Longway Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 Hello, I've recently taken ownership of a 5th Gen 1999 VFR800FiX, it it a grey import and was first registered new in the UK May 2000, however the clocks are in km's, I have since had new tyres, brake pads, powder coated the wheel's but now need some help with the clocks, as although they are km's the actually speed given is in mph as checked using https://www.gearingcommander.com/ and by simply riding out with a mate at 60mph and comparing speedo's, which is great, but, the odometer is not giving out the correct distance covered, showing less than the true amount. Any advice would be very much appreciated 1 Quote
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted May 16, 2019 Member Contributer Posted May 16, 2019 I thought there was a way to change the display but after looking through the owner's manual, I found that the only change possible is for the temp guage to show F ( Fahrenheit) or C (Celsius). So for changing from mi to km you are out of luck. Quote
jeremyr62 Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 Sounds to me like you have some sort of speedohealer device tucked away somewhere to lower the speed from km/h to mph so the number is correct but the unit on the dial is obviously now wrong. Quote
Member Contributer ChasingNolan Posted May 16, 2019 Member Contributer Posted May 16, 2019 Wow! beautiful looking bike. I'm curious what color it is? Do you know the Honda color code? 1 Quote
Longway Posted May 16, 2019 Author Posted May 16, 2019 The colour code is under the seat I will post it when I next lift the seat, I had the bike MOT tested today, passed no problems, whilst there I managed to talk to an experienced motorcycle mechanic, he reckons the the clocks have been reprogrammed by a digital clocks specialist, he also advised me to put dielectric grease on the printed circuit under the clock's as they are prone to failure and the grease protects and helps maintain the connections, it's strange why odometer fails to consistently tot the mileage, I wonder If that could be down to dodgy connecton somewhere... Quote
Member Contributer VFRMAN Posted May 16, 2019 Member Contributer Posted May 16, 2019 Fine machine you got there, having it in km's could be handy if you take her to mainland Europe or Ireland. Quote
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 17, 2019 Member Contributer Posted May 17, 2019 Welcome to VFRD from across the North Sea 1 Quote
Longway Posted May 17, 2019 Author Posted May 17, 2019 The Honda Colour code is NH418P Now I have had chance to get out on the bike, and although the speedo is Km's the output given is MPH, which I'm happy with, however the odometer works for a while then it seems above a certain speed it stops adding to the distance, both the total distance and the trip distance, when it does work I'm pretty sure thats in miles too not Km as the screen suggests. It would seem they have been reprogrammed from Km to miles, however there is this bug with odometer, does anyone have experience in this? Quote
Member Contributer MooseMoose Posted May 17, 2019 Member Contributer Posted May 17, 2019 If you reach 88mph will it start to run backwards? 1 Quote
Longway Posted May 18, 2019 Author Posted May 18, 2019 9 hours ago, MooseMoose said: If you reach 88mph will it start to run backwards? Will road test and get back to you on that Quote
Member Contributer VARIABLE9 Posted May 18, 2019 Member Contributer Posted May 18, 2019 I would try to get the clocks fixed to OEM and live with it. Nice looking machine. Good luck. Quote
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