Deaded Speedo..............

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:13 pm

Del.............PM sent..............Reply needed, Ta !!!!!

(ps, yup, it's deaded!!!!)

Robbe · Post by **Robbe** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:40 pm

could be that the speedo sender is stuffed.
Mine died, approx Â£100 to get a new one.
Bit of a bugger to fit.
There is a section in the firestorm manual on checking it.

Robb

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:53 pm

Here's hoping it aint that then........

Was bouncing between 20 & 80mph, then went kerput.....

Havnt checked the manual yet, (only happened this morning on the way to work).........

RQ · Post by RQ » Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:26 pm

PM replied to!

Sigma Sport. 20 notes. Hein Gericke.

rattler · Post by **rattler** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:03 pm

.....if you'd bought Del's special you'd have had a spare....

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:04 pm

Try this until you get it fixed

mph gear rpm
30... 2... 3k
40... 3... 3k
50... 4... 3.5k
60... 4... 4k
60... 5... 3.5k
70... 6... 4k
90... 6... 5k

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:28 am

rattler wrote:.....if you'd bought Del's special you'd have had a spare....

Yeah cheers for that dave!!!!

cheers FoaS........ Now booked in for a check up.....

(strangly enough, was working fine this morning though.....

)

Robbe · Post by **Robbe** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:15 am

essexbloke wrote:Here's hoping it aint that then........

Was bouncing between 20 & 80mph, then went kerput.....

Havnt checked the manual yet, (only happened this morning on the way to work).........

Thats what happened on mine.
You have checked the connectors under the seat, see if any are loose from the sender unit. That'll give you the bouncing needle.

Robb

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:02 am

ok, i've used the bike everyday since reporting this fault, ironically, it's not done it since.....

Now convinced it was my own fault........

Day before this happened, i gave the bike a serious clean, which included the use of a power washer.......

I'm now thinking it was nothing more than excess water in the connections, and now it's dried out. it's all ok.....

RQ · Post by RQ » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:05 am

Mmmmmm. As my speedo has been broken for over a year now, I used to find the opposite, after cleaning it it worked, but when it dried out the speedo stopped working again?

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:47 am

Water and mud can be a good conductor RQ.
It can cause shorts or (on rare occasions) can remake conections.
A little squirt of WD40 in all the conectors can't hurt. It repells water and helps remake the contacts.

Power wash Ebloke

watch out for wheel bearings, chain, electrical connectors and paint decals. They're a recipe for disaster when used on a bike IMHO go carefull

Pete.l

RQ · Post by RQ » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:42 pm

So you're saying that my bike will work better covered in crud driving in the rain?

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:25 pm

It might. heavy damp air always increases the profrmance of an engine
but on the other hand if something shorts to something it doesn't like
it might just keel over and die on you.
I guess you'll have to try it and let us know how you get on

Pete.l

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:19 am

Pete.L wrote:Water and mud can be a good conductor RQ.
It can cause shorts or (on rare occasions) can remake conections.
A little squirt of WD40 in all the conectors can't hurt. It repells water and helps remake the contacts.

Power wash Ebloke
watch out for wheel bearings, chain, electrical connectors and paint decals. They're a recipe for disaster when used on a bike IMHO go carefull

Pete.l

Yep, was carefull, (apart from the speedo apparently

) lubed/greased all the important bits afterwards. It just needed a good hosing off as i'd been using it constantly for weeks in crud weather.....

Using me DR600 now, so the storm is all dried/shiny sitting in the garage now waiting for a bit of sunshine....