Speedometer help
Road Warrior
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From: Ontario, Canada
My 2012 UC was also a US bike that I purchased here in Ontario. The Indy I purchased from sells truck loads of US bikes every year. To satisfy our regulations, they just stick a "km per hour" sticker on the outer face of the speedo. The sticker is calibrated (and I use that term loosely) so the when the bike is running 62 mph on the original speedo, the needle is showing 100 kph on the sticker. Odometer still reads miles of course.
This was fine for a while but I wanted a KM speedo. Researched it a fair bit and as a previous poster has said, you can order a new KM (or KM/MILE combo) speedo from HD. They require your current mileage...when you receive your new speedo, it will not be at zero, it will have your current mileage as a starting point. And yes...the price is pretty steep!! I went the route of used gauges instead. I found a full set of Street Glide gauges (I like the silver as opposed to black) from a Canadian bike & swapped them out. I got my complete set with only 642 km's on the speedo for only $100. Lots of guys swapping out the original gauges for digital versions. Contrary to what some may say, the ECU does NOT store the mileage and transfer it over to the replacement speedo. Installed and plugged in, and all works perfectly...easy peasy. Odometer reads the accumulated km's from the original bike (642) and started counting up from there. I recorded my mileage (converted to km's) when I removed the original speedo...recorded the km's on the used replacement speedo. Because the replacement speedo had such low km's on it, I need to add 9,526 km to what is showing on my odometer for total km's on my bike. I will disclose this if & when I trade or sell it.
This was fine for a while but I wanted a KM speedo. Researched it a fair bit and as a previous poster has said, you can order a new KM (or KM/MILE combo) speedo from HD. They require your current mileage...when you receive your new speedo, it will not be at zero, it will have your current mileage as a starting point. And yes...the price is pretty steep!! I went the route of used gauges instead. I found a full set of Street Glide gauges (I like the silver as opposed to black) from a Canadian bike & swapped them out. I got my complete set with only 642 km's on the speedo for only $100. Lots of guys swapping out the original gauges for digital versions. Contrary to what some may say, the ECU does NOT store the mileage and transfer it over to the replacement speedo. Installed and plugged in, and all works perfectly...easy peasy. Odometer reads the accumulated km's from the original bike (642) and started counting up from there. I recorded my mileage (converted to km's) when I removed the original speedo...recorded the km's on the used replacement speedo. Because the replacement speedo had such low km's on it, I need to add 9,526 km to what is showing on my odometer for total km's on my bike. I will disclose this if & when I trade or sell it.
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Ontario, Canada
Canada doesn't require the "square" brake light. They DO require a dedicated brake light in that it can't be the same used for signals. I taped/velcroed an old sportster brake light on, changed my red lens to ambers that I had and went to Canadian tire. They passed it without even turning it on to see if they work.....lol. You can also just get those 70's style km speedo stickers for the speedo and then take them off after inspection. My last 2 bikes have been US imports. The crappy dollar ended that!
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From: canada
Canada doesn't require the "square" brake light. They DO require a dedicated brake light in that it can't be the same used for signals. I taped/velcroed an old sportster brake light on, changed my red lens to ambers that I had and went to Canadian tire. They passed it without even turning it on to see if they work.....lol. You can also just get those 70's style km speedo stickers for the speedo and then take them off after inspection. My last 2 bikes have been US imports. The crappy dollar ended that!
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2014
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From: Ontario, Canada
Canada doesn't require the "square" brake light. They DO require a dedicated brake light in that it can't be the same used for signals. I taped/velcroed an old sportster brake light on, changed my red lens to ambers that I had and went to Canadian tire. They passed it without even turning it on to see if they work.....lol. You can also just get those 70's style km speedo stickers for the speedo and then take them off after inspection. My last 2 bikes have been US imports. The crappy dollar ended that!
https://www.harley-davidson.com/ca/e...e-special.html
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