Runako

(Thread segway) Fooking Thunder Road garage ... ****ed me right off! Have the same problem as you guys and checked rotor, no damage etc. My 16k service came around so asked them to have a look or recommend what could be causing the fault. "No problem" I was told. Of course, they don't know that I've read a lot on the subject on here. I wanted them to make their own assessment.

I pick up the bike. "Oh you need a new speedo drive. That's £120". Ok, what did you find? "Oh well its something to do with the wiring (then proceeds to badly sketch a squiggly line with a circle at one end and a box at the other) ... you see, somewhere in here is the problem". So what is the problem exactly? "The wire running from the wheel and in the frame is a sealed unit so its somehwere in there but we would have to pull it apart to tell".

So you don't know what wrong? "Well, its a common problem with these see. Once it goes you just have to buy the new part". But I've heard a wire could be corroded or it could be a loose connection. Could it be something like this? "Well there's no point opening it up to look as you'll have to change the part anyway".

Why must garages be such tits? I would much rather him say, "We weren't able to isolate the reason for the fault from a visual inspection so you'll have to check the loom or under the tank to inspect the connection ... you may need a new speedo drive or it could be something simple to rectify like a loose connection". Fair enough.

But £120 for a new part and trying to blind me with ignorance when you haven't even cheecked? So, I'll being doing the checks you recommended Punkyp and lets see if the 'simple' solution works. Cheers.