998 Mph To Km Speedometer Change

I’m finding it somewhat difficult to swiftly make out my running speed on the existing dual mph/km speedometer, same clocking total distance covered in miles only. The small, and overlapping, dual digits do require effort and concentration when in normal driving conditions. For the sake of clarity, we are talking about a UK 998S driven (for the time being) in sunny southern Europe.

I’ve recently come across a km-only speedometer (clocking total distance covered in km only) and I am considering switching to same once the total mileage reading on the existing dual clock matches exactly that of the km-only replacement.

Other than the clock itself, would I need to change anything else to ensure that the readings on the km only speedometer – both in terms of speed and total kilometres covered – would work as it should after the contemplated switch (such as the speedometer transmission or the speedometer transmission cable)?

The parts manual makes no special part-code mention to a dedicated speedometer transmission or speedometer transmission cable per clock - whether in miles or kilometres - so I am led to believe that nothing other than the clock switch would be required.

Any words of wisdom from someone who has tried something similar (or the reverse) would be much appreciated.

 

Thank you.

 

Low (or even new) km or mph clocks are somewhat easy to find. I've clocked 23,500 miles on mine and still going strong, so finding an equally run in clock of around 38,000 kilometres recoded naturally (than forcefully) has taken some time.

 

Looked into that, and in fact still considering, as it is a UK bike after all.

I find however that the digits on the Ducati KM-only clocks have always been nearly double the size of their MPH-only factory counterparts which makes them much more legible from the normal driving position (particularly if you find yourself driving along a 30mph/50km speed camera strip whilst en route to your favourite twisties).

That been said of course, when referring to total covered, mileage is always a fraction when compared to kilometres. In my case and purely to the ear, jumping to nearly 40,000km from a mere 23.5k miles makes her sounds so old and used all of a sudden.

 

I've been told that its a crafty near-impossible task to change the faceplate only on these clocks's without damaging the casing along the way, due to the way they are put together. With the abundance of used speedo's these days, and their rather reasonable prices (compared to the factory new ones), I didn't even consider it myself. Well received however as an alternative of dealing with this issue.

 

I've sourced that post shortly after my reply.

Shame that there are no decent-looking MPH-to-KM conversion stickers suitable for the 280km factory clocks out there; would have preferred that less pervasive option in order to maintain the original clocks.