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#508903 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 8440 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   That's me. I get the slow recovery after a fill-up, but it usually takes about 10 miles or so. I generally just run it till it hits reserve every single tank anyway. As in another thread, it keeps your tank cleaner that way. I have never had an accurate gas gauge on anything, or it would bother me more. Long as the speedo works!   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #508904 ColorBlind (User) Die living Gold Boarder Posts: 830 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Speedo??? whats that? JK that works fine or I'd have a stack of tickets LOL.   Logged     If the tanks not empty, I’m not lost…   The administrator has disabled public write access. #510244 Ricohoc (User) I am a man of peace, but I adore a riot! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3748 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Well, short-lived excitement. Back to nothing. Shame we don't have a Yamaha Road Star technician on board. They could be a tremendous help for things that end up being outside of our personal experiences and knowledge.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510404 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 8440 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   That sucks partner. Have you trolled around the other sites for help? Hope you figure something out. My cheap "smart" phone goes stupid every once in a while, and the Android forum says take the battery out and smack it on a hard surface 2 times, and the phone without the battery once. It works. Don't know why, but it does. Tried it without the violence, but that solves nothing I know some with lesser issues can rap on the meter cover, but you're not going to be happy with that. Good Luck brother. Wish there was a schematic on the innards of these things.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510410 Ricohoc (User) I am a man of peace, but I adore a riot! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3748 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   jd750ace wrote: That sucks partner. Have you trolled around the other sites for help? There are other forums besides this one? Seriously, I'm not really sure what other forums would be worth their salt. I know some with lesser issues can rap on the meter cover, but you're not going to be happy with that. That used to work for me when it was occasionally required. Now it doesn't work at all. It's as if the needles are glued to their starting points. Appreciate all the past help and current best wishes, jd. I might get to a point that I'll have nothing to lose by bringing it to a Thai electronics shop.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510414 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 8440 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Couldn't hurt. I'm sure that meter panel ain't cheaper over there, and what are the odds there's one in-country? I'd ask around on the electronic shops. If you take them the wiring schematic, and a few troubleshooting values for inputs, they will probably jump in. My older brother works R&D on the board level for his company, and you can't put a printed circuit board within 10 feet of him without him starting to figure out the circuit.   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/06/29 18:25 By jd750ace.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #510493 StarSergeant (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 386 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Ricohoc, I feel your pain, brother. At least mine still (usually) works by rapping on it. I was searching for a new speedometer unit while mine was as dead as yours and found this. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&vxp=mtr&item=190696751786 It is a little pricey but about 1/3 the cost of a new one. If you do get that one figured out there are some of us who would love to know the solution.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510561 Ricohoc (User) I am a man of peace, but I adore a riot! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3748 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   StarSergeant wrote: Ricohoc, I feel your pain, brother. At least mine still (usually) works by rapping on it. I was searching for a new speedometer unit while mine was as dead as yours and found this. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&vxp=mtr&item=190696751786 It is a little pricey but about 1/3 the cost of a new one. If you do get that one figured out there are some of us who would love to know the solution. Thanks, SS! Appreciate the empathy and the link! Yes, I realize I'm not the only one. It seems to be a Road Star issue for quite a few, so perhaps it is somthing in their process/materials that brings so much of us to this point. As with everything else, I will share anything that I find in the way of a "fix" for this issue.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #510582 blue_star (User) Better to burn out than fade away! Platinum Boarder Posts: 5359 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Hope you can get this thing figured out soon.   Logged     http://s1271.beta.photobucket.com/user/bluestar825/library/ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one\'s mouth and remove all doubt. Mark Twain   The administrator has disabled public write access. #510593 Ricohoc (User) I am a man of peace, but I adore a riot! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3748 Re:Changed the odometer bulbs, but now ... 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago   blue star wrote: Hope you can get this thing figured out soon. Yes, me too, blue star. It's not a matter of ordering another odometer. If I knew that was it, I'd just do it, but I don't want to do that and then find out that I still have the same problem. The odometer lights up. The odometer keeps time and still gives me the 88888888s across when I turn the key. It still resets on the trip meters. It still keeps the kilometers ticking. The needles just aren't doing their jobs. I did notice when I was taking everything apart to change the bulbs that the needles are both locked onto their start points -- as if magnetized. Not knowing anything about this stuff, I don't know if they're supposed to be like that or not.   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/06/30 02:52 By Ricohoc.     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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