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shogan42 · 09-17-2009, 04:59 AM

Have replaced broken magnet in speedo housing by front wheel...speedo dial now moves but registers 100kph when I'm doing 50kph - mileage is also clocking up twice as much as it should. The housing is free of bits of broken magnet - does the whole housing and cable array (and dial?) also need replacing?

sarnali2 · 09-17-2009, 07:48 AM

If it's anything like the Bandit there's a four pronged rotor that drives the speedo, if you only have two or three prongs it will only read 1/2 or 3/4 of the correct speed. Whatever set up drives your speedo, (and I have no idea what that may be) appears to be off by 1/2. Did you match up the old part to the new? it sounds like you have a different ratio on the new one that's cutting your reading in half...

Kenneth_Moore · 09-17-2009, 08:19 AM

You could just install the Smegma speedo.

The_AirHawk · 09-17-2009, 11:25 AM

I wouldn't be caught Dead wearing a Speedo and riding a Volusia. I don't see what the "problem" is..................

09-17-2009, 04:59 AM	#1
shogan42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	Suzuki Volusia Speedo problem Have replaced broken magnet in speedo housing by front wheel...speedo dial now moves but registers 100kph when I'm doing 50kph - mileage is also clocking up twice as much as it should. The housing is free of bits of broken magnet - does the whole housing and cable array (and dial?) also need replacing?

09-17-2009, 07:48 AM	#2
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	If it's anything like the Bandit there's a four pronged rotor that drives the speedo, if you only have two or three prongs it will only read 1/2 or 3/4 of the correct speed. Whatever set up drives your speedo, (and I have no idea what that may be) appears to be off by 1/2. Did you match up the old part to the new? it sounds like you have a different ratio on the new one that's cutting your reading in half... __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

09-17-2009, 08:19 AM	#3
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	You could just install the Smegma speedo. __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

09-17-2009, 11:25 AM	#4
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Livin' in a Van: down by the Mariana Trench Posts: 10,891	I wouldn't be caught Dead wearing a Speedo and riding a Volusia. I don't see what the "problem" is.................. __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now...

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