1 More speedo woes Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:39 pm
bmwian
New member
Gentlemen, and Ladies of course
I have a K1100LT SE, 1995 47,500 miles and I have no reason not to trust the accuracy of those miles.
The speedo appears to be gradually losing it. At first it would stop at 60mph and then crawl higher slowly, now it appears to stop at 40. The odometer seems to be correct.
I've read a lot of posts here regarding tails of woe, but none seem to cover exactly this problem. I have removed the sender and cleaned it. Done the soldering iron trick next to the sender with it still in situ and the speedo read 40. Today it struggled to get past 30.
If I multimeter the connecting plug behind the RH battery panel, what should I get, full continuity or an ohms reading? I really don't fancy taking the front fairing off to get to the back of the speedo but if I have to, so be it.
Motorworks want £48 for a used one or £99 new but I am loath to purchase either without having a reasonable chance of it curing my problem.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Ian
I have a K1100LT SE, 1995 47,500 miles and I have no reason not to trust the accuracy of those miles.
The speedo appears to be gradually losing it. At first it would stop at 60mph and then crawl higher slowly, now it appears to stop at 40. The odometer seems to be correct.
I've read a lot of posts here regarding tails of woe, but none seem to cover exactly this problem. I have removed the sender and cleaned it. Done the soldering iron trick next to the sender with it still in situ and the speedo read 40. Today it struggled to get past 30.
If I multimeter the connecting plug behind the RH battery panel, what should I get, full continuity or an ohms reading? I really don't fancy taking the front fairing off to get to the back of the speedo but if I have to, so be it.
Motorworks want £48 for a used one or £99 new but I am loath to purchase either without having a reasonable chance of it curing my problem.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Ian