MT350 speedometer drive

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jungleMTbiker
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MT350 speedometer drive

Post by jungleMTbiker » Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:29 pm

Anybody got a spare one? Alternatively, has anybody got a recommendation for one off of another bike that will work?
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--1985 Armstrong MT500, was 05 KE 27. Installing 604E engine, better front brake and better rear shocks.
--Currently back in Papua New Guinea, left the bike hibernating in Surrey again

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Re: MT350 speedometer drive

Post by Vtrsp1da » Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:25 pm

It would be easier to buy a MT350 :D
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Re: MT350 speedometer drive

Post by Laurence » Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:51 pm

viewtopic.php?f=91&t=25436&p=231440#p231440

I still haven’t looked any further into this… but it was looking hopeful.
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Re: MT350 speedometer drive

Post by jungleMTbiker » Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:11 pm

As I am using a Aprilia wheel, I think I've decided to use a Aprilia CEV speedo drive. I've also located a CEV drive that supposedly has the same gearing as the MT, but is in a cracked housing. If I get desperate I might pay the exorbitant price the seller wants for it just to steal the gears out of it for a different housing!

For me the question may end up shifting away from "what drive will I use?" to "What speedo will work properly with the drive I have?" If you are using a 21" wheel and a drive from a 21" wheel, then the speedometer that went with that drive will work. I'll try the original 500 speedo first.
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--1985 Armstrong MT500, was 05 KE 27. Installing 604E engine, better front brake and better rear shocks.
--Currently back in Papua New Guinea, left the bike hibernating in Surrey again

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Re: MT350 speedometer drive

Post by nige » Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:14 am

Hi. I’ve had a few APRILIA Rotax type speedo drives with cracked housings, if not too bad you can strip, build up the crack with epoxy putty or similar then grease and rebuild. It’s always been a viable working repair. Nige.
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Re: MT350 speedometer drive

Post by jungleMTbiker » Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:12 pm

Thanks, I wondered about that.
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--Currently back in Papua New Guinea, left the bike hibernating in Surrey again

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Re: MT350 speedometer drive

Post by jungleMTbiker » Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:47 pm

I now have a NOS original MT350 one.
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--1985 Armstrong MT500, was 05 KE 27. Installing 604E engine, better front brake and better rear shocks.
--Currently back in Papua New Guinea, left the bike hibernating in Surrey again

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