Stewart-Warner Speedometers - 1952 through 1958

Four different Stewart-Warner speedometers were used on the K/KH and 1957-58 Sportsters. Although there were only two basic designs (1952-1956 and 1957-1958), there were three MPH units and one KILO unit, and two differents styles of mounting brackets on the speedometer “can”. This gives us four distinct versions.

Two different mounting systems were employed - the 1952-1954 speedos had small tabs which mounted directly to the top triple tree. 1955 through 1958 speedos had long tabs which mounted to a rubber-insulated bracket.

• 1952-1954: MPH, early color scheme, thick needle, Tab mount
• 1955-1956: MPH, early color scheme, thick needle, Rubber mount
• 1957-1958: MPH, late color scheme, thin needle, Rubber mount
• 1952-1958: KILO, early color scheme, thick needle, Tab mount

Colors: The colors are somewhat problematic to describe. Paint fades over time, particularly when exposed to sunlight. Some colors, like red, tend to fade much more than other colors, so faded original needles can be seen in many different variations. Photographs will give very different results depending on whether they are taken under daylight, incandescent, or fluorescent light. Computer monitors give a wide variety of color renditions. And then there's the human factor - laymen, printers, photographers, and graphic artists all see the world differently!

Early color scheme: The Numbers are a very ‘Light Green’, as are the Lines between numbers. A layman might describe them as white as seen through a piece of light green cellophane. The Background is a ‘charcoal green’ - it's close to matte black, but has a dark green tinge to it. Some photographs make the background appear blue. The needle is a ‘fire engine red’. The odometer numbers are white on a black background. The odometer tenths are orange on a black background.

Late color scheme: The Numbers are black. The Background is white, but not a pure ‘ceiling white’, it's slightly gray. The Lines between the numbers are black, there are ‘red-orange’ triangles at the 0, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 positions. The needle is the same red-orange. The odometer numbers are black on a white background. The odometer tenths are white on a black background.

Photo	Example	Part#	Years	Mount	Num bers	Back ground	Needle	Odometer miles		Odometer tenths		Logo	Examples/ Comments
								Nums	Bkgnd	Nums	Bkgnd
	1A	67007-52	1952 - 1954	Tabs	Light Green	Charcoal Green	Thick Red	White	Black	Orange	Black	Light Green	54 KHK - Sherman Photo too blue

Photo	Example	Part#	Years	Mount	Num bers	Back ground	Needle	Odometer miles		Odometer tenths		Logo	Examples/ Comments
								Nums	Bkgnd	Nums	Bkgnd
	2A	67007-54	1955 - 1956	Rubber	Light Green	Charcoal Green	Thick Red	White	Black	Orange	Black	Light Green	55 KHK - Streett White needle "stripe" is from rubbing
Note: The rubber mount may have appeared as early as 54 KH 2250, as many front fork parts changed at that motor number.

Photo	Example	Part#	Years	Mount	Num bers	Back ground	Needle	Odometer miles		Odometer tenths		Logo	Examples/ Comments
								Nums	Bkgnd	Nums	Bkgnd
	3A	67007-54A	1957 - 1958	Rubber	Black	White	Thin Red	Black	White	White	Black	Black	John R
Note: The 1957 XLA speedo was the standard face but the body and bezel were painted OD green.

Kilometers Per Hour
Photo	Example	Part#	Years	Mount	Num bers	Back ground	Needle	Odometer miles		Odometer tenths		Logo	Examples/ Comments
								Nums	Bkgnd	Nums	Bkgnd
	4A	67008-52	1952 - 1958	Tabs ?	Light Green	Charcoal Green	Thick Red	White	Black	Orange	Black	Light Green	Calif - 54 KH

1952 - 1954 Tab Mounting
1955 - 1958 Rubber Mounting Note: The Parts Catalog illustration shows the bracket rotated 180 degrees

AC Speedometers - 1959 through 1964

The AC Speedometer was used on the Sportsters from 1959 through 1964. For export models, the AC Kilometer-Per-Hour continued to be used through 1969. The speedometer face had white letters on a black background. The odometer had white letters on a black background. The trip odometer had white letters on a black background.

AC speedometers were also used on the Harley Hummer-series and Topper motorcycles. These had reduced maximum speeds. You can see examples of them on the Harley Hummer Club website.

67007-59	MPH - used on 1959 to 1964
67008-59	KPH - used on 1959 to 1964 and 1965 to 1969

Bar-and-Shield Speedometers - 1965 through 1969

The Bar-and-Shield logo speedometers were used from 1965 through 1969. Sportsters apparently had a dramatic increase in power in mid- 1967, as they had to up the speedometer by 30 mph. The 120 MPH speedo has 1 mph increments, while the 150 MPH speedos had 2 mph increments.

Bar-and-Shield speedometers were also used on the Harley Hummer-series motorcycles. These had a reduced maximum speed. You can see an example on the Harley Hummer Club website.

67007-59A	120 MPH - used on 1965 to early-1967
67007-59B	150 MPH - used on late-1967 to 1968
67007-59C	150 MPH - used on 1969 The difference between the -59B and -59C is not known at this time.

1970's Speedometers

1970-1973 used Veglia speedometers. These were of a similar size and shape as the AC and Bar-and-Shield speedometers, and fit in housings that were similar to the 59-64 and 65-69 housings, although all three groups were slightly different sized, and had slightly different housings. Starting in 1974, various black-plastic-encased speedometers appeared.

67020-70	1970 - 1973
Various Black Plastic Things	1974 and later