flushing front brakes

[kbangus]

I was driving home when my speedometer jumped from 80mph to 110mph yet the bikes RPM was 5500 so I knew the speedometer was wrong (that and the fact I was still alive)

I parked the bike for several hours and the speedometer started to behave again. Any idea why this might happen? I checked the cable, it was fine.

Thanks

[Mike Frey]

You have apparently experienced a warp in space-time, where the KLR was actually going 110, but to you, time had slowed down, so you covered the amount of ground that you would have in normal time. Seriously, though - something similar happened to me when my bike was newer and the cable had become partially disengaged from the front hub where the sensor is. Mike

On 10/2/2013 6:02 PM, kangus@... wrote: > > I was driving home when my speedometer jumped from 80mph to 110mph yet > the bikes RPM was 5500 so I knew the speedometer was wrong (that and > the fact I was still alive) > > I parked the bike for several hours and the speedometer started to > behave again. Any idea why this might happen? I checked the cable, it > was fine. > Thanks > >

[RobertWichert]

In my experience this kind of #*!#! comes from the innards of the speedometer where the cable drives a cup that pulls the needle. Very old fashioned. Very easy to mess up if you try to fix it. Very easy to throw it into the trash after trying. Be happy it isn't doing it now, but this could change. Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 10/2/2013 3:14 PM, Mike Frey wrote:

You have apparently experienced a warp in space-time, where the KLR was actually going 110, but to you, time had slowed down, so you covered the amount of ground that you would have in normal time. Seriously, though - something similar happened to me when my bike was newer and the cable had become partially disengaged from the front hub where the sensor is. Mike On 10/2/2013 6:02 PM, kangus@... wrote: > > I was driving home when my speedometer jumped from 80mph to 110mph yet > the bikes RPM was 5500 so I knew the speedometer was wrong (that and > the fact I was still alive) > > I parked the bike for several hours and the speedometer started to > behave again. Any idea why this might happen? I checked the cable, it > was fine. > Thanks > >

[Jeff Saline]

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[Jeff Saline]

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