speedometer failure

[GatorTiger]

Did anyone of y'all have this happen to them at all:



- drive along, minding your own business

- speedometer needle drops to 0!!!!! :shock:

- still driving along at same speed, minding your speedo's business this time

- no other indicators that anything is wrong, bike still is running along as if nothing has happened

- pull over, come to a complete stop

- get going again without doing ANYTHING to the bike

- speedo needle works again  :shock:



WTF? Any ideas???

[Chris Canning]

It'll be the drive at the bottom,which is all one piece with the wire that fits under the speedo,it's not uncommon mine went belly up in central Spain,just mean't i had 2000 mile less on it when i sold it!!!

[BykBoy]

Did anyone of y'all have this happen to them at all

Similar thing happend to me twice after riding in heavy rain. It always fixed itself after a while. However, recently it happend after I took out the front wheel. Now the spedo needle is on the fritz.  The needle is eather dead on 0, jumping up and down like a basketball, or showing what looks to be the correct speed. I took the front mask off and checked the connections and everything looked OK. I can't figure out what's wrong.

[zombie]

here's what happened to my speedo out in south dakota when I let a honda dealer change my front tire
bunch of useless wankers really made a bollocks out the effin' thing

[GatorTiger]

That looks nasty!!!

Since my original post I found out what caused mine to drop dead one in a while: lack of lubrication!!!!!! I pretty much soaked mine in lube (liquid, non-WD40!!) and never had another problem...

[The Terrible Tiger]

That looks nasty!!!

Since my original post I found out what caused mine to drop dead one in a while: lack of lubrication!!!!!! I pretty much soaked mine in lube (liquid, non-WD40!!) and never had another problem...

Jeeze mate, you really set yourself up!  Don't you like lapping tiger?  It's called foreplay.  Never tried WD-40 on the ol' wanker... gotta try it.

[GatorTiger]

Jeeze mate, you really set yourself up!  Don't you like lapping tiger?  It's called foreplay.  Never tried WD-40 on the ol' wanker... gotta try it.

DON'T USE WD40!!!!!!!! I used 3-in-1 (here in the US), which is from the same company that WD40 comes from, but it is NOT the WD 40 product! I didn't want the WD 40 to creep into my wheel bearings!!! Use some non-creeping  :roll: lubricant...

Cheers,
HG

[blacktiger]

Jeeze mate, you really set yourself up!  Don't you like lapping tiger?  It's called foreplay.  Never tried WD-40 on the ol' wanker... gotta try it.

DON'T USE WD40!!!!!!!! I used 3-in-1 (here in the US), which is from the same company that WD40 comes from, but it is NOT the WD 40 product! I didn't want the WD 40 to creep into my wheel bearings!!! Use some non-creeping  :roll: lubricant...

Cheers,
HG

Why not just use a LM (low melting point) grease. That's what mine came filled with from new and I've not had to touch it or refill it in 47000 miles.

[Onedownfiveup]

I have a speedo for any of you guys that want one. I bought it from Martin Gilly when I got the bike to try to get around the crazy emissions laws here in California for out of state registration. I am approaching the number that the speedo needs to read for regsitration, so I don't need it anymore. Martin said it reads about 10K miles but I have never powered it up. I bought it for $100, so that plus shipping is what I will sell it for. It's in perfect condition.

PM me for anyone is interested.