Heya

I spent a couple of hours testing the gear position sensor. Going backwards fast, the sensor only seemed to find N,1,2 the rest of the gears failed to earth any of the inputs. The sensor showed it was in 2nd gear when it was in neutral, and when in N or 1 it showed it was either in 4,5,6 gears, not sure which as the all 3 inputs have been twisted together, I need to disambiguate inputs to find whats what. Having said that i get the feeling the sensor is history, It feels, well, limp, sometimes it clicks other times it just turns freely. I thought i'd check the project chassis to see if there was a sensor there, instead i find all seven wires have joined together and earthed, more vandalism.

I could'nt figure out how the thing runs when the PGM has no idea what gear the bikes in, but i guess there must be a default map when the G.P.S gives no out put, i.e between gear changes, otherwise it would backfire every gear change.

I'm going to ring around and see if i can get another one from the local honda dealer. My normal theory on the cost is think of a reasonable price double it, then add 50% of original estimate. I think NZ$100 or US$85 seems fair so, I'm picking it'll be around NZ$250 or US$215. There is also a dismantler with MC-28 engine, i might try there too.

The speedo does'nt work either, I think i'm missing a peice, i tryed looking on the parts pictures here, but i ca'nt see the peice that conects the speedo drive (white round plastic bit with a key recessed out of it) to the gearbox output shaft. There are two unused tapped holes in the end of the output shaft, maybe something bolts in here?

Cheers

Robert