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Sokota
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 08:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Sometimes when ign. is turned on , the speedo needle won't sweep. Is this a sign of a problem ? XB9SX 1600 miles. Runs fine and speedo works .
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Spike
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 09:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Mine has been doing that on and off for months now. Sometimes I turn the key off and on again and the speedo sweeps normally. My bike has over 16k miles on it and it hasn't caused a problem yet, but it's probably worth keeping an eye on.

Mike L.
'04 XB12R
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Cataract2
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 10:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Mine was doing that for about a month. Hasn't done it in a month now. If mine didn't sweep I would just turn the key off and on again. Also, it would only do it if the bike sits overnight and only on once per day. weird.
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Nedwreck
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 09:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Mine's been doing that since new. I've noticed that it doesn't do it as much as it used to, though.

Bob
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Bonesbuell
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 10:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I've been through 2 speedo sensors, located near/behind right foot peg. worth a looksee for damage or loose connections??

03 xb9s
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Monorad
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 03:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
My speedo sweeps fine. Every third or fourth time I turn the key though, its the Tach that doesn't sweep - but then it starts working once I start the engine.

Weird.
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Tailspining
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 04:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
A friend of mine at work has a City and experienced the same problem. He found a couple of grounding screws/bolts with excessive loctite. Believing that this might be preventing a good ground, he removed and cleaned the screws/bolts and then moderately reapplied loctite, the problem went away.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 07:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Where were the screws? Around the gauge asssembly?
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Tailspining
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 08:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I'm not really sure where, I'll ask him tomorrow. (Maybe he'll read this and give me a call and let me know.)
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Elff
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 10:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
mine does that on occasion too
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Tailspining
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 09:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
OK, Grounds #1 and #3 on both sides of the battery. Removed the bolts and cleaned the Loctite off the bolts and from the inside of the bolt hole. He then installed the bolts with "lock washers", NO LOCTITE. He also found the four bolts from the main-frame to the sub-frame loose. This is a ground path from the instrument cluster to the sub-frame. It may have also contributed to the problem.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 10:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Excellent, thanks for getting those details. I will check it next time I am in the neighborhood...
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