Speedometer Cable

[dna9656]

Never leave your speedometer cable loose on the bottom end. The cable inside the sleeve will depart the bike and you won't find it. However I found a NEW one on Amazon for $15.00 and free shipping, way cheaper than the parts outlet. Just sayin'....Apparently Yamaha does not install that little keeper thing you see (that I have seen anyway) on the speedometer end of most cables making it install from one end only....

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[bongobobny]

Yup!! From a maintenance standpoint it is easier to replace the cable from the bottom end rather than from the dashboard end. Unfortunately it means that you can loose the cable the way you did...

[Venturous Randy]

The two things I have done on my speedometer cable is make sure the ring is on the top end of the cable where it can not come out the bottom and the other thing I did was to put the cable housing through one of the holes near the tripple tree and put a good size plastic wire tie around housing so the cable housing can not fall through the hole.

Yes, I have lost cables from both ends at one time over the past 19 years, but not anymore.

RandyA

[dna9656]

Well of course now that the new cable is on the way I found my old one in the road today... I lost just the cable, not the sleeve housing...Yesterday; if I had walked another 30 yards I would have found it (IF it was in the road, we have school kids walking the road twice a day so who knows where it was) and not ordered the new one but it's not much and having a spare isn't a bad idea.

Thanks all for the comments and advice!

Edited February 19, 2015 by dna9656

[dna9656]

Well the new cable came today; in the factory wrapping and I got the entire assembly! I thought I was just getting the cable proper, I got the sheath too! Hooray! For $15.and change (that included shipping) I'm not complaining!