Easy job tip the bike to the right agaist a wall. One ten mm 1/4 drive socket and a ball or swivel coupling with a bar of about 10 inches. Now locate the socket onto the bolt head from the left side by the cylinder head and intake, use atourch to guide. Gynocolagists will have no difficulty. Unscrew the bolt but dont remove from the casting. Retain some inward pressure. Pull the rev counter cable verically and insert the new one possibly twisting the inner cable so that it seats to the drive gear. Tighten the bolt, but not over much.
Allow ten minutes job time and hours to locate the tools. 
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