well..i face yet another problem and ask for help yet again . i wondered why i wasnt able to see my speed and found that i have no speed cable( or could be broken not to sure ) and was wondering how difficult the job is i work on cars and they says its just on a smaller scale and so far im doin pretty good , im willing to take it on if its not to difficult

 

Its real easy. If you look at your front wheel the spedo drive gear is on the left side (if your sitting on the bike) it actually doubles as a wheel spacer. Their should be a cable coming out going direct to your gauges. The cable inserts directly into it and if I am remembering correctly it faces the back. If there is no cable you should see a hole. If there is no spedo drive gear you most likely have a newer front end, I think they moved the spedo in 89? Its a simple system with tabs and a drive gear. If you put the cable in and still no speed then you will need to take the wheel off and figure out whats damaged.

 

yes when i removed it there was a hole and did manage to locate it on the left . so if i understand correctly u dont need to remove the wheel unless it dosent read after replacing the wire . replace wire= reads , doesnt read = remove wheel see whats damaged ?

 

I would check the inner cable to see if it is broken before taking the wheel off. You should be able to pull the inner out an check it and they normally have a square on both ends.
Or undo the cable at the back of the speedo and the end close to the speedo drive unit on the front wheel then turn one end and check that the other end is turning.
Does that make any sense?

 

I was under the impression that there was no cable. If there is I would follow Robbies advice before removing the wheel.

 

Sorry pmcg , I see what you mean!!! If he doesn't have a cable it will never work!! lol
My 87 has an inner and an outer cable from the front wheel to the speedo and as far as I know all have cables but the later are from the gear box output shaft or close by.

 

cheers Robbie hopefully its just the inner cable

 

ok kinda lost .. i unsrewed the cable inback of the cluster and found no cable nor did i find a piece of wire . witch to me looks like no wire .. so if i have no wire do i take off the wheel?

 

This is what my cable looks like. If your inner cable is snapped you could just replace that. I would wonder what made the cable snap
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I have a spare if you need. Where are you located?

 

yea im deff missing the metal piece in the center and the second pic u have there is what i was wondering bout it looks like u just take the screw off and replace that line.. and ur right im also wondering what could have snapped or made it disappear. thanks this helped tons and im located in the U.S MASS but ill grab one on ebay again thanks for the greAT INFO