Broken Speedo, I Think. What To Do?
Hello - 1990 XT600E, just turned over 15,000 miles. Riding on the freeway today, I heard a very faint clicking sound and the speedometer went to zero. At low speeds, it will flutter around 5 mph (and, thus very slowly add mileage to the odometer), but above 10 mph or so it doesn't work at all.
I pulled the speedo cable and both ends look fine (the previous owner had replaced all the cables on the bike just before I bought it, so it should). So it's either the drive gear in the hub, or something internal inside the speedo itself. I lean toward the latter, because I heard the noise at freeway speed with earplugs in.
The speedo can't be disassembled. Replacements are unobtainium. I've had super good luck with Vapor Trail Tech in the past, but they don't seem to have one for a bike that old. Does anyone have an opinion on what to do?
The bike is worth next to nothing so I don 't want to put serious $ in it.
Thanks!
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