GSteve550 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) Hi guys. I’m new to the forum and am building a cafe racer from a 78 GS550. Hope someone can help. I’m looking to buy a new mechanical tacho. Does anyone know the drive ratio for the GS? From some googling I’ve not found an answer, but I think it’s likely to be 1:4, 1:5, or 1:7. I would have turned the engine over and counted the revolutions of the drive cable - but the engine is in bits right now ! Edited August 19, 2020 by GSteve550 Dumb spelling mistake!! Quote Link to comment
banoffee Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Welcome. I find 2 tacos to 1 beer to be a good ratio 2 Quote Link to comment
GSteve550 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Cheers! I reckon I’d flip that ratio 1 Quote Link to comment
Swiss Toni Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Welcome to the club, Steve! Quote Link to comment
GSteve550 Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 Thanks Toni. I’ve not done this kind of build before, but hopefully I should be ok - after all, building a bike is very much like......... Quote Link to comment
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