speedo and tacho needles both broke off ??

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  • hectic_aussie
    #1

    speedo and tacho needles both broke off ??

    Riding along and I look down at the speedo all is fine , not speeding. Look back a few moments later WTF , speedo needle is gone ??? Thats weird I am thinking . But nevermind cause since the speedo spun round back to zero last ride the speedo has been noisey at times and I was thinking of replacing it .
    But then about 5 minutes later I look down and the Tacho needle has also decided to do a runner on me . Now to me two needles breaking off without being able to touch them is odd .
    So i'm off to glue some tooth picks onto my gauges until I can get some money to get new gauges.
    Just thought I'd share this experience , can't find the damn camera atm , maybe pics of missing needles laters
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    • tom203
      Forum Guru
      Past Site Supporter
      • Aug 2010
      • 8925
      • Norway,Maine
      #2
      You should slow down!
      1981 gs650L

      "We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin

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        • makenzie71
          #3
          I had that happen...looked down and speedo was broken, but I was okay with it becuase I could still judge my speed from my tach...no sooner than I thought it the tach needle broke.

          So I went with a trailtech vapor.

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            • hectic_aussie
              #4
              Originally posted by tom203
              You should slow down!
              If only the gs450 would go fast enough to even get to that side of the clock. mine only goes down hills , put it on any incline and turning the throttle makes it slow down , not go better

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                • tas850g
                  Forum Sage
                  • Jun 2008
                  • 1678
                  • Jaffrey, NH
                  #5
                  Take the face cover off and put the needles back on. I just Took mine off and replaced the orange needle with the white one. Do a search here and it will show, with pictures, how to do this. It's very easy.
                  1979 GS850G
                  2004 SV650N track bike
                  2005 TT-R125 pit bike
                  LRRS #246 / Northeast Cycles / Woodcraft / Armour Bodies / Hindle Exhaust / Central Mass Powersport

                  http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k443/tas850g/

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                    • tkent02
                      Forum LongTimer
                      Past Site Supporter
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 35571
                      • Near South Park
                      #6
                      Originally posted by hectic_aussie
                      If only the gs450 would go fast enough to even get to that side of the clock. mine only goes down hills , put it on any incline and turning the throttle makes it slow down , not go better
                      Who cares about the silly gauges, fix the engine.
                      http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

                      Life is too short to ride an L.

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                        • hectic_aussie
                          #7
                          Originally posted by tkent02
                          Who cares about the silly gauges, fix the engine.
                          100% performance first , gauges can wait .

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                            • Kerry
                              #8
                              Originally posted by hectic_aussie
                              ... the speedo has been noisey at times and I was thinking of replacing it .
                              That noise is a high-frequency vibration (which I call "late-stage speedo/tach howl") which warns the gauges already in the afterlife that another is coming to join them soon.

                              That vibration can easily break off the 30-odd year old needle.

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                                • hectic_aussie
                                  #9
                                  yeah , she was a bit dry in there . Bit of lube fixed the whining and the speedo is quiet again. Now I wish I had got in sooner before the needles snapped off. but procrastination is my middle name sadly

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