I'm new here and need help bad enough, I signed up for this website. But it looks cool anyway.

Here's my mess. My Speedo was starting to go out about a month ago. It would go a little wacky on me and either work, or show 0 while driving. Then I decided to add speakers to my bike. After carefully installing all the wiring for amps and speakers, now the speedo doesn't work at all. What's worse is the turn signals, brake light (stay on as normal), horn, do not work either. I'm pretty positive I installed all my stuff very carefully to ensure nothing was getting cut or pinched. But I'll retrace. The amps are on the extra switch, and do not draw much power, so I know this is ok. I also checked all the fuses and all seems good.

I've been reading through some of the forums and my symptoms seem to point to the vehicle speed sensor. OK, makes no sense. But I removed and cleaned it, and put it back on. No luck. I suppose I can go buy a new one, but I suppose I don't understand how that affects turn signals, horn, and brake lights. BTW, the bike runs fine.

I'm stuck here. Any ideas are appreciated.

Big Al

 

Welcome to the forum! I suppose you checked the fuses, so you may have a grounding issue or, like I had, chafed wires that grounded to the frame. Sealed and protected, all OK now. Would also help to know what model and year you have.

 

Thanks Dallas. I have a 2001 Road King Classic, fuel injected model. Yes, I checked all fuses and also made sure I didn't trip a breaker or something. I'm going to have to take my headlight apart again and make sure something isn't pinched or bare. I suppose I'll dig into it more before I start spending money needlessly.

 

Could be the variable speed sensor (VSS) going south or loose connection