just came across a burgman 400 local that has not been sold yet lol, they do not describe it in the listing but mentioned it on a text that "after the front brake pads where changed the speedo stopped working"

am i right in thinking that the speedo drive is electronic on a burgman 400 1999? if so what would the cause be and maybe what type of price to fix?


would hate to buy a bke thinking it may be a cheap fix when it is not


thank you

Most likely whoever did the pads hasn't lined up the notches in the speedo drive rotor with the lugs on the wheel when refitting it and broken it. A new speedo drive/cable assembly is £120 unless you can find a second hand one

thank you for the quick reply, might have to avoid this bike then unless they want to drop there price

I just got rotor for mine but he had to look at a few different years on microfiche as it wasnt listed seperately on all years even tho used same speedo unit for all years.Julian

pikey wrote:I just got rotor for mine but he had to look at a few different years on microfiche as it wasnt listed seperately on all years even tho used same speedo unit for all years.Julian

That's good to know, the Suzuki agent I got mine from told me flat out the rotor wasn't available separately. As it turns out it was the wiring that had gone on mine so it didn't make any difference.

The Burgman speedo drive is a classic example of progress making things worse. It doesn't work any better than the old school cable driven type but costs ten times more to fix when it goes wrong.

Its been a few years ago so hope its still correct.Julian