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  • Speedometer issues

    Posted by Rick on May 20, 2023 at 10:18 am

    Hi there I am new to the forum but I have a 2017 victory Vegas and I been having a problem with my speedometer, the needle sometimes get stuck at 60 when stopped and when riding will go to 120 then when I come to a stop goes back and stays at 60. I reset it by turning the key off then turn the key on and it slowly goes back to 0, I have had it at the dealership many times for this issue I gave them a video of it and they can not find a problem, I was just wondering if anyone else has come across this and maybe has a solution

    Rick replied 11 months, 1 week ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Rick

    Member
    May 20, 2023 at 10:54 am

    I forgot to mention they replaced the speed sensor and it did not solve the problem

  • Rylan

    Administrator
    May 22, 2023 at 4:39 am

    If another person has already tried all the obvious stuff, then I won’t have any ideas sorry.

    Well, I have ideas, but they are guaranteed to lead you on a wild goose chase. Weird, one-off issues like this that are not common or known won’t be easily solved by the internet guessing game. For example: I would have suggested a speed sensor first – but someone’s already tried that. If you demand I guess again, then I’ll blurt out “new speedometer” just to have something to offer.

    My next guess would be my fallback guess: Someone has messed the bike up with poor quality aftermarket parts and shoddy workmanship. For example: some cheesy aftermarket chrome cover has rubbed a partial hole in the wire harness and it now shorting out your speed circuit. Because this isn’t an inherent, known issue with this bike, it gets left out of my idea list, but is easily discovered when you get down and take a close look.

  • Rick

    Member
    May 22, 2023 at 11:10 am

    Thank you for the reply and giving me some ideas to think about, I going to go through the wiring harness to check for any damage or if its shorting out to ground somewhere and maybe double check the plug connections in the headlight housing