01-05-2007, 09:41 AM | #1 |
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Roketa RSX200E, No Tach :~(
Hi guys, my RSX200E didn't come with a tach, but I would like to add one. My manual shows a tach port on the engine case. Do any of the other 200 enduros have a tach with this same engine so I could just buy their parts and put on my bike? Or, better yet, do ANY of the Roketa 200's have a tach?? I tried to find a universal motorcycle tach that was electric and I could just wire it off the coil, but I haven't found one??? Thanks for the help.
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01-05-2007, 10:16 AM | #2 |
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I think the Lifan 200 has a tach.
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01-05-2007, 10:29 AM | #3 |
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I believe the Lifan 200 does, but are they the same engine??
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01-05-2007, 11:45 AM | #5 |
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Just curious, why do you need a tach? I'm never looking down when I'm riding, except a glance to check my speed when I get up to speed. There's too much to look for ahead of me...like cagers!!
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01-05-2007, 09:59 PM | #8 |
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The tach on my bike is vacuum powered and runs to the carburetor. There isn't any mechanical port on the engine for a tach. I suspect that is the case for most of the Chinese motors.
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Fashby, your bike appears to be a bit of an anomaly compared to many of the others I've seen (catalytic converter?! EGR Valve! - that's not a China bike, it's a car!!).
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01-06-2007, 04:56 AM | #10 |
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My bike has EGR valve and mechanical tacho, hard to decide if it looks like a anomaly or a car, must probably ask my wife
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01-06-2007, 08:05 AM | #11 |
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Hi All
Ok lets clear this up, I just saw this post. The American Lifan 200GY-5 has an electronic tachometer, the 200GY-2 has a mechanical or cable operated tachometer. If you have a GY-5 the right engine cover Does Not have a tachometer cable port. If you have a GY-2 the right engine cover Does Have a tachometer cable port. The tachometer cable port is in the right engine case on the front of the cover. I can't say what other manufactures are doing with the tachometers. They may be set up like this they may not be. There are only two ways to run a tachometer on any vehicle or engine, electronically or mechanically. There are aftermarket tachometers that you can attach a probe around the spark plug wire to run the tachometer, or you can purchase one that will run from a cable for that particular engine. There is no such thing as a vacuum operated tachometer. A tachometer can not tell engine revolution from vacuum. There are two things you can do checking vacuum...check how the valves are operating or synchronize multi-cylinder engine carburetors. Ride Wild and Fly Like an Eagle! 8O Bruce
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