phooey... speedo quit...

[hubcapsc]

I went out to blow some gas through my carbs... my speedo worked as I
was leaving, and not when I got back. Nothing works, no speed and no
odometer.

I checked the wheel connection - took it off and spun the little tab with
my fingers and put the cable back on.

I searched the board and think maybe I can fix it with just a cable?

Has anyone ever had the gear stuff in the wheel go bad?

I turned the odometer over 4,000 and something miles
ago, so if there's ever a good time to get a new $peedometer,
I guess now is it.

-Mike

[Jess from VA]

Aren't the speedo gears down on the wheel plastic?

[Chrisj CMA]

Sounds like the cable broke.  Mine did a few years ago.  Simple fix

[Valker]

There is a flat washer in there that has two "tabs" that are 90° to the flat part. If those get flattened out, the speedo stops working. It usually happens when reassembling the front end, but it CAN happen randomly.

[hubcapsc]

I ordered a new cable and will follow up when it gets here...

There's one of those "Valkyrie whisperers" a couple of towns over.
I've done all the work on my bike for the last 15 years, but he
replaced my timing belts recently and did some "color tuning"... The Log Truck
is running GREAT and is a really good bike  ... my rear valve
stem was loose while I wore out my last tire and I was always having to
add a little air... I fixed that before the fall color ride and today when I
checked, both tires were still perfect...

-Mike

[Mooskee]

I had a broken speedo cable on my tourer a few years ago. It had 63000 on the clock at the time. Easy fix. Hope yours is that simple too.

[Bagger John - #3785]

Roughly every other year I pull the cable, remove the inner, clean and grease w/ synthetic (Park Tool bicycle grease is ideal) then reassemble. This equates to roughly 10k miles accrued, so if you rack that many up per season I'd consider doing it every year.

[RonW]

So that cable measures the mph? Did you mean tripometer instead of speedo? The cable has nothing to do with the speedo. Or does it? Never did thought about it, How does the speedo work?

[The emperor has no clothes]

So that cable measures the mph? Did you mean tripometer instead of speedo? The cable has nothing to do with the speedo. Or does it? Never did thought about it, How does the speedo work?

It runs the speedo and the tripmeter.

[Clarkcelt]

Do you have lights in either/both the tach/speedo?

If not, it could be as simple as a blown fuse, or a loose wire (ask me how I know  ).

[hubcapsc]

Do you have lights in either/both the tach/speedo?

If not, it could be as simple as a blown fuse, or a loose wire (ask me how I know  ).

You must have an Interstate. Ask me how I know  ...

-Mike "Tourer..."

[Clarkcelt]

Do you have lights in either/both the tach/speedo?

If not, it could be as simple as a blown fuse, or a loose wire (ask me how I know  ).

You must have an Interstate. Ask me how I know  ...

-Mike "Tourer..."

Nope - 2001 Deluxe. I can't even imagine trying to dig into an interstate *shudder*.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Do you have lights in either/both the tach/speedo?

If not, it could be as simple as a blown fuse, or a loose wire (ask me how I know  ).

You must have an Interstate. Ask me how I know  ...

-Mike "Tourer..."

Nope - 2001 Deluxe. I can't even imagine trying to dig into an interstate *shudder*.

The Standard and Tourer model speedos are mechanically driven. The illumination is separate.

[Clarkcelt]

Hmm. My recent experience says otherwise. Of course, the previous owner could have frankensteined my ride.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Hmm. My recent experience says otherwise. Of course, the previous owner could have frankensteined my ride.

Interesting. Can you post a pic of your Speedo setup ?

[hubcapsc]

Hmm. My recent experience says otherwise. Of course, the previous owner could have frankensteined my ride.

Interesting. Can you post a pic of your Speedo setup ?

And your tank and your wheels ...

-Mike "dee-luxe ones were dee-luxe..."

[The emperor has no clothes]

Hmm. My recent experience says otherwise. Of course, the previous owner could have frankensteined my ride.

Interesting. Can you post a pic of your Speedo setup ?

And your tank and your wheels :up: ...

-Mike "dee-luxe ones were dee-luxe..."

My first Valkyrie was (and is) a "D" model also. I became spoiled with the wheels. After I got my Interstate I realized just how bad the wheels could look.

[Clarkcelt]

Well, now I am starting to doubt myself. Maybe I just THOUGHT that neither of them worked, because I couldn't see them. The more I think about it, the more I think that it was just the lights that went out. Sorry for the misinformation!

[hubcapsc]

My new cable came in. It did the trick  ...

My old cable wasn't broken, it was seized up. That's my fault. I've
never lubed it.

Undoing the old cable from the speedometer was a clumsy affair, I took off
my windshield and used needlenose. Routing the cable was easy.

I'd recommend lubing your cable and taking care during the clumsy
part...

Since the cable was seized up, I wonder why the gears in the wheel
didn't strip out or something? It's not like they were holding back
the 800 pound motorcycle from going down the street  ...
seems like something would have had to give... I should give the old
cable another look. Maybe it really is broken up inside there somewhere
and spins on the wheel end...

-Mike

[RonW]

Mine's.

[hubcapsc]

Mine's.

I just went and put a little flathead screwdriver into the slot at the wheel end of my old
cable and could turn it. The other end, the speedo end, did not turn. I think mine is broken
near the middle, I could hear noise from there when I was turning...

-Mike "lube them cables..."

[..]

I long heard that lubing the cables causes dust and crap to stick to the cable and gum up the works.

When I regularly rode with a group of Valkyries one of us had a speedo cable, another a throttle cable and so on.

None were ever needed but.............................

[hubcapsc]

I long heard that lubing the cables causes dust and crap to stick to the cable and gum up the works.

When I regularly rode with a group of Valkyries one of us had a speedo cable, another a throttle cable and so on.

None were ever needed but.............................

I lubed my choke cable ten or more years ago.

I still have to hold my choke on!

I'm all for lubing the throttle cables and now the speedo, though...

-Mike