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Mystery speedo

#1 PostAuthor: Mr Bump » Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:56 pm

Good afternoon,

Has anyone any idea what this might be part of? It looks like a smallish Kawasaki triple to me, but I can't work out what.

You can tell by the orientation of the photo that it's off an Australian model of whatever it is....

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Re: Mystery speedo

#2 PostAuthor: dave spencer » Sun Jul 05, 2020 2:48 pm

It is no off a triple could be a 550 , looks very similar to a 81 Gpz

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#3 PostAuthor: ADRIAN H » Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:34 pm

dave spencer wrote:It is no off a triple could be a 550 , looks very similar to a 81 Gpz


Does look like Gpz550 speedo, but mounting bracket looks a bit odd.
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Re: Mystery speedo

#4 PostAuthor: z1bman » Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:14 am

kawasaki 440 twin

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Re: Mystery speedo

#5 PostAuthor: Mr Bump » Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:00 pm

Hmm, looks like it might belong on some sort of early LTD, it sits in a chrome cup. Could be a 440 or a 550 or something like that, but I can't find a picture online of anything exactly like it.

It came attached to the remains of a z1100a shaft, so it's possible it's not even Kawasaki, though it does look like it.

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Re: Mystery speedo

#8 PostAuthor: ADRIAN H » Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:29 pm

Z550, z550 ltd and gpz550 speedometers all go up to 150mph
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Re: Mystery speedo

#9 PostAuthor: Kwackman » Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:28 pm

It looks the same as the one on my Z250, 1982ish model.
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Re: Mystery speedo

#10 PostAuthor: Mr Bump » Wed Jul 08, 2020 6:38 pm

Kwackman wrote:It looks the same as the one on my Z250, 1982ish model.


Sounds likely. As it sits in a chrome cup I reckon it might be off a z250 ltd.

Probably not likely to be many people out there looking for one in that case.

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#11 PostAuthor: Big Fluff » Mon Jul 13, 2020 3:23 pm

Sorry but I reckon you are all wrong... It looks very smilar to the Hodna CB400-4 F2
The only slight difference is the kmh markings (i.e. the 140 on the F2).
It's 99.999% certainly Hodna due to the L-shaped mileage cutouts, the plastic housing and colour of the gauge face.
I may be wrong but I doubt it :lol:
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Re: Mystery speedo

#12 PostAuthor: Kwackman » Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:34 pm

I've climbed over the lawnmower to find my Z250 clocks... and damn it, Big Fluff is right, it isn't the same!
On the Z250 the blue "km/h" lettering (below the trip display) is above the white "mph" lettering.
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Re: Mystery speedo

#13 PostAuthor: Mr Bump » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:41 am

Big Fluff wrote:Sorry but I reckon you are all wrong... It looks very smilar to the Hodna CB400-4 F2
The only slight difference is the kmh markings (i.e. the 140 on the F2).
It's 99.999% certainly Hodna due to the L-shaped mileage cutouts, the plastic housing and colour of the gauge face.
I may be wrong but I doubt it :lol:


I reckon you've cracked it. Nice one.

Thanks to all for your assistance.

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