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[Michael]

And my bike is in a bit of a state!

[Norm]

Sorry to hear this Michael, I hope you are ok.

[Michael]

Basically OK... starting to hurt in a few places, but only really bruising at the mo. Luckily nothing was coming the other way and I didn't hit anything (apart from the ground).

[Scalyback]

Never nice to hear.



Hope you and your bike recover fast. I feel awkward asking but am curious as to what happened?

[sofiaspin]

Ouch they say things come in three so think twice before getting your leg back over too quickly.

[Michael]

As far as I can make out, I was heading downhill towards my usual left turn into work, and the lights changed 4 or 5 cars in front of me. I braked, not too sharply at all, the back end went left sliding away from me, the front end slid onto its right hand side (I think I may have grabbed the brake after sliding stupidly??) and I high sided onto the other side of the road. All quite low speed, 20-25 mph maybe? I landed on my right hand side, which is a wee bit sore. Nothing was coming thankfully (ironically due to the lights!). My gear took the brunt, but I bought good stuff hence why I can type about it now! I went back and looked at the road when I got my senses back a few minutes later, there was a fair bit of fuel on the road surface. Perhaps me... or perhaps what I slipped on. BTW it was wet roads too.




Bike seems reasonable... back brake needed resetting as the pedal took a thumping. The right footpeg and saddle bags took a beating too. Footpeg is now bent approximately back into shape. Clutch lever mechanism needed a wee baching. Surprisingly the engine bars did not bend so did their job! Engine doesn't seem compromised. Headlight was in bits on the road, but the lens remarkable did not crack so some brute force and it fitted back into place. The only thing I cannot seem to understand is the speedo dial... it is now resting on the max reading (100mph?) Any ideas why this might be and whether I can fix it?

[Scalyback]

Push bike backwards, if needle slowly returns, then internal return spring bust or adrift.



Expect to be buying a new one, sorry!

[Michael]

Cheers Scaly... expect to be buying a new spring or a new guage? And should I push slowly or quickly...

[Scalyback]

speed does not matter just go backwards a few feet, or spin the wheel with the speedo drive backwards.



The needle may well be jammed as above try tapping, but if it fails, then it will be a new speedo (he spring is internal, and there may be two in which case the return has failed, leaving the slightly weaker forward spring to shoot the needle to the fast end stop.



Get bike on centre stand, take picture of speedo reading max, post on USA forum. They will believe your bullet really goes that fast! YAY!

[Chris [Stockport]]

Disconnect the drive at the back of the speedo and see if it goes back to normal.. The metal is relatively thin and the pressure of a slightly wrongly routed cable ...... bend it a tiny bit and all M A Y be well. Bend it A BIT: Does the needle foul on anything inside; either on the face or the glass. This is not theory... I have done it. Good luck, -C