Speedometer help
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Speedometer help
Hey everyone,
I'm in Canada and I just purchased a 2010 street glide from the US. In order to get title in Canada the bike must adhere to certain regulations,one being the speedometer/odometer must be in kilometers and not miles. I would just change it but the dealer wants $450, a bit steep for such an insignificant change. Here's my question: I have a 2004 Electra glide, can I take it out and install it in the 2010 street glide just temporarily for the inspection ? Are they an exact fit ? Is it plug and play ? Would it mess up the reading on 04 speedo for when I go to put it back ?
Thanks.
PS - Other stupid regulations, must have stock exhaust ( luckily I have it ) , must have big square brake light and signals on rear fender. ( I'm going to have to jimmy something up temporarily). BS rules, everyone just changes them back.
I'm in Canada and I just purchased a 2010 street glide from the US. In order to get title in Canada the bike must adhere to certain regulations,one being the speedometer/odometer must be in kilometers and not miles. I would just change it but the dealer wants $450, a bit steep for such an insignificant change. Here's my question: I have a 2004 Electra glide, can I take it out and install it in the 2010 street glide just temporarily for the inspection ? Are they an exact fit ? Is it plug and play ? Would it mess up the reading on 04 speedo for when I go to put it back ?
Thanks.
PS - Other stupid regulations, must have stock exhaust ( luckily I have it ) , must have big square brake light and signals on rear fender. ( I'm going to have to jimmy something up temporarily). BS rules, everyone just changes them back.
Go to the Harley Canada website and look at the touring bikes. CVO street glide shows the same lights (between the bag and fender) as the US model.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/ca/e...eet-glide.html
Click on "explore paint in 360" and you can spin the bike to see the tail end.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/ca/e...eet-glide.html
Click on "explore paint in 360" and you can spin the bike to see the tail end.
Last edited by FXDXTSport; Oct 30, 2018 at 07:14 PM.
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From: canada
Go to the Harley Canada website and look at the touring bikes. CVO street glide shows the same lights (between the bag and fender) as the US model.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/ca/e...eet-glide.html
Click on "explore paint in 360" and you can spin the bike to see the tail end.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/ca/e...eet-glide.html
Click on "explore paint in 360" and you can spin the bike to see the tail end.
Last edited by FXDXTSport; Oct 30, 2018 at 07:29 PM.
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Going back for a moment to the less interesting speedo! Take a look at a parts website for the different speedos available for your model. The correct Canada version is approx USD300, so is your dealer quoting USD or Canadian dollars, and for supply, or supply-and-fit? There is a touching ceremony to 'marry' a speedo to a bike, in addition to fitting it, so that it shows the correct mileage. I'm surprised you didn't investigate all this before you made your purchase - just bite the bullet and do the job properly!
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Going back for a moment to the less interesting speedo! Take a look at a parts website for the different speedos available for your model. The correct Canada version is approx USD300, so is your dealer quoting USD or Canadian dollars, and for supply, or supply-and-fit? There is a touching ceremony to 'marry' a speedo to a bike, in addition to fitting it, so that it shows the correct mileage. I'm surprised you didn't investigate all this before you made your purchase - just bite the bullet and do the job properly!
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I don't understand why all vehicle brands don't fit dual mph/kph speedos! In North America it would surely be useful for anyone crossing the border in or out of the USA to be able to check speed against the local signs, just as it would here between the UK and Europe. My Buell is dual, but the kph part is tiny, so not legible while riding. Any bike breakers nearby who may just have a speedo looking for a new home?!
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Yeah, we have weird rules here in Canada. Big lights, speedometers in kms, etc.
I am surprised someone is enforcing it. About every 20th or 30th used motorcycle I see for sale here in Canada is in MILES and not KMS.
I am not 100% certain about photos on the mother ships home pages, but I do suspect ALL pix are of US bikes. I think I saw Forty-Eights on there with a small wee tailight, but in the flesh, they are those huge fugly blocks. Can't speak to the Touring bikes....but in all likelihood, same exact web page, but they've just made the $$ amounts more for us poor saps living north of the border. I doubt they are going to redesign a whole series (100's?) of web pages for such a small (Canadian) market share.
to GB: You;re right. Seems easy enough. For Indian Scouts it's the button push (or 2) to change the Speedo to read miles vs. kms.....soooooo easy when crossing the border, which many of us do. (I don't own an Indian......yet......but it's one thing that's factored into my decision for a 2nd bike)
to OP: All you really need is the gauge face from a KILOMETERS bike.....nobody is going to ride it to see if it's accurate against a GPS source. I have no idea if that's an easy or impossible job. I know it's something I would certainly investigate if it was me.
I am surprised someone is enforcing it. About every 20th or 30th used motorcycle I see for sale here in Canada is in MILES and not KMS.
I am not 100% certain about photos on the mother ships home pages, but I do suspect ALL pix are of US bikes. I think I saw Forty-Eights on there with a small wee tailight, but in the flesh, they are those huge fugly blocks. Can't speak to the Touring bikes....but in all likelihood, same exact web page, but they've just made the $$ amounts more for us poor saps living north of the border. I doubt they are going to redesign a whole series (100's?) of web pages for such a small (Canadian) market share.
to GB: You;re right. Seems easy enough. For Indian Scouts it's the button push (or 2) to change the Speedo to read miles vs. kms.....soooooo easy when crossing the border, which many of us do. (I don't own an Indian......yet......but it's one thing that's factored into my decision for a 2nd bike)
to OP: All you really need is the gauge face from a KILOMETERS bike.....nobody is going to ride it to see if it's accurate against a GPS source. I have no idea if that's an easy or impossible job. I know it's something I would certainly investigate if it was me.
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