Tach Cable Lifespan

[CanadaWing]

Hey guys I just finished a 4000 km tour of Washington and Oregon on the 101 with my wife on our honeymoon! Before I even left Canada my tach cable started to whine real bad. Luckily I brought one of every cable extra for the trip just in case. :clapping:

Turns out it was the original on the bike, it made 53 000 km and 33 years. :wave:
What kind of time you guys getting out of the cables? Did I make my full life before I replaced it with its $17 new one? :smilie_happy:

 

[Omega Man]

I voted 30 + years as the tach cable on Old Girlfriend looked that old, but not being the original owner I really have no idea.

Nice pic!

~O~

 

[Ansimp]

My original had only 28k miles when it broke. Admittingly it had not run for 13years and it only lasted for a short while when I started riding the bike again. Replaced with a new one and that only lasted 200+ miles ( speedo was frozen/ binding). With the next one I started spraying silicon spray into the speedo where the cable connects and so far 2000 miles with repeated spraying of the speedo. Just did it today before my ride.

 

[brianinpa]

I changed mine last fall... I have to change it again. :crying:

 

[detdrbuzzard]

any time I get a bike part of the initial maintince is to lube the speedo and tach cables so like omega I don't know how old the cables are

 

[Ansimp]

detdrbuzzard » Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:18 am[/url]":19r89m39]
any time I get a bike part of the initial maintince is to lube the speedo and tach cables so like omega I don't know how old the cables are

My problem wasn't the cable lube but the speedo bushes/ bearings

 

[RBG]

remove and clean and lube every few years and it should last forever.