shorter GS1000 tacho cable

[Agemax]

does anyone know a GS model which has a shorter tacho cable than a GS1000?
mine is 600mm and i need one about 50mm shorter,

cheers

[Guest]

I've heard that Z1 Enterprises makes custom length cables, not sure if this includes tach cables or not but might be worth an email/call.

[GregT]

Check out your local yellow pages for instrument repair shops - car instruments. There's one local to me who will make up drive cables for anything.
If I can get it done here in NZ, there's sure to be someone in the UK....

[1980GS1000E]

Agemax, I'm with you on this. The tach cable rubs the front fender when the forks compress. Post your results.

[Agemax]

i found a company called Cable-Tec in the UK.
they make or modify any cables to your own spec, control cables/speedo/tacho pretty much every cable you can think of.
they quoted ?30 + vat + shipping just to shorten a tacho cable!
i think i will find a local breakers yard and search through their cables until i can find a suitable one.

[tkent02]

I can measure a couple?.
The one on the 1981 650G looks to be about 530mm.

Maybe try a 750?

[Agemax]

I can measure a couple?.

cheers, i need one approx 550mm total length, there must be another Suzuki cable out there, its just finding what bike it comes from.

[hampshirehog]

If you wade through the Wemoto website looking at all their tacho cables they list the length.

http://www.wemoto.com/parts/cable_tacho_suzuki

They have this one at 53cm:

http://www.wemoto.com/parts/picture/pw-422-550/

[Agemax]

Wally, you are a genius, thanks mate.

[Agemax]

the gsx1100 cable looks perfect (55cm). i am away from home at the moment so i cant measure the fittings to see if they are the same as the GS.

http://www.wemoto.com/parts/picture/vo-163-122/