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Advoutlander
Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2015 - 03:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sometimes when I am riding above 60mph, my speedo needle bounces and jumps to 90mph. Any ideas what is wrong? Does the speed sensor get dirty?
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2015 - 03:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mine is playing up too but in a different way. Mine just goes dead sometimes.

Iron filings have been known to stick to the sensors on occasion. I haven't heard of them reading too high though.

Perhaps in your case, something is loose and vibing?
Try running it at the same RPM in 4th or third and see if it does some similar thing.

As for my problem, it doesn't do it often enough to allow me to find it.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2015 - 03:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Worth looking for bad grounding connections somewhere, that could do it.
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Tootal
Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2015 - 03:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think the speedo is grounded on the goose neck. There are 3 wires that ground there and mine broke internally so i soldiered all 3 wires to a single 16 gauge wire and connected it to the ground point. No problem since.
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Etennuly
Posted on Friday, March 06, 2015 - 10:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I would suspect the ground connection on the front of the steering neck behind the headlights.

Next you may have to open the wire bundle where it flexes between the fuel tank spar and the bracket that holds it for it's turn up to the fly screen. A splicer in there is known to break.

After that try a wiggle test on the ignition switch. A buddy had that happen to his '08. The switch was good but a wire was loose in the plug.

(Message edited by etennuly on March 06, 2015)
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