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Tach cable

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:55 pm
by bultaco59
Hello everybody, well im restoring a 76 Suzuki gt500 and I changed the bars to lower bars and now my tach cable is to long,does anybody out there
know where to ge a shorter tach cable for a Suzuki gt500 stock is 45inchs I need one that's about 40 or 41 inchs.
let me know ,any help would be great
Thanks
Bob in Burbank

Re: Tach cable

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 5:31 pm
by karl pa
Just changing bars shouldn't affect tach cable, the tach/speedo bracket bolts to the triple tree, changing bars should only affect clutch and throttle cable, and brake hose.

Re: Tach cable

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:07 pm
by GTandcbr
There are companies that manufacture bespoke cables here in the UK maybe there are some in the US too?

Re: Tach cable

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:08 pm
by jabcb
+1 on karl's comments.

If you have a stock cable, then the extra length is because you ran the cable via a shorter path from the tach drive at the back of the motor to the tach.
You can alter the cable path a bit to use up that 4 inches.
Also, make sure the cable path you chose does not cause a problem when you turn the handlebar to the extreme right or left.