How to make tach work on FrankenZ ?!

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27 Sep 2011 01:05 #479868 by badrhino
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Sooo I have a 1980 KZ1000 with a J motor with 1100 heads on it. :blink: :unsure: :silly: :whistle: :woohoo: I know....wtf? Right? LOL

So How can I go about getting a tach to work on this bike. I believe it has the original tach and correct me if I'm wrong but those are mechanical tachs and the J mtor/1100 heads need electronic tach. What do I have to do get a J model tach or is there another way?
1980 KZ1000 with a 1982 KZ1000J motor with 1100 pistons and heads, Vance & Hines, 29MM Smooth Bores, Work in Progress
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27 Sep 2011 01:13 #479870 by Motor Head
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No tach drive hole in the head, otherwise you could've put the CSR cam in with a drive. But electric would be the way to go. The LTD and the Sport touring A1&2 had the electric tach and speedo. If you want dimensions and pictures I could get that in the morning for you. That would give you a bit on the mounting, which I know is different than the Mechanical, and what warning lights are there and what it looks like. It has the right turn, High beam Indicator and the headlamp warning in the tach.
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27 Sep 2011 01:20 - 27 Sep 2011 01:22 #479872 by badrhino
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Yeah I searched on e-bay and looked at a few. I just don't think a newer tach would look right on there as the older ones were a little bit longer and shaped different. I love the looks of the older style ones. Crap!
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27 Sep 2011 01:23 #479873 by Motor Head
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You could open one of the old ones and put the electric in the early housing. Could get an aftermarket thats close as well, maybe. Aftermarket juts in the early housing. Several options, like ordering off of a menu. :laugh:
1982 KZ1000LTD K2 Vance & Hines 4-1 ACCEL COILS Added Vetter fairing & Bags. FOX Racing rear Shocks, Braced Swing-arm, Fork Brace, Progressive Fork Springs RT Gold Emulators, APE Valve Springs, 1166 Big Bore kit, RS34's, GPZ cams.
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27 Sep 2011 01:27 #479875 by wireman
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im sure ive had a couple of the newer style heads with tach drive on them,just cant remember model they came from maybe csr?
anyway what about just leaving your tach on there just for looks and mounting a shift light on there between your gauges to tell ya when to shift? B)
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27 Sep 2011 01:35 #479876 by badrhino
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Shift light could be a possibility, but replacing internals with electronic ones would also be sweat.
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27 Sep 2011 03:12 #479886 by clutch
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Not sure if you're looking to update, but when I had issues with my tach and speedo a while back, I upgraded to an Acewell computer. This picks up tach signal off of your pickup wire to the coils, also has speedo, odometer, 2 tripometers, plenty of extra goodies, and all the indicator lights. I love mine!

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27 Sep 2011 10:01 #479911 by jms3257
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I saw someplace a replacement Tack that is electronic, no cable, looks like original. Try looking at Redline. Was considering getting one for mine.

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