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my speedo busted....
06/17/15 at 16:44:39

No, not the swim suit (believe me, that's not something anybody ever wants to see)

It was working fine when I switched to reserve today, cause I always check the odo and estimate mileage. Got gas, and when I glanced down a couple miles later, it's not working. No speedometer, no odometer.

The only thing i checked so far is that it is still connected at the crankcase end.

Is there a common point of failure anybody knows about? I could get by ok without a speedometer, but I like having an odometer.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #1 - 06/17/15 at 17:22:01 Pop it loose at the transmission, O RING, Pull the cable,
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #2 - 06/18/15 at 07:18:24 They have plastic drive gears. Some gauges last, some do not. The one on my 2003 only lasted a little over 16K miles.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #3 - 06/18/15 at 08:28:16 You might check the angle drive on the back of the speedometer and see if that is what is broken. I have a spare speedometer with 40,435 miles on it that works fine. It is yours if you pay the shipping cost.
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prechermike Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Kalashna Kitty, from Skat Posts: 1190 Ponzer, NC Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #4 - 06/18/15 at 16:08:24 He sees me closing in on him on the mileage hall of fame thing, and then this. Something smells fishy to me!
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Re: my speedo busted....
Reply #5 - 07/17/15 at 11:48:38

haha mike! ,

... yeah it died at like 25,147 or something like that, So I estimate i've ridden about 5,000 miles since then so, I'd put my total about 30K now, more or less.
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I finally took the 10 seconds last night to unscrew the cable... the little hickey that sticks down into the case is busted off of the cable, so I'm looking for a new cable. (I do miss the odometer - i never know when I'm going to hit reserve now.)

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #6 - 07/17/15 at 17:29:38 Used to be able to get Speedo cables made. Just gotta have the cable and the gizmo to squeeze it square. I have no clue where to go to get that done now.
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Matt_greatlakesstate Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 58 Midland, MI Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #7 - 07/17/15 at 21:07:06 Mine worked itself loose at the speedometer end of the cable. I had to take the tank off and screw it back in
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #8 - 07/19/15 at 08:32:46 Buy yourself one of the Bell 100 bicycle speedo's ... you can reset odo tripmeter to see what miles you have. Cost is about $10 at wally world, and it is easy to install.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #9 - 07/20/15 at 03:43:33 I just looked....and a new speedemeter cable is $ 66.00.....Yikes! I have a used one that appears to be in good shape.....$ 10 will get it shipped to you! Dave
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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #10 - 07/20/15 at 06:00:41 Thanks Dave, I appreciate it. I saw one on Amazon that SAID it was for LS650 $14.99 + $6, but didn't look right and the review said it didnt work I got a used one on the way from Yoshi already, hopefully I'll be clocking up the miles again pretty soon.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #11 - 07/20/15 at 09:02:13 wow $66? if mine goes bad i won't be fixing it
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Re: my speedo busted....
Reply #12 - 07/20/15 at 09:41:55

Art Webb wrote on 07/20/15 at 09:02:13:

wow $66? if mine goes bad i won't be fixing it Grin

Just contact somebody building a RYCA....they don't use the stock speedo or cable anymore.

I am sure there are plenty of used cables just laying in boxes waiting for a new owner......you can watch the forum and see who is working on a RYCA or some other form of bobber/rat/cafe bike and contact them.

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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: my speedo busted.... Reply #13 - 07/28/15 at 17:37:56 New used speedo cable looks good, works fine! Thanks Yoshi!
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