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Posted: **Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:09 am**

On the way to work the speedo on my '02 suddenly died. It fluctuated wildly for a few moments, then worked fine for 10 minutes and then went completely dead. I've suppressed the little voice in my head that says "license to speed" and figure I'd best repair it. Anything obvious to look for first? Is this common in a fairly new (14,000km) bike. As always, any advice would be appreciated. Mike

Posted: **Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:27 am**

At 11:09 AM -0500 7/23/03, Pople, Michael (JUS) wrote:

>On the way to work the speedo on my '02 suddenly died. It fluctuated wildly >for a few moments, then worked fine for 10 minutes and then went completely >dead. I've suppressed the little voice in my head that says "license to >speed" and figure I'd best repair it. Anything obvious to look for first? >Is this common in a fairly new (14,000km) bike. As always, any advice would >be appreciated. >Mike

Check the cable first; it probably sheared. Mark

Posted: **Wed Jul 23, 2003 3:43 pm**

----- Original Message -----

> As always, any advice would be appreciated.

Next time, clean and lube the cable once in a while. Take it loose at both ends, pull the cable out, spray brake cleaner through the housing, clean cable with brake cleaner, and lube the cable with white grease. My KLR is still running the original speedo cable, came apart once when it was not tightened properly, but never broken. Allan A14 72,000 miles

Posted: **Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:42 am**

With only about 600 miles on my `03, I'm noticing a slight cable/gear buzz in my speedo as well. This is the only complaint I am going to have for the tech when I turn it in today for it's 500 mile service. The bike is fabulous! It's everything I had hoped it would be. But I'm betting the cable wasn't sufficiently lubed when the bike was built or set up. It sounds like you need a new cable... I'll post ride reports after this weekend. Too busy working and riding right now. Dealership says they can turn the bike around in a day, so that means I'm gone up north for some more trail riding this weekend. Ride well, =gc= --- "Pople, Michael (JUS)" wrote:

> On the way to work the speedo on my '02 suddenly died. It fluctuated > wildly > for a few moments, then worked fine for 10 minutes and then went > completely > dead. I've suppressed the little voice in my head that says "license > to > speed" and figure I'd best repair it. Anything obvious to look for > first? > Is this common in a fairly new (14,000km) bike. As always, any > advice would > be appreciated. > Mike > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ > courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

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Posted: **Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:59 am**

Make sure you ask them to document your valve clearance for future reference. (before and after) Some have marked the top end with items to show if in fact the cover was removed or not. Valve adjustment is pretty easy, takes awhile, since you have so much stuff to remove/install to get to them. Enjoy your ride. Dooden A15 Green Ape --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Gary Charpentier wrote:

> With only about 600 miles on my `03, I'm noticing a slight cable/gear > buzz in my speedo as well. This is the only complaint I am going to > have for the tech when I turn it in today for it's 500 mile service. > The bike is fabulous! It's everything I had hoped it would be. But I'm > betting the cable wasn't sufficiently lubed when the bike was built or > set up. It sounds like you need a new cable... > > I'll post ride reports after this weekend. Too busy working and riding > right now. Dealership says they can turn the bike around in a day, so > that means I'm gone up north for some more trail riding this weekend. > > Ride well, > =gc= > > --- "Pople, Michael (JUS)" wrote: > > On the way to work the speedo on my '02 suddenly died. It fluctuated > > wildly > > for a few moments, then worked fine for 10 minutes and then went > > completely > > dead. I've suppressed the little voice in my head that says "license > > to > > speed" and figure I'd best repair it. Anything obvious to look for > > first? > > Is this common in a fairly new (14,000km) bike. As always, any > > advice would > > be appreciated. > > Mike > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ > > courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

Posted: **Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:38 pm**

To preserve the batteries, you can just tape them together under a slight bit of tension. I usually use the clear tape for sealing boxes, but in a pinch, plain scotch tape works fine. place the batteries on the tape in a 'v' of about 45 degrees. Then straighten them out and wrap the tape around (or if using scotch tape, place a second strip to hold them together). This will keep the batteries under tension so they don't rattle apart and arc the contacts. Also, with the tape on, the batteries fit snugly into the slots and don't move - you'll need to tap the unit on a table to get the batteries to slide out. I use the RAM mount on the ZRX and it works fine. On the KLR I used that trick touratech mount. The mounts and battery taping instructions can be found here: http://www.cycoactive.com (or at least they used to be there. I think the use of dielectric grease also helps. - Dennis ------- Dennis Steinert dennis@... 1999 KLR650 (A13) 2002 ZRX1200R (A2)

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