GS1000S tripmeter won’t reset?

[Pantera Mike]

Like the subject says….

Ever since I bought my 1980 GS1000S earlier this year, the tripmeter has given me fits. Sometimes, it resets with a single push. Other times, it takes a dozen or more attempts before it suddenly resets. Today, nothing would make it work. I wiggled and pushed and twisted and everything I could think of, with no luck.

Does anybody have any words of wisdom to share? Fortunately the fuel gauge works, but I very much like using my tripmeter for a gas remaining sanity check….

[Don R]

I bought an 81 1100E, it would not reset except on a rare occasion, I bought a different gauge cluster, it would not re-set either. I sprayed some WD 40 in from behind, and while trying to turn the numbers with my finger something went snap and now it works. I got it further apart and cleaned the inside of the lens and the face. I turned the odometer with a drill and an old piece of speedometer cable, it repeatedly re-set.
I have not installed it into the bike yet, but I got new niche brake rotors today and plan to service the neck bearings and swap the gauges too.

[rphillips]

Good luck, hope it's all good... Also my "83" GS1100E the trip quit resetting.

[Nessism]

If it becomes untenable for you, I know a gauge rebuilder dude that can help. Send me a private message if you want contact info.

[Pantera Mike]

Okay thanks! My motorcycle mechanic has a GS1100. He’s going to be installing new fork springs on my GS next week and I’m going to sic him on the gauges too (I have numerous gauge bulbs burned out also)

[Rob S.]

My '83 11E trip meter won't reset either. And when I got inside to replace bulbs (on the original '82 unit), I found that their rubber housings had melted, making most of the blown bulbs impossible to remove.

Good thing about the original 1982 85mph speedo: a New Jersey State Trooper, who pulled me over after he'd clocked me north of 90 said, "Well, you couldn't have known how fast you were going."

Fraud! Rigged radar! I want a recount!