What did the original speedometers on 84 magna 700's go up to? I bought a salvage one to put on my bike.

Question

The one I took off goes to 140, the replacement is off an 82 and goes to 80. Thats all fine and dandy cuz i dont go much over 55 anyway, just wonderring how accurate the replacement is.

Answer 1

i had an 82 model 750 magna and it read 160

Answer 2

For some period of years (I forget exactly when), the U.S. government required motorcycle manufacturers to put speedometers on bikes that didn't go above 85 mph.  

Yeah, I know, what a dumb idea.

Anyway, it sounds like the 82 and the 84 might have straddled the moment when the NHTSA came to their collective senses.  I wouldn't worry about the accuracy too much.