Gday Jim

Before I replaced my speedo/tacho a few weeks ago (after I smashed them in
the crash), the little clear end/tip of the needle had fallen off and to the
bottom of the tacho clock-housing.  It was clearly visible in there and it
bounced around like crazy when the revs got up to about 2200rpm.  I asked
my local guy if we could get in there to fix it and he told me that it was
a sealed unit and I just had to live with it - not that it was such a big
problem for me anyways.  He said that they got a batch of speedos/tachos a
while back that had bugs inside them, sealed in at the factory - they had
to be returned and replaced because they couldn't get in there to shake em out.

One wonders how your spiders got in there in the first place - factory maybe?

Maybe someone knows how to get in to the speedo to remove your little
riding-buddies but it seems that while they can breed and cannibalise, they're
gonna be in there until the food runs out.  I wonder how long that will be...?

It does seem crazy to me that the speedo can't be cracked open - I'm interested
to know if it can be.

Mark down under
95 XLH1200
10 XL883C
twistednbitter in the boutique


> Gentleman Jim <br_xl@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Last summer I noticed a spider inside my speedo on my way to work.
> Needless to
> say, it didn't last long. It dried up and was basically unnoticeable.
> Today
> I got the bike out after a long winter's nap, and noticed some sparkling
> thread-like stuff on the speedo. Looked a little closer and realized it
> was on the inside. Plus there was looked like the beginning or remains
> of
> a spider nest. I got caught up in changing the oil and forgot to look
> for
> entry points. But these things are sealed up pretty good aren't they?
>
>  "The government cannot give anything to anyone that they have not first
>  taken away from someone else."