speedometer breaking

Tropez150 · Post by **Tropez150** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:34 pm

Hi guys, haven't been here for a loonnng time, I'm finally getting time (and weather) to ride my 150..working on gettting my motorcycle license as well. Thing is while riding recently speedometer broke, only 780 miles on scooter. Has this ever happend to anyone else?

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:44 pm

The speedo cable under the headset top came lose and is disconnected. A simple fix.

Cheshire · Post by **Cheshire** » Sat May 09, 2009 12:10 am

Sounds like a warranty thing. I'd run it by the shop just in case. If it's warranty, they should cover it.

ScooterTrash · Post by **ScooterTrash** » Sat May 09, 2009 3:02 am

jfrost2 wrote:The speedo cable under the headset top came lose and is disconnected. A simple fix.

Every single Buddy comes from the factory loose, we tighten all of ours when they come in but most shops don't know of the problem (I know because it happened to me)

Your shop should be able to take care of it in about 5 minutes, or you can pm me and I'll walk you through it

Tropez150 · Post by **Tropez150** » Sat May 09, 2009 9:36 pm

Thanks, nice to know it's something simple , scooters going in soon for regular maintenance, will have them fix the problem.

olhogrider · Post by **olhogrider** » Sun May 10, 2009 12:20 am

It is not a defect but a feature. That way you can ride the heck out of it and still sell it with only 800 miles on it!

ScootStevie · Post by **ScootStevie** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:08 am

olhogrider wrote:It is not a defect but a feature. That way you can ride the heck out of it and still sell it with only 800 miles on it!

shhhhhhhhhhh

verdecalavera · Post by **verdecalavera** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:08 pm

in this picture, does the yellow arrow point to the speedometer cable connection? is this likely the point at which it usually becomes seperated?

rabbitgod · Post by **rabbitgod** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:25 pm

This just happened to me on friday.

Luckily this post was already up and it was an easy fix. Took a little bit of time out in the hot parking lot of my office, but I was able to do it fairly well.

However, there is now a rattle in the headset. It's probably a loose screw when I put the thing back together, or maybe the speedo cable is bumping the head light.

I'll have to take a look at that when I get some time.

ScooterTrash · Post by **ScooterTrash** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:28 pm

verdecalavera wrote:in this picture, does the yellow arrow point to the speedometer cable connection? is this likely the point at which it usually becomes seperated?

yep