speedo question for a 70 r 75/5

Darryl.Richman · Post by **Darryl.Richman** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:11 am

All the /5s came with a combined speedo/tach instrument mounted in the headlight nacelle.

schrader7032 · Post by **schrader7032** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:12 am

Reading Ian Falloon's book, for 1970 he says that the instrument was a mechanical tach and speedometer. There was an odometer but no room for a trip meter.

Kurt in S.A.

Darryl.Richman · Post by **Darryl.Richman** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:55 am

Tachs were mechanical at least through the /6 series; speedos were always mechanical on Boxers until the R1200 "Hexheads" arrived a couple years ago. The K bikes always had electronic speedos.

VBMWMO · Post by **VBMWMO** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:52 pm

Can anyone tell me if a 1970 R75/5 speedo was just the speedo or both tach and speedo?