Speedo Drives

Will be Indian made - Make of that what you will. My 650 Enfield is amazingly good quality. 18 months old, no issues whatsoever and still a joy to ride, but that is obviously fitted with OEM parts. Aftermarket items can be variable in their quality, but generally they still do what they are supposed to do.

If the ratio is correct and the price low enough, it has to be worth a try.

Regards, George 

The classic UK made Enfields would have used the same suppliers (Smiths) as Norton. 

Give Hitchcock motorcycles a call and ask them if the Indian made drives will fit old UK Enfields.  They will know and probably sell you one at a sensible price too.

Regards, George. 

I purchased two Indian speedo heads, drives and cables. Both cost around £22 including postage and came within 2 weeks. On both of them I had to mess around with the drive gearbox in order for the Dominator rear wheel spacer to fit inside.

The first one of them was a single Chronometric look-alike clock but the head was cone-shaped and consequently difficult to mount. It was really suited to being set inside a headlamp. Also the Drive gearbox contained a round Nylon block which acted as a guide for the large worm gear. This started to squash when the axle was tightened and was subsequently removed. The good news being that the output shaft had the correct 1/8" square drive socket and ferrel thread for a British cable.  After sorting out the Nylon guide (which is gold coloured in the photo) and mounting the speedo head this combination served me well for nearly 4,000 miles.

The other Indian purchase was for a full set of Smith clocks that were copies of the Magnetic variety. Apart from being about 1/2" taller these had the correct studs for fitting to a Norton fork top mounting plate. The clocks looked good but the drive cable was too short by miles and used a far thinner inner. My longer standard Norton drive cable had square ends that were too large for the speedo and its gearbox. Eventually I made up a special inner which worked. Like the first drive gearbox there was an inner guide for the large worm gear but this time made out of metal. Although sold as a 2 to 1 ratio the whole set-up worked as a 4 to 1 and consequently my motor-way cruise speed was always around 140mph. This proved to be too much for the milometer to cope with which displayed 100 miles and then started counting backwards.

I concluded that the speed and vibration of my 650 were too much for such cheaply made items so would not be purchasing any more of these Indian goodies.

J Johnson Cables near Warwick or Carrot Cycles in Lincoln both advertise that they will make bespoke cables. Carrots have a website but JJ cables are old school snail mail or phone.

Have good experience with JJ's, only seen Carrot cycles advertising. I am sure that Johnsons would know exactly the length you need for your bike from their lists. Might even sell you just an inner to suit your existing outer. 

Regards, George