Speedometer jumping around and making whining noise....

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Re: Speedometer jumping around and making whining noise....

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Wow Salukspeed that's amazing advice! Thanks I'll give it a crack.
On the other hand, my speedo has stopped moving at all, which means I guess that it's toast and no longer salvageable through this method?
Thanks again!
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Read through Pistol Pete's post.
I have done 2 speedo's using his instructions and They are still working as new.

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No longer moving could be the cable or drive has failed due to the binding spedo. but no longer moving is not a good sign.
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Well, I got yet another speedo for this season. Will be following your advice, but if it stops working I'm buying an electronic chinese generic thing.
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Kinda fun to see these old threads come 'back to life' after 5 years since we added the 'related topics' at the bottom of the current page ....

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Johnnygoesnaked wrote:Well, I got yet another speedo for this season. Will be following your advice, but if it stops working I'm buying an electronic chinese generic thing.
Don't make that mistake. I did on both of my bikes and it was a waste of time & money. I ended up replacing the generic eBay/China electronic instruments on both with Danmoto 180 "cockpits" and I am very pleased with the results. The Danmoto is a much better made item, it works better and they even have actual tech support people that speak English fluently and answer emails quickly https://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic ... 1&p=681434
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I agree with Sidecar Bob. Don't buy the cheap chinese junk. He had a lot more success with the Danmoto 180 than I did with the cheap chinese junk. I eventually threw it away. If I had to do it over again, I'd go the way he did. Hopefully that won't happen for awhile.
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Right, thank you. Well it's an 81 so the Danmoto thingy isn't going to fit, but noted, thanks
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Why wouldn't a Danmoto work on an '81?
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