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Nope, it's not bent. I took the inner cable all of the way out and put it back in again. I'll be getting some grease and seeing if that helps. Descartes walks into a bar, and the bartender asks "Would you like a beer?" Descartes replies "I think not" and POOF! he vanishes.

That was a very bad joke, well done. The snow finally melted enough that I could get out and fiddle with the bike. I figured out how to get the cable out, and put it all back together again. Which is good, as I learnt something new. There seemed to be no sign of fraying, so perhaps it just needs re-greasing.

Righto, I shall do that. Thank you for the suggestion.

Hello, I'm new to bikes. I did my CBT and went and bought a 1982 SR125 that seems to be in generally good shape. Here's a picture of me, the proud owner: The one problem is that the speedo doesn't work properly. When you start moving slowly, it seems to be ok until you approach 30mph, then suddenly the needle shoots up and down rapidly, as if it were a rev counter. And then, a little while afterwards, it'll be all the way at the maximum level, even though I'm only doing around 30mph. When I stopped at a junction, I watched it very slowly drop back down again. As I say, I'm new to this lark, but I read a few things about the speedo. I know there is a drive component, a cable, and the speedo head that tells you the speed. My current plan is to get a replacement speedo off of ebay, fit that, and see if it works. So, to prevent me buying something unnecessarily, does anybody know what the problem might be? I've also noticed that there are two types of SR125 speedo heads. The flat-style one that my bike has, and a cylindrical alarm-clock shaped one. Does anybody know whether they are interchangeable? There's an alarm-clock style one on ebay at the moment, you see.