I was hoping I could get some advice on purchasing a speedo for my 45 WM20. My bike was purchased without one. When looking at listings on line (I'm in regional Australia, so don't really have the jumble option), how do I identify whether the particular Smith's speedo is compatible for my bike? Is here a identifying number on the face or any other model number that I should be looking for? Thank you for any advice you have.
You'd have to be pretty unlucky to find an Enfield speedo with reversed drive so in general almost any 80mph non-illuminated, non-trip chronometric will function.
Will you be expecting to have it reconditioned ? In the UK, most repairers will recondition to the correct spec or effectively exchange as long as you have a reconditionable donor unit.
You'd have to be pretty unlucky to find an Enfield speedo with reversed drive
Unlucky? Bugger me Rik! Show me where they all are
A chronometric speedo overhaul by David/Phil Woods here in UK is around £70. An exchange unit is about £150. Gawd knows what an outright purchase might be Ron
They're rare, Ron but not many people are looking for them. If you only have one old bike (yeah, I know that's difficult to imagine ! ) then it would be a bit of bad luck to end up with the wrong type.
If you picked up a hundred chronometrics, how many would be arse-about-face ? half or one percent ? Probably less.
Does anyone sell restored chronometrics outright ? If they did then you'd have to factor in the price of a non-working unit and the costs of finding it...£70 - £100 ? I'd reckon on about £250 to start with nothing and end up with a restored instrument.
If you picked up a hundred chronometrics, how many would be arse-about-face ? half or one percent ? Probably less.
I've only ever seen one original A/C speedo Rik and the bloke who sold it to me said, his Dad bought it NOS, something like 25 years ago and never found a use for it. I've seen at least 3 Enfield's with the front wheel reversed so as to run a conventional speedo. So I now have one original on my WD/G (which had it's wheel reversed when I bought the bike) and one that has been reworked by David Woods to reverse the action on my WD/L.
Anthony as long as you find a chronometric speedo that needs an overhaul, it can be reworked into WD trim by one of the speedo guys.