Got back to work on the bike last night determined to find the reason for the speedometer not working. All leads indicated that there was a problem either with the speed sensor connection or the speed sensor itself. My reading had told me that the speed sensor is located on the right side of the engine and that the wires run up past the rear master brake cylinder reservoir and up under the top shelter. I tried removing the left side lower vent and the glove box and glove box lock mechanism but still couldn’t find the connection. I knew that I needed to find a three wire connector and that one of the wires would be white with a black trace on it. Finally I decided that there was nothing for it but to remove the top shelter yet one more time. I also removed the chrome cover over the oil fill and rear master cylinder location.

After a lot digging around in the wiring on the right side of the bike I finally found the speed sensor connection. It’s hidden in a boot along with several other connectors and tucked away between the vent tube and the bike frame low down on the right side under the shelter. Very difficult to find if you don’t know for sure what you’re looking for and I sure didn’t. Anyway, I found that indeed the speed sensor was disconnected. After studying the location of the connection and tracing the wire back down the side of the bike to the speed sensor it was obvious that I’d accidentally disconnected it while trying to remove the cap on the rear master brake reservoir. That cap is very difficult to get your fingers around to unscrew it and somehow, when I removed the cap to refill the reservoir, I’d managed to tug on the wire enough to pull the connector far enough apart that it was no longer making a connection. I plugged it back in and started the bike up, placed it into gear and yippee! The speedo works again! After a few moments of cursing myself for unplugging it in the first place and congratulating myself for tracking it down and fixing it, I once again began the arduous task of reassembling my bike.

I rode to work on it this morning and really appreciated having my speedometer working again. I also marveled at how well my bike runs and feels with all of its new parts. Ahhhh, that’s the way it ought to be!

 

Ride safe,

Zippo and Jax