Rev Counter Playing Up

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My GS1000G's rev counter stopped working after going over a bumpy piece of road. It now works intermittently. The rev's also do not seem to go as high as they did previously, only reaching between 4 and 5 k. There is no change in the performance of the GS though.

What do I need to check? Both ends seems secure, but I have not tested it with spanners etc.

Could this be an indication of a bigger problem?

The speedo works fine.

Any suggestions/advice will be greatly appreciated.

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[QUOTE=Exponent;2098451]My GS1000G's rev counter stopped working after going over a bumpy piece of road. It now works intermittently. The rev's also do not seem to go as high as they did previously, only reaching between 4 and 5 k. There is no change in the performance of the GS though.

What do I need to check? Both ends seems secure, but I have not tested it with spanners etc.

Could this be an indication of a bigger problem?

The speedo works fine.

Any suggestions/advice will be greatly appreciated.

Cable or electronic tach? I'm gonna with cable, pull your cable out and clean it and inside the housing, oil it good and reinstall and see what happens. It that doesn't work, might have to pull the tach housing apart and check the guts and see if anything inside is amiss. Check the tack gear where it mounts into the engine too. Don't know if yours' drives off the valve cover or where.

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My GS1000G's rev counter stopped working after going over a bumpy piece of road. It now works intermittently. The rev's also do not seem to go as high as they did previously, only reaching between 4 and 5 k. There is no change in the performance of the GS though.

What do I need to check? Both ends seems secure, but I have not tested it with spanners etc.

Could this be an indication of a bigger problem?

The speedo works fine.

Any suggestions/advice will be greatly appreciated.

Cable or electronic tach? I'm gonna with cable, pull your cable out and clean it and inside the housing, oil it good and reinstall and see what happens. It that doesn't work, might have to pull the tach housing apart and check the guts and see if anything inside is amiss. Check the tack gear where it mounts into the engine too. Don't know if yours' drives off the valve cover or where.

Thanks MrBill - It is a cable. I also came across BikeCliff's site which had a link to bwringer's site, which has some pics - so now I have visual reference. Took me a while to realise a tach and rev counter is the same thing - hahahaha man I am green when it comes to mechanics