach last year from AN - with shipping and exchange, it was around $300 CAD. It is very nice to not have a wavey tach needle, and one less engine leakage point.

Last quote I saw for a rebuild (minus core) was $250 CAD.

FWIW

Yorkie · Mar 31, 2022

That’s actually an interesting idea.

Stephen Hill said:
Just run the old dead ones. They will look right and nobody will know the diff. I have friends who gave up keeping them working years ago. You don't need a tach to know when to shift a Norton and most people ride the speed of traffic. If you are going faster than traffic and you get busted, a working speedo isn't going to help you much.