Speedo broken....Help needed thanks.

**JohnBoy** · 10th January 2005, 06:10

the only thing i can add that is to make sure that it is your cable. once i lost my speedo years ago on an old honda 250, paid and waited 3 weeks for the bloody thing to come from japan to only find out that it was the speedo hub on the front wheel!

**Sniper** · 10th January 2005, 06:39

Originally Posted by Blakamin

my 97 Ducati speedo cable was $35.... and Ducs are meant to be expensive...
you should be right

And thats a genuine one too

If you get really adventurous, how bouts going to the warehouse, buying a bicycle cable, modifying it a little and using that?

:unsure:

Yep thats some South African inginuity (I cant spell either)

**FROSTY:Me** · 10th January 2005, 07:26

come see me after work --Ill sort it out for ya .
otherwise just look at the bottom of the speedo and find the top of the speedo cable -use a pair of pliers to loosen the knurled end nut and undoo the cable from the speedo.
Pull the inner cable out --if a lil short bit comes ou t-ya sppedo cables stuffed. -if not then ya need to look further.

**crashe** · 10th January 2005, 07:26

Originally Posted by Redstar

Never mind you now have a bike that never ages "forever young' like time stoodstill like me, and one day a few million years from now you can fix it and sell it to some poor unsuspecting bastard. thats what Racey would do! and anyway know this with a 250 cruiser you are doing 120 klm when the rev counter is saying red and 50 when its 7000rpm speedos are for information only.
I saw a VTR 1000 today with paintpen marks on the speedo to advice the limits 50 and 100 we then proceeded to see those marks ignored with gusto.
mind you its nice to have everything working. I would want it fixed too? and I Would sus the cable or the little nylon dog gear thats at the drive end that will cost 1$ and 200$ to fit no doubt? :disapint:

This bike doesnt and never had a rev counter...

**crashe** · 10th January 2005, 07:28

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

come see me after work --Ill sort it out for ya .
otherwise just look at the bottom of the speedo and find the top of the speedo cable -use a pair of pliers to loosen the knurled end nut and undoo the cable from the speedo.
Pull the inner cable out --if a lil short bit comes ou t-ya sppedo cables stuffed. -if not then ya need to look further.

Frosty...PM me your addy.... and what sorta time you gonna be home.... cheers.

**Tigger** · 10th January 2005, 07:49

Mine did exactly the same last week. Looked down to see I was doing 60

, on the motorway, but then noticed the needle was sort of flopping around. Soon after I was apparently doing 40, and then a few minutes later I was down to 20. Weird as I was keeping up with the traffic. Soon after it died altogether. It was easy to fix when I got home, just connected the cable back up again, as everyone has mentioned above.

More distressing was the fact that I lost the ears off my helmet somewhere along the motorway probably.

If anyone sees a pair of tigger ears somewhere between Wellington and Porirua, I'd be most grateful for their return!

**crashe** · 10th January 2005, 08:01

Ok I have just looked at the cable... the part to screw up at the front wheel was loose so I re-tightened it up with my fingers...... did a quick test.... still not working...
So then I unscewed it and I pulled out the cable... all in one piece...
so back in it went again... and tightened it up..
another test... nope still not working...

Now I cant see where I would need pliers for this job....lol.

**Hitcher** · 10th January 2005, 08:20

As a precaution, always follow other vehicles that look like they know what the speed limit is.

**Blakamin** · 10th January 2005, 08:26

Originally Posted by crashe

Ok I have just looked at the cable... the part to screw up at the front wheel was loose so I re-tightened it up with my fingers...... did a quick test.... still not working...
So then I unscewed it and I pulled out the cable... all in one piece...

Has the one piece got square ends??? mine was one piece, but the end was snapped off and still in the drive.....

**crashe** · 10th January 2005, 08:38

Originally Posted by Blakamin

Has the one piece got square ends??? mine was one piece, but the end was snapped off and still in the drive.....

Yep it does....

**guzzi_nz** · 10th January 2005, 08:57

Just head off to bike shop ask then to look at speedo and reorder new cable

**crashe** · 10th January 2005, 09:24

Got told to undo the cable and just turn it to see if anything moves up at the speedo reading.... and nothing is moving... so would that lead to the cable end being rounded off a bit?

I am really appreciating all the advise being given....

**Milky** · 10th January 2005, 10:07

You might be able to use your finger or a drill bit to turn the drive in the back of the speedo. Note that you will need to spin it reasonably quickly to see movement... Try that, and if you dont have any movement then it will be the drive gears in the back of the speedo - often one brass and one plastic for some strange reason, and the plastic one gets worn. A fair bit more expensive($100?) than a cable($30) to replace, but you will be able to get one from the bike shop.
If you fit it yourself, be sure to put a little grease in there before you reassemble it.

**crashe** · 10th January 2005, 10:14

Ok I rung Henderson Bikes and then shot down to them...as Adam (the owner)said they would like to check the speedo...

When I got there I explained the situation.... and Toby started to have a look....well as he pulled at the cable...
you wont believe this.... and you lot stop laughing....
The top part of the cable came away in his hand...
it had somehow come loose at the top....which explains why nothing was a happening thing at the bottom...

Now I never even spotted it loose at the top...

So Toby (bless his heart) fixed it all for me.. he had to even take off the main light to get to it...

So a huge thanks to Henderson Bikes. :spudwave: