Re: Wacky Tachometer

[Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Subject: Wacky Tachometer
> From: "Steve Hollasch" <stevehol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>      I've got a new Sprint ST that occasionally exhibits a strange
> problem with the tachometer.  This first started appearing at around 250
> miles and several times after that (now at 500 miles).
> 
>      The behavior is that at some point while riding, the tach will
> either "top out" at something like 2000rpm (that is, it stays there even
> when the revs are higher), or will oscillate about 1500revs at something
> like 1Hz.  This typically continues for 3-5 minutes after which
> everything just works fine again.  This behavior also continues across
> cutting power (while moving) and then restarting the bike (in case it
> was a software/hardware problem.)
> 
>      Has anybody else experienced this problem?  The folks at the shop
> say they haven't heard of it, and can't check it out unless it's
> happening when I bring it in.

If you see other enomolies I would check out the battery. My 9r
did that and it turned out to be a slightly loose ground wire to
the battery.

t.

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