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Author Topic: speedo repair  (Read 1678 times)

wa1udg

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speedo repair
« on: June 22, 2013, 03:03:15 PM »
  Got a problem with my speedo head, the trip meter quit working and an extra 100K got added to the miles driven, just like that..... Is there a rebuilder out there?  

Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2013, 03:27:47 PM »
One of our members here, wirespokes does indicator repairs .

He's located in the Portland, Oregon area, can't tell where you reside .
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tvrla

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2013, 07:53:22 PM »
Yep, you break em, I fix em!  ;)

Everyone knows the speedometer's are optimistic, but it's not generally known that the odometers secretly resent having to be right on (which they generally are).

I know this because they talk to me ... (ssshhh, don't tell anyone)

But I can make it right, and even service the unit at the same time for the low low price of $95. (sheesh, now I'm sounding like that used mattress salesman that stole my X - didn't seem like a good thing at the time, but now I thank my lucky stars he did)

Offline montmil

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2013, 07:34:29 AM »
 ;D You crack me up, 'spokes. Mattress salesman, huh?
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CaptainSlow

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 11:32:39 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

My ex went off with an origami entertainer! Honestly!!! You can draw your own conclusions from that  ;)

Offline marcmax

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2013, 12:04:32 PM »
My ex just went.....    [smiley=clap.gif]
Keep your bike in good repair: motorcycle boots are not comfortable for walking.

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Offline montmil

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2013, 02:46:55 PM »
...Just like in the ol' cowboy song, "Thank God and Greyhound she's gone".
Monte Miller
Denton, TEXAS
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tvrla

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2013, 08:21:21 AM »
You guys crack me up. Then again, unfaithful spouses do make for some pretty funny stories. Of course, I didn't think mine was too funny at the time...

Yeah, he was a bed salesman - mattresses, etc. I made up the 'used' part just to make it sound a little sleazier, as if that was necessary!

Never heard of an origami entertainer - that's a new one. The X evidently needed/wanted to be bent over differently.  ::)

Monte - do all your Xs live in Texas?

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2013, 08:49:20 AM »
As a man of less vintage than some of this forum's finer members, let me just say:

I'm taking notes!
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Offline montmil

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Re: speedo repair
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2013, 11:27:40 AM »
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... Monte - do all your Xs live in Texas?

'fraid so. Truth.

Dig George Strait... That's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.


« Last Edit: June 27, 2013, 11:47:52 AM by montmil »
Monte Miller
Denton, TEXAS
1978 BMW R100S
1981 BMW R65
1983 BMW R65
1995 Triumph Trophy
1986 VW Cabriolet