Veglia Speedo Running Fast

The Veglia's were made for a different gearing originally. though they exchanged the mechanics inside, they did not change the magneto drive (or what ever it's called...) of the needle. Your's is the first SFC ever built (besides the prototype) so it might be different, but if the millage counter counts the correct number of kilometers (non of them does count miles...), it should be an easy operation to adjust the needle for the guy if he knows what he's doing. Else you could simply leave it as is and take it as the "italian way of showing speed" and just keep in mind at which speed on the speedo you are riding how fast. there are - I think... - only 3 main speedlimits in USA, right? in Town, out of town, highway. So - if you keep in mind which is what or mark them with a bit of tape on the speedo, you are fine.

Keep in mind, if he brakes the speedo, it costs you another 800? or so to get a replacement - if you can get one...

cheers
 
Laverdalothar said:
The Veglia's were made for a different gearing originally. though they exchanged the mechanics inside, they did not change the magneto drive (or what ever it's called...) of the needle. Your's is the first SFC ever built (besides the prototype) so it might be different, but if the millage counter counts the correct number of kilometers (non of them does count miles...), it should be an easy operation to adjust the needle for the guy if he knows what he's doing. Else you could simply leave it as is and take it as the "italian way of showing speed" and just keep in mind at which speed on the speedo you are riding how fast. there are - I think... - only 3 main speedlimits in USA, right? in Town, out of town, highway. So - if you keep in mind which is what or mark them with a bit of tape on the speedo, you are fine.

Keep in mind, if he brakes the speedo, it costs you another 800? or so to get a replacement - if you can get one...

cheers
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I like the 'tape-on-the-face' solution.  Adds to the mystique.  :LOL:
 
Having owned a Bianchi 175 and a Ducati 250 I got to love and respect the scattergun approach of Veglia speedometers, you're better off dividing the indicated figure by 50%.
 
Rockitdoc said:
The Veglia Vagueliar on my SFC1000 runs about 50% fast.  That is, at 40mph it shows 60mph.  Is this normal?  Or, is this the real reason why Laverdas have a rep for being so fast?  :-*
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Fixed, just in translation it became veglia.............as Pete said what else is new, at least you wont get booked for speeding  :D :D :D if you are only doing 40 in a 60 hey....
 
They all do that, sir!
According to the GPS, mine overreads by 20 km/h.
This accounts for the ludicous speeds I hit overtaking.... :o
Maybe we could re-design the SFC aluminium dash to accept proper i.e. ND clocks? :D

Cheers!
 
The vagueliar speedo on my RGS is surprisingly accurate, with in a few mph according to my gps, the tacho on the other hand is unsurprisingly dead.....
 
whole dash unit is available new/restored from OCT.

different Veglias... The one the 1000 SFC uses is originally designed for a Ducati F1 i think, which has a different gearing. They changed the gearing, but did not change the needles magnetic...
 
I had an vague by nature Veglia for a Guzzi re-calibtrated by Otto Instruments, Brisbane, a few years ago. Couple of hundred, can't remember. They do a good job. Regards.
 
ghwallice said:
I had an vague by nature Veglia for a Guzzi re-calibtrated by Otto Instruments, Brisbane, a few years ago. Couple of hundred, can't remember. They do a good job. Regards.
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Well they did a shit job on my NDs from the triple, and charged a bomb for the pleasure.
 
ghwallice said:
I had an vague by nature Veglia for a Guzzi re-calibtrated by Otto Instruments, Brisbane, a few years ago. Couple of hundred, can't remember. They do a good job. Regards.
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I also spent a fortune to have the speedo on the GS1000 BM refurbish by Otto. The trip zero button came back with a self tapper screw used as the button with the rubber bung sitting loosely over it, lasted about 10 kays before it disappeared!! The seal around the clear face lets dust in as well as moisture. It does work though so they got that right.
Also took about 2 months to get it back, and that was because I started calling them frequently.
Wouldn't use them again
 
When my tacho stopped working, on the RGS, I took it to an instrument place in Newcastle.

A young bloke took it off me and went out the back to show it to someone. He came back in a few minutes, handed the tacho back and told me to go away. Politely like.
 
Maybe you should roll count your bike, to work out the output ratio of the bike ( wheel size, drive etc).
Mark a 20 metre distance. place the front wheel on the 1st mark, roll the bike, as the inner cable does 1 revolution count this as 1 and roll to the finish. This will give you an idea what the output ration is of the bike.

Regards
JasonB
 
what for, Jason, please? The mechanic setup of the speedo is correct (btw.: the same as the ND we use on the older triples or the Hesket (?) ones on the RGA or 120? Jota). The issue is that they never changed the setup of the needle. That needs calibration... the km-counter is quite accurate, at least on my 1000 SFC...
 
I had the same issue with my speedo on the SFC as well, about the same discrepancy as you describe. Here in NZ I took it to the people that calibrate all the gear for the police - this was about 15yrs ago. Robinsons Instruments.
Not sure where you are but may be worth finding someone like that.
Anyway they sorted it in about 30mins and it's pretty accurate now.
Cheers,
Keith.
 
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