4 piston brembos vs speedo cable

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I am fitting modern 4 piston brake caliburs on my 82 Mirage. I am reversing the fork legs so the brakes  are trailing. In doing so, I notice the existing speedo  cable is about 4 inches too short.
Has anyone else done this modification ? Can longer cables be found? Or is there another way to make this work?
Thanks, Myke
 
I used one off a Mirage on my 180 (it's longer cos the clocks are a different way round IIRC) but someone like Venhill (there must be someone similar in your neck of the woods) should be able to make up exactly what you need. 

Worth doing cos they look stupid facing forward and the pistons are also the wrong way round; they're different for a reason- to even out wear along the pad.
 
Ask for one for an RGA as it is longer.
That's what Slater recommended to me for POP which has the same brakes as yours.
Worked a treat.
He can supply them, or others too likely.
 
I had the same issue.
Got a longer cable made up by a company here in Australia called Flexible Drive Agencies. Cost about $50.
They used the ends of my old cable.
I also ground a little of the inside of the fork leg to get the speedo drive to rotate enough so the cable would run around the callipers.
Have tried attaching a photo, might work?
 

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900mm from end of fitting to end of fitting.
Best to check the length you need.
Should be the same but you never know.
http://www.fdrive.com.au/
Red put me onto them.
There should be someone in the US who can do it?
Save on postage.
 
Try
http://www.speedometersolutions.com/speedometer_cable.htm
http://texasindustrialelectric.com/speedo.asp
http://www.jegs.com/p/Lokar/Lokar-Custom-Fit-Speedometer-Cable-Kits/749860/10002/-1
http://www.speedometerplus.com/
http://www.transmissioncenter.org/speedometer_cable.htm
http://www.tacomaspeedometer.com/index/
http://www.dicksspeedotach.com/

or just do a Google etc search for more, maybe somebody local to you so you can bring them a sample.

Ken
 
Sporteous, I like the way you've tied the speedo drive cable and the brake hose together.  Very tidy!  Is that a connector for ignition wires that you've adapted?
 
Lawrence,
The connector is a brake line hose seperator clamp that I got from Goodridge to tidy up the brake lines, didn't use it on the brake lines but it came in handy for the speedo cable.
 
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