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What is this? Gauge voltage regulator? Bimetal switch in Speedo

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WilliamGLX81

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Hey everybody. I just refreshed some gauges I got off ebay a couple years ago.

There's this funky bimetal switch in the speedometer that was not present in my other set of gauges, and I wouldn't know where to connect it.
I don't know what it's for, but another thread looks like it might be a voltage regulator.


Here's a photo of what it looks like and where it fits in the back of the gauge.

This is where it fits in the back of the speedo:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/q71/1012631_10200642435057661_256152668_n.jpg

This is more of a close-up, but a bit fuzzy:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/q71/994165_10200642434617650_2082777059_n.jpg

Happy Rides
 
Apararantly it is a reed switch speed sensor for auto cancel turn signAls
 
OOOoooOOOOoooh. That sounds like a really nice feature, maybe. I do wonder if those would be nice to have.
Thank you.
 
Only if your bike was wired with the module to work with it. That reed switch is located near a spinning magnet with cutouts in it on the speedometer. Part of the distance counter circuit to self cancel the turn signals.
 
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