RXS Speedo Died

[UnspeedySam]

I think it happened when I hit a camouflaged pot hole last night. But the speedo now reads 0 regardless of speed. I probably won't have time to have a look until the weekend, but what is the problem most likely to be? I'm going to take apart the clock and see if the drive is turning first I think...

Cheers
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[Itchy]

Just undo the cable going into the back of the clocks, roll bike forward the cable spins? = your clocks are the broken bit.

If doesn't turn then your cable is snapped 5 minute replacement job.
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[Paxovasa]

Speedo cable may just have come loose.
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[chris-red]

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[27cows]

I've jarred the cable out of the speedo housing over potholes more than once. Usually you can just push the cable back into place. Makes you wonder why they didn't make it a few mm longer
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[UnspeedySam]

Whoops I forgot I posted this Thanks for all the informative replies. I might have a chance to have a look tomorrow.

However much I love this bike and all the fun I've had on it, I do sometimes wish I had my friend's nearly new YBR. However, even after fixing all these little things I'll still be about £700 better off and have a more characterful bike
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Riding: BMW R1150RT `02 bought mildly crashed
Fixing: Also the BMW as I get less broken bits
Gone: ZZR600 '00, TRX850 '97, RXS100 '93, JS125-6B '07, BMW R1100RS '93, Kawasaki ZX-6R-J2 '01, Honda Bros NT400 NC25 '88

[Serendipity]

[UnspeedySam]

Ok, the drive cable is snapped almost cleanly in two A few people mentioned putting resistance on the cable when testing it, so is it not ok to ride the bike with half a speedo cable?

Also, newbie question: What kind of grease should I buy for greasing the axle/speedo cogs when I'm fitting the new cable?

edit: Just read the haynes manual and allegedly it's as simple as removing a little clip. The little hole is full of crap on my bike so I didn't spot it... Would still like to know what grease I should be buying though, assuming the cable I just bought won't come ready-greased.

Cheers
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Riding: BMW R1150RT `02 bought mildly crashed
Fixing: Also the BMW as I get less broken bits
Gone: ZZR600 '00, TRX850 '97, RXS100 '93, JS125-6B '07, BMW R1100RS '93, Kawasaki ZX-6R-J2 '01, Honda Bros NT400 NC25 '88

[chris-red]

It's fine to ride with a broken cable, leave it on to save getting crap in the clocks speedo drive, I would use generic grease for the drive I can;t imagine it matter that much a new cable should be around £10
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[UnspeedySam]

Just bought:
Yambits Speedo Cable
CarlubeLM2 Lithium Grease

Hope to get it sorted by Tuesday. Want to go to the Poole bike night and it's a bit far to go with no speedo
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Riding: BMW R1150RT `02 bought mildly crashed
Fixing: Also the BMW as I get less broken bits
Gone: ZZR600 '00, TRX850 '97, RXS100 '93, JS125-6B '07, BMW R1100RS '93, Kawasaki ZX-6R-J2 '01, Honda Bros NT400 NC25 '88

[27cows]

I had about six rev counter cables but no spare speedo item when my last one snapped. So I modified the outer by shortening it, so the tacho inner cables would fit. I expected this bodge to be short lived and the inner cable to last a dozen miles before snapping...but 35,000 miles later it's still fine
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