tachometer does not work

Is there something electrical causing this problem? or is it just broken

 

Download the Fifth Generation service manual. There's a section on testing the tach. It's electrically driven, and it could be loose connectors or something actually faulty. It could be loose connectors, a bad tach, or even a bad ECM.

 

We cleaned the connectors today and the tach does work until the engine temp gets to around 175 then it quits again, well at least I have it for the first few minutes of each ride hahaha

 

Sounds like the connections on the motor end could be problematic, or the relay is bad (not sure where it's located). Since the failure seems temp-related, my guess would be that it is NOT a bad tach as it's too far from the heat source.

 

Thanks man, I'll give it a look over again to see whats going on.

 

Did you download the service manual?

 

I got a clymers manual for it, that should work shouldn't it?

 

I haven't seen that particular manual, so I don't know what info it has on troubleshooting the tach. I know you can download the Honda one easily, and it has a section about how to troubleshoot this issue.

 

I got one that looks like it came with the bike but the pages are falling out of it hahaha but I will look for the downloadable one too thanks for your help man. I appreciate the riding community like this everybody is really helpful and I don't know a whole lot now but Ill keep at it and if yall need any help in the future Ill try

 

Just as an update I cleaned all the connectors because they were really corroded and the tach is working without fail now