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Tiger Time => Girly Talk (1999 - 2006 Tigers) => Chassis & Suspension => Topic started by: cba191 on October 13, 2014, 04:57:09 AM

Title: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: cba191 on October 13, 2014, 04:57:09 AM
It was erratic for a little while, now it's completely gone.  Looks like I'm in the market for a new one.  Anyone have a spare they aren't needing?  I'll disassemble it this week to see what the problem is, but my hopes aren't too high.
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: daveb on October 13, 2014, 11:05:55 AM
are you sure the speedo is knackered, usually when the pointer (needle) is erractic its could be the speedometer drive cable failing - mechanical speedometer or the electrical pick is broken for electronic speedometers.

I would check this first just to make sure.

Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: Mustang on October 13, 2014, 11:58:48 AM
BROKEN MAGNET AT THE WHEEL PICK UP SENDER IS THE #1 FAULT FOR A Girly SPEEDOMETER

you can't buy just the magnet .........need to buy the whole sender unit
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: Chris Canning on October 13, 2014, 12:31:03 PM
Biggest problem with the Tiger speedo is the people who own them!!!! :icon_wink: how often do folk take them off the the bike and clean them I do mine every year and re-grease and it's just as bad the following jammed full of shit so if you haven't done yours for a while or never the first thing I'd do is the former,my magnet is broken in two half's and has been for a while and it still works fine while the problem could be anything I'd go for a lack of maintenance before you do any thing.

To clean it out properly you'll need a paint brush and plenty of WD or the like.
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: PeteH on October 13, 2014, 10:25:30 PM
Trouble is you need a doner speedo to check it out properly, I used a mates Tiger and diagnosed the actual sender unit to be fecked, 100 quid later all is well and even my wallets recovered ;) Thing now is that my clocks stopped working and the odo resets to zero when the ignition is turned off :(  edit to add .... also check the tabs on the drive as I've read these can fail too                                                                                                   
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: cba191 on October 14, 2014, 06:50:34 AM
I cleaned it earlier this summer.  It was really inconsistent for a couple weeks then took a complete dump for my great basin ride this last weekend.
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: cba191 on October 29, 2014, 08:21:13 AM
How much grease do you guys out in the Speedo?  And do you grease both sides? Hub and sender?
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: Chris Canning on October 29, 2014, 09:46:03 AM
Lots and yes both
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: HockleyBoy on October 29, 2014, 09:52:18 AM
Quote from: PeteH on October 13, 2014, 10:25:30 PM
Thing now is that my clocks stopped working and the odo resets to zero when the ignition is turned off                                                                                               

Search on here, I had the problem a while back and in the thread there is some very helpful trouble shooting advice from Bob. Mine was a loose wire which was easily fixed.
Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: rex007can on October 29, 2014, 05:45:55 PM
Had that issue just 2 months ago during a 8 day trip I took right after I had the front tire replaced.
Turned out the guy had pulled the wire too tight and it was pulling on the plug under the fairing.

Title: Re: Speedo kicked the bucket.
Post by: PeteH on October 31, 2014, 12:28:08 AM
Thanks for the advise.....sounds like a winter project :nod
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