Speedometer Problems

Cedilla · July 24th, 2009, 04:08 PM

This morning I was leaving to go to work, and I rode down to the end of my road at about 35 letting the bike warm up and getting my body used to the cold air.
At the end of the road I took off like a bat out of hell like I always do and I looked down at the speedo and noticed it was reading 65, I know I was going at least 80, anyways I slowed down and it just stayed stuck at 65 untill I got to about 30, then it would just fall down to 30 and start working again untill I hit 65.
It did this all the way to work, and on my lunch break so I stopped by the dealer on the way home to see if this was a common problem or an easy fix. The dude there poked around for a little bit and pulled on the speedo cable and poked and prodded at the instrument cluster, and said everything looks normal, but he wanted me to drop it off and leave it with them a couple of days so they could take a look at it. I told him I did not have a ride home and I would bring it by in a couple of days.

Anyways I was riding home and after I got out of bumper to bumper rush hour traffic I opened it up on the highway and it worked fine all the way home.

Has anybody else had this problem before or know what could have caused it? Do yall think it will happed again?

Alex · July 24th, 2009, 04:15 PM

I think the most likely cause is a slightly loose speedo cable. If it's firmly seated at the wheel (left side of the hub there is a speedo gear), and firmly seated up on the gauge cluster side, I think it would be unlikely to happen again.

/moving to tech section

Spork · July 24th, 2009, 04:25 PM

Im with Alex on this one... I guess it could be a slight problem if the bike wasn't warmed up or some stuff was in the cable line causing it to stick... but Im not sure.

phatasiandiva · July 24th, 2009, 04:35 PM

Funny you say that, cuz I too have an 09 in red and my tachometer died ... just ca-put at 500 miles. I took it to the dealer and they were stumped... They've never seen that before but luckily it was still under warranty.

July 24th, 2009, 04:08 PM	#1
Cedilla ninjette.org sage Name: Chris Location: Huntsville, AL Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250 (sold) Posts: 755	Speedometer Problems This morning I was leaving to go to work, and I rode down to the end of my road at about 35 letting the bike warm up and getting my body used to the cold air. At the end of the road I took off like a bat out of hell like I always do and I looked down at the speedo and noticed it was reading 65, I know I was going at least 80, anyways I slowed down and it just stayed stuck at 65 untill I got to about 30, then it would just fall down to 30 and start working again untill I hit 65. It did this all the way to work, and on my lunch break so I stopped by the dealer on the way home to see if this was a common problem or an easy fix. The dude there poked around for a little bit and pulled on the speedo cable and poked and prodded at the instrument cluster, and said everything looks normal, but he wanted me to drop it off and leave it with them a couple of days so they could take a look at it. I told him I did not have a ride home and I would bring it by in a couple of days. Anyways I was riding home and after I got out of bumper to bumper rush hour traffic I opened it up on the highway and it worked fine all the way home. Has anybody else had this problem before or know what could have caused it? Do yall think it will happed again?

July 24th, 2009, 04:15 PM	#2
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I think the most likely cause is a slightly loose speedo cable. If it's firmly seated at the wheel (left side of the hub there is a speedo gear), and firmly seated up on the gauge cluster side, I think it would be unlikely to happen again. /moving to tech section __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

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July 24th, 2009, 04:25 PM	#3
Spork ninjette.org member Name: Kevin Location: Granger Join Date: Jul 2009 Motorcycle(s): 08 CPB Ninja 250 Posts: 66	Im with Alex on this one... I guess it could be a slight problem if the bike wasn't warmed up or some stuff was in the cable line causing it to stick... but Im not sure.

July 24th, 2009, 04:35 PM	#4
phatasiandiva PhatAsianDiva Name: Thao Location: San Jose, CA Join Date: Jul 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250 Posts: 14	Funny you say that, cuz I too have an 09 in red and my tachometer died ... just ca-put at 500 miles. I took it to the dealer and they were stumped... They've never seen that before but luckily it was still under warranty.