Have you already ruled out a broken speedometer cable? A frayed or broken cable can work intermittently and cause a lot of ruckus.
-Kurt On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > On a recent trip to visit my wife's family side for a get together (I went > up later...primarily giving me a reason to take it on it's first 100 mile > one way trip), I started to hear a squealing noise half way up. As I'm > riding, I was looking around it (tires, chain, engine, etc.) and saw no > obvious "problem". I glanced down at my speedometer and realized this was > where the noise was coming from (not to mention the needle bouncing around > between 30 and 60, and the odometer and trip froze up for around 3 miles). > Eventually, the noise stopped and the trip and odometer started working. > The speedometer even worked...up until I hit over 47ish. The rest of the > trip was great! > > To my question, of which I have been pondering constantly since this > happened on this past Saturday. Do I go after an original stock speedo and > have this possibly happen again with the next one at 40 some thousand > miles, get a brand new one to fit in the same space, or change up the > dash/gauge area with different style (speedo/tach combo and build ignition > box)? > Better yet, what have some of you done? Have pictures? Hahaha > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
