Classic Bike (UK)

Right ratio

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Both Norvil’s Les Emery and John Dunn from the Norton Owners Club tell me that an Smiths anticlockw­ise speedo drive is available. It’s produced for the 850 Commando, but it was worth me going to the trouble of converting a clockwise one to anticlockw­ise (CB February), because the late Commando used Veglia clocks so the drive ratio is 1.25:1; the Norvin’s chronometr­ic speedo needs 2:1 – besides, it saved me the cost of buying one...

 ??  ?? Drive box ratios are cast or stamped in the speedo housing
Drive box ratios are cast or stamped in the speedo housing

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