Over the years, my speedometer pins have had to be messed with enough that it appears now the ribbon is delaminating. Again, I had to look at the pins today after intermittent speedo readings started occurring again for the first time in a couple years. This time, I noticed that the ribbon is delaminating, which over time, could spell curtains for the odometer. I cleaned and tweaked the pins- something I haven't done before, and put a light carbon conducting lube on them and reseated. I also put foam over the pins,but stuck them to the outter case, that when put back on, applies force to the pins. Maybe this will help the intermittent problem.
As a question- has anyone done a complete ribbon bypass with direct-soldered wires to the speedo as a permanent fix? It appears that the engineering of the bike will outlast the cluster- my intermittent speedo is looking terminal... Pun intended...
