My tach don't like the cold weather.

[Snaggletooth]

I've notice something over the last few days. The tach on my '84 don't seem to enjoy the cold mornings at all. I've been dealing with temps in the teens and 20's most mornings lately and when I fire the bike up the tach just don't want to get with the program. Don't want to move at all or if it does it's sluggish. Later in the day as it warms up into the high 20's or better it's back to normal.

 

I've had this bike for three years now but this is the first time I've ridden it daily into the winter months so I've never noticed if it was problem before in the cold.

 

Anybody else have this as an issue?

 

Mike

[mraf]

Yep. I've had mine out a few times, lubed it up and it worked for awhile then back to sluggish. Bongobob gave me one. Problem fixed.

[mbrood]

Many lubricants are temperature sensitive and some even dry out in the heat. I've used sewing machine oil a lot, it is very thin, fantastic penetration and "clinging" power and long lasting... plus, it seems ignorant of outside heat or cold. (A lot less mess too !)

[Monty]

My '83 did that also. When it was cold out, it wouldn't work at all for the first few miles.

 

I fixed it by getting a 2nd Gen.

[6m459]

Yup, I have that too. Have just lived with it so far.

 

Brian H.