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Offline Magpie

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Identify these instruments?
« on: March 08, 2007, 09:48:09 PM »
Got these in trade, does anyone know what bike they are for? Aprox. 3 1/2 inches across the face
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Re: Identify these instruments?
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2007, 06:38:55 AM »
Black faces with 9,500 red line maybe Kawasaki
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Re: Identify these instruments?
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2007, 06:50:41 AM »
speedo looks like the 78F speedo. Tach looks like the 1980 cb750 DOHC tach.
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Re: Identify these instruments?
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2007, 06:59:14 AM »
 European 1978 CB550 K, Red line should be 9,300
I had a couple of them at various times when they were new
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Re: Identify these instruments?
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2007, 07:03:13 AM »
Quote from: Geeto67 on March 09, 2007, 06:50:41 AM
speedo looks like the 78F speedo. Tach looks like the 1980 cb750 DOHC tach.

   '78F speedo only goes up to 140mph :'(

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Re: Identify these instruments?
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2007, 07:52:34 AM »
I think you missed the fact that the speedo is Metric (KPH) and not standard (MPH).
Cool looking gauges though.  I would like stock black faced gauges for my bike.
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Offline SteveD CB500F

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Re: Identify these instruments?
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2007, 09:18:51 AM »
Take a look here

It's about time we resurrected this thread and got some more reference pics (hint...)
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Re: Identify these instruments?
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2007, 10:54:36 AM »
Quote from: pddpimp on March 09, 2007, 07:52:34 AM
I think you missed the fact that the speedo is Metric (KPH) and not standard (MPH).
Cool looking gauges though.  I would like stock black faced gauges for my bike.

Ooops! Okay then, it's not from a US market '78F. ;D ;D ;D

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