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Just bought a 1980 US spec GS1000G and the speedo only goes to 80MPH I'm in England and would it be possible to fit a 140 speedo Or does anyone know if the speedo face can just be changed and if so who in UK could do the job
 
If you're asking if we've got a 140mph, over here that will swap onto that bike, No. Whatever your "80" GS1000G's had on them over there, should bolt right on and work fine. Back in those days, there was supposedly a co. that made 160mph faces and a gadget that reduced the speedo cable speed by 50% to make it register right. I never saw one. After 3 yrs. our govt. realized how stupid it was and went back to normal.
 
Just bought a 1980 US spec GS1000G and the speedo only goes to 80MPH I'm in England and would it be possible to fit a 140 speedo Or does anyone know if the speedo face can just be changed and if so who in UK could do the job

Just get an 850 or 1000 speedo from a UK breaker.
 
Just bought a 1980 US spec GS1000G and the speedo only goes to 80MPH I'm in England and would it be possible to fit a 140 speedo Or does anyone know if the speedo face can just be changed and if so who in UK could do the job

Will this bike break 120? My 550 speedo has been there in exuberant inaccuracy.
 
so are you saying Grimly that the 140 speedo will be calibrated the same as the 80mph I have now Just fit straight on and bingo?
 
so are you saying Grimly that the 140 speedo will be calibrated the same as the 80mph I have now Just fit straight on and bingo?

Only difference i see is that the skew-drive gearing might be different at the bottom end. If so, that's easily sorted with parts from the same Euro-sourced bike.
Looking it up, I see it's not the case at all... same part over a wide range of models... Part 11
https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/suzuki/motorcycle/1980/gs1000g/front-wheel
And here it is... shared across the range...
https://www.partzilla.com/product/suzuki/54600-18402?ref=4438217c28dbcf608d17590ed10986961f8614bb
 
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