Speedometer is possessed.

[ravingmadman]

Heh. Right. So on my way home, after paying the shop $230 to fix it, it still isn't fixed. I hate electrical problems. This is not going to be cheap. I did a super kick ass power slide getting onto the freeway though. I caught a green light turning left onto the onramp- I started into the corner, the speedo died, my Bish shifted into first, the rear end broke loose, and I drifted around the corner. Fun, but I'd rather have some sort of control over it. FML

Maybe God is trying to tell me something, actually. The speedometer went out on my '06 GSXR600, too. Hm.....

 

[TheBeast99]

time to have that whole tranny and shit rebuilt and the rest of the electrical gone over?
i wish this anedote would help - i knew for a facr there was a problem with the onboard computer in my mom's old 1990 Buick Century when we were driving it to the mechanic for another problem (e-fan wasn't coming on) and while doing 50 the speedo just went to 0...
fortunately that car wasn't new enough for the speedo and tranny to be connected and shifting together n stuff, cuz we kept driving and it came back to normal a minute later
but ya, just picture a 12-year old say that to their 'rents - "i think the computer's gone bonkers..."

 

[ravingmadman]

Ok. Another $375 at the shop. They traced the wires from the speed sensor up through the harnesses, load testing the wires at every junction. They found a harness that had burned out. They replaced it, and I appear to be back on the road. I'm doing a lot of driving this weekend through several mountain passes, so we'll see if it holds up.... I guess I still haven't put into this rig what I would be paying in interest and for full coverage insurance had I financed something...