Speedometer needle bounce

[Alan Schlosser]

So, it's starting. The speedo needle on my 82 1100 starts to bounce between 50 and 60 after riding awhile. Time for a replacement gauge?

[posplayr]

So, it's starting. The speedo needle on my 82 1100 starts to bounce between 50 and 60 after riding awhile. Time for a replacement gauge?

I think they get dirt in them and start to bounce. A few people have opened up either speedo or tach and cleaned them out spraying with various lubricants. One promising one was furniture polish I think.

I'm thinking if I open mine I will try and cover up the mechanism from dirt with some shrink tubing before putting the cover back on.

[chuck hahn]

My tach did that a while ago and finally snapped.. a new cable solved the problem..they get grungy and hang up in the housings..could try taking the core out and cleaning it all very well..

[DPage]

It's probably just the speedo cable. Spend $15 on a new cable before you do anything else. Or even cheaper, try some motor oil or cable lube on the inner cable of the one you own already.

[mighty13d]

new cables didn't take care of it on mine. I just said screw it.

[chuck hahn]

how about the drive gears at the engine?? could be a source of some impingment down there too.

[JTsGS650]

new cables didn't take care of it on mine. I just said screw it.

Ditto that. I've read that you can also remove the gauge from it's bracket and spray some sort of lube into the gauge to lube the internal gears. I would try some sort of dry lube so as not to attract more dirt.