Front Wheel Removed, But What's This?
 

Hello

Just after abit of advice of identifying what this is?
After sliding the "axle?" out from between the forks, this was connected inside the left side.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...25AF044C92.jpg
(Excuse the amazing tea towels covering the calliper :p)

I'm guessing its something like speed sensor?
Either way, inside the housing is what I can only describe as a hardened plastic cyclinder, which can be removed. ( A spacer?)
Parts of this fell off when I removed the wheel, but as you can see it's wrecked :(

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...25BA5E3A73.jpg

How important is this piece and can I continue to reattached my wheel once I've got a new tyre although this part is damaged?

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This ???
 

Yep the speedo sensor, best get a new un!

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This ???
 

Speedo sensor
Off the Robinson Foundry for a Speedo Rotor

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This ???
 

Had a feeling it was, cheers Redmist & Andrew :D
Ideally need to have my bike back on two wheel by tomorrow, is the plastic spacer thingy something Suzuki would have in stock?

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This ???
 

Be a couple of days, normally in UK
You can run it without a speedo, mine did for about a month

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This ???
 

I have also glued the useless plastic magnet back together with epoxy and ran it like that for a while until I could get a new one.

You would have thought that by now some one would have realised what a pile of rubbish these bits are and made a good one to replace it with! ;-)

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This ???
 

Just remember that the main reason that these get broken is due to the failure to align it correctly with the recesses in the wheel that drive it, then when the axle is tightened it just crushes it.

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This?
 

New Pilot Roads fitted
Brake callipers and pads cleaned
But without the speed sensor rotor (Or 100% of one) no speedo :(
Thanks everyone for helping identifying the part.
£22 and a 2 day wait now ensues [-o<

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This?
 

Just FYI, so long as you've got at least one tang left on there then they run and work fine. All the teeth do is spin the rotor around.

Re: Front Wheel Removed, But What's This?
 

Cheers Chris,
But out of the 4 teeth I have 1/4 of one.
Someone did a really good job of destroying it, I'm almost glad I found it now rather than it go faulty later.