Wrenching

New OEM switch in place and starter is working well. Headlights are dead. I'll get to that tomorrow. Brakes and master cylinder are next.

Thats not all bad at least some activity out of it, it sounds to me like the sensor that send the speedo information is shorted out. You might locate that and make sure it has a good ground.

The speedo lights up but only shows gear position, high beam and fuel level. I have taken it apart and i could not see anything wrong.

Have you tried putting voltage directly to speedo to see if it will come on, if so then you know it works and you can start tracing wires to see where the fault is, if not it just might be an internally shorted speedo. You could try taking it apart and see if the circuits are coroded and clean them up and see if it helps. Just some thoughts..

Thanks everyone i just have one more problem. The speedo is blank so i don't know mileage or the hours. If i replace the speedo with a second hand one will it read the mileage of my bike or of the previous bike?

Are you still building motors? I have a 93 LT 80 that I would like to have built for my son.

I think it's built into us to want to make something good.. It's what the religions are all about.. Explaining "creation", when we think of it as a verb. We're all the product/result of creation(v), and it's what keeps us alive and prosperous. It's an integral part of us this"creation" business.. Of course there's always someone (not you Gw) that takes things a bit too far and want's a bit too much, and then the trouble starts.. haha

It looks fairly complete, whenever i get a parts bike i look it over and say this is not bad and end up fixing it and turning it into a runner also, but thats what i like to do take junk and make it good again, i think its the challenge, not necessarily that i need another runner.

Good score..

I wish there were lids for those small storage boxes on the racks though! I just need one more