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Yes it is rather odd. I have fitted a brand new speedo cable today and that still didn't seem to solve my problem. Also when out for a ride with my freinds 500 80kmh on my mph speedo was infact 60mph which actually should be 49ish mph I thought so speedo is 10mph or so out and will not go above 60mph reading when flat out although my bike can go way above that.

-- Edited by Power valve kid on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 09:10:19 PM

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as above im getting a false speedo reading and flat out the speedo wont go above 50-60mph when i know full well the bike goes way above that. When i first got the bike it was fine and after many a wheelie it became dodgey any help would be greatly apreciated i have already bought and fitted a brand new speedo cable and this did nothing what so ever to fix or cure my problem. cry



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Could be a damaged speedo drive.

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Ah ok well looks like il get meself a new front wheel then rather than mess about. I want to go down the supermoto route anyhow :) thanks a lot for the advice tho.

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speedo drive is a separate unit. If you could borrow someones then you could see if it's that.

There isn't a lot it could be.

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Oh ok thanks again umm wasn't sure if the speedo drive was attached to the wheel. Il take a closer look when and if the rain ever stops :D

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Yeah. Seems odd that it would work at lower speeds and not when it gets faster. Could also just try unscrewing the cable out the back of the clocks. But of wd40 and back in again.

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Could be that the drives nakered. What mileage has the clock got on it?

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Yeah I think your right I mean everything on the bikes original and its a 1989 :) mileage is around 16,000

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Hm not a lot. Unless the clocks been dropped.

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No clocks are fine as changed them from kmh to mph and even with the kmh clocks fitted I still had the same problem. I think the speedo drive units worn or broken.

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Yeah. Possibly. It can't be much else. Unless the clocks are faulty from manufactures.

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I think mine is like this cal


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I was on a national speed limit road and i thought it was weird noone was going above 80kph


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