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Puddle Jumper
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Festus MO | Hello everyone, I just purchased an 08 vision street yesterday and I'm new to the site  went on a 300 mile ride today, love the bike but 150 miles in, the speedometer started registering all over the place and intermediately working then not. I do not have any warranty so any ideas would be appreciated, Thanks |
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Visionary
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Jasper, MO | Does your cruise control work when it's doing this? I ask because if the problem is the speed sensor, your cruise control probably isn't working either. Is your voltmeter staying in the normal range, around 14 volts when running?
An easy, free thing to try would be to make sure all your battery and ground connections are clean and tight. These bikes are sensitive to poor battery connections and the electronics get confused. Check the ground connection from the battery to the frame too.
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Tourer
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | When checking battery connections follow the positive battery cable down below the oil cooler. You will find a red rubber cap, below is your main circuit breaker, two bolts here to ckeck. Disconnect your battery ground before tightening the bolts, if your wrench handle contacts any metal it will make big sparks. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Festus MO | The cruise is not working when the speedometer goes haywire, I will check the connections as well and let you guys know. Thanks for the quick info guys  |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | Check for loose battery connections.. its very common |
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Visionary
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Jasper, MO | Tim1602 - 2012-07-22 6:02 AM
The cruise is not working when the speedometer goes haywire, I will check the connections as well and let you guys know. Thanks for the quick info guys
In addition to checking the battery cable and ground connections, check the connector to the speed sensor too.
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Puddle Jumper
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Festus MO | Battery and ground connections are all good, dumb question...uh where is the speed sensor located?
Ton of thanks from this newbie |
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Cruiser
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, AR United States | It wouldn't hurt to give a dealer your vin # to check your warranty status. I read a post a couple months back where some one got the warranty just by paying a transfer fee. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Festus MO | Thanks I will try that as well |
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Tourer
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Chattanooga, TN | Yep, I gt a 5 year extended warranty until 2014 with my bike, even though the selling dealer told me there was no warranty. My local dealer looked it up by vin number and lo and behold all I had to do was pay the transfer fee! |
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Puddle Jumper
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Festus MO | I talked with a victory tech today and think I have it narrowed down to a speed sensor, I ordered one should be here Friday I'll let you guys know how it goes. Thanks to all for the info |
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Puddle Jumper
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Festus MO | Hi everyone. Got my new speed sensor put in today, problem solved. Thanks again to everyone giving me helpful info
Ride safe! |
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Speedometer issues on 08 vision street