slowtwitch
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- Bike
- BMW F650GS / Dakar
My 2006 GS650 went for a 60 000km service few months back. A few weeks later my instrument cluster starts giving problems:
The speedometer and rev counter would get stuck at say 65kmph and 2300rpm and not respond further. switching off doesn't help. Petrol indicator lamp didn't work - left me stranded once.
Took the bike back, they "reset" the bike by disconnecting battery. It worked... for a few weeks. Then it was intermittent. I disconnected battery again and solved the prob, for a while. All the warning lights light up when switching on as normal.
Currently all works except my trip meter zero's after switching off. my odometer currently reads ----. But this can all change tomorrow and maybe the rev counter stops working and is stuck again for a few weeks.
One thing they did while servicing is re-solder the 2 wires for the hazard and ABS switches. They say they disconnected the battery, but I have my doubts. I'm not taking the bike back to them. It was evident they don't know the GS650 well enough.
Any advise
The speedometer and rev counter would get stuck at say 65kmph and 2300rpm and not respond further. switching off doesn't help. Petrol indicator lamp didn't work - left me stranded once.
Took the bike back, they "reset" the bike by disconnecting battery. It worked... for a few weeks. Then it was intermittent. I disconnected battery again and solved the prob, for a while. All the warning lights light up when switching on as normal.
Currently all works except my trip meter zero's after switching off. my odometer currently reads ----. But this can all change tomorrow and maybe the rev counter stops working and is stuck again for a few weeks.
One thing they did while servicing is re-solder the 2 wires for the hazard and ABS switches. They say they disconnected the battery, but I have my doubts. I'm not taking the bike back to them. It was evident they don't know the GS650 well enough.
Any advise
