1 speeometer and tachometer flaking out Mon May 28, 2012 2:21 am
RSMITH
Silver member
Hi All,
got back yesterday from my main way round SA 2012, was very awsome, had very good weather, some very cold ones ( a -7c and a few -3c) in the mornings but warming up to around 22c during the days.
bike did well- got approx 14 to 15km/l at an average speed as per the GPS of around 135km/h, some high speed runs where it emptied the tank VERY QUICKLY ( within 130km- but we did give it carrorts of over 200km/h for good long sections). I did experience brake fade on the one pass - so pulled over let the brakes cool down. and my new BT45 rear tyre just did not last, it only did 2000 odd km- despite tyre pressures and all being carefully monitured ( I am a big bloke, had luggage and we were hauling fast at some stages- so i wasnt too surpised. Managed to get a S11 in capetown fitted, but a 90 profile- seemed to be better but it touches the wheel arch a bit. all in all rode approx 4100km mostly tar and a few good dirt roads- met a lot of interesting people, ate good food, drank good beer and enjoyed getting a knee down on those mountain passes.
no problems re cold starting I must say and thanks to you blokes on the forum for that- the bike did sound like a tractor at those really cold start ones!
2 problems with the bike that I expereiced from day one-
The speedo and rev counter start to "bounce around" and the needle on the speedo drops very low, sometimes to zero and then bouces back up for a while and then drops again- the rev counter seems like it gets lazy almost like it under reads the engine rpm. There was no adverse affect on the running of the bike- and what I figured out to "cure" it for a while was to give the cut out switch a flick to off and on while riding and the speedo and rev counter work fine for a good 1/2 hour or so and then may start doing it again. strange thing is on a few of the days riding it did not do it at all- so the change in tyre profile does not have anything to do with it. I gave the speedo pick up a good clean- did not help? it has to be something with the entire cluster as the speedo and the rev counter are playing up?
also there is a rather annoying buzz sound coming from the front at the top of the yokes at engine speed from about 2000- 4200 rpm when under load- any body had experiece with this?
thanks all
got back yesterday from my main way round SA 2012, was very awsome, had very good weather, some very cold ones ( a -7c and a few -3c) in the mornings but warming up to around 22c during the days.
bike did well- got approx 14 to 15km/l at an average speed as per the GPS of around 135km/h, some high speed runs where it emptied the tank VERY QUICKLY ( within 130km- but we did give it carrorts of over 200km/h for good long sections). I did experience brake fade on the one pass - so pulled over let the brakes cool down. and my new BT45 rear tyre just did not last, it only did 2000 odd km- despite tyre pressures and all being carefully monitured ( I am a big bloke, had luggage and we were hauling fast at some stages- so i wasnt too surpised. Managed to get a S11 in capetown fitted, but a 90 profile- seemed to be better but it touches the wheel arch a bit. all in all rode approx 4100km mostly tar and a few good dirt roads- met a lot of interesting people, ate good food, drank good beer and enjoyed getting a knee down on those mountain passes.
no problems re cold starting I must say and thanks to you blokes on the forum for that- the bike did sound like a tractor at those really cold start ones!
2 problems with the bike that I expereiced from day one-
The speedo and rev counter start to "bounce around" and the needle on the speedo drops very low, sometimes to zero and then bouces back up for a while and then drops again- the rev counter seems like it gets lazy almost like it under reads the engine rpm. There was no adverse affect on the running of the bike- and what I figured out to "cure" it for a while was to give the cut out switch a flick to off and on while riding and the speedo and rev counter work fine for a good 1/2 hour or so and then may start doing it again. strange thing is on a few of the days riding it did not do it at all- so the change in tyre profile does not have anything to do with it. I gave the speedo pick up a good clean- did not help? it has to be something with the entire cluster as the speedo and the rev counter are playing up?
also there is a rather annoying buzz sound coming from the front at the top of the yokes at engine speed from about 2000- 4200 rpm when under load- any body had experiece with this?
thanks all