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Polaris sportsman 500 speedo question

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Old Feb 25, 2015 | 11:30 PM
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Good day fellow mud flingers. Have a polaris with no speedo but new or used ones are not cheap. Any ideas or thoughts on a after market product? Anyone have any experience with trail tech or acewell? Thx
 
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 08:11 AM
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There are you tube videos on some installed on Scramblers,Trail Blazers and such,maybe some have installed them on Sportsmans.
If you're electrically inclined,there are several posts on speedo repair. Older and newer style speedos.AWD and Speedometer don't work - Page 2 - ATVConnection.com ATV Enthusiast Community
KA7OEI's blog: Repair of the speedometer on a Polaris Sportsman 500 4-wheeler
 
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 09:21 AM
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That's odd my cousins 2000 500 Scrambler has the exact same speedo that my 2001 Sportsman has .
Is this a American thing not to install speedos on the Scrambler?
 
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 10:46 AM
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Guess it's an American thing or that Canada may have required a speedo. Kinda like the European Sportsman models had horns on the parts breakdowns along with tethered safety kill switches. There were speedo kits you could order from the dealer catalog on some models. I do remember kits offered on some of the early Magnums also as I installed a few plus parts breakdown showed models that we didn't carry.Dirt Cheap Yamaha & Polaris OEM Parts & Accessories – Cycle Parts Warehouse
 
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