Anyone else have problems with mikesxs gauges?

[ramairgtz]

Have less than 40 miles on my bike and my speedometer is already freaking out. They are the 1.9" gauges. Took it for a ride today and it started jumping from 40 to 60 then when I stopped the needle stayed on 20 until I wacked it a few times. Tachometer seems to be out of wack too once the rpms get above 3000 the needle either won't go any higher or it bounces up and around. I have brand new motion pro cables on both gauges. Anyone else have problems with them?

 

[XSLeo]

You's pays your money, you's takes your chances.
Not everything Mike's sells is top of the line. But he's pretty cheap on most stuff.
I just use stock gauges, they have worked fine for 30+ years.
Leo

 

[CDNTX650]

i got some from xs650 direct with white faces. work fine. New cables though.

 

[blue900]

My gauges from mikes are in a box, the price was pretty cheap compared to others, Thought they would solve my problems. After using them for 2 years, I repaired the stock gauges, how-to found here some were (I almost tossed the stock ones when the new ones arrived ) They work great, the Stock Gauges are hard to beat. I think if you want replacement gauges you have to pay more, the insides are not the same I looked.

 

[gggGary]

Yep, cheap and tiny oops no room for quality, hooda thunk?

 

[bbillington]

You's pays your money, you's takes your chances.

 

[grepper]

Yup, I had the same problem with the white LED speedo. About 1000 miles into it, it started jumping all over. The od and trip seemed to work OK. I wrote MikesXS and they blamed it on a bad cable or speedo drive gear. So no refund or replacement. The cable was new from MikesXS and I lubed it. As for the drive gear, I cleaned it out and repacked it too before it went bad. I've got about 2K on the replacement speedo I baught from them and it's still working.

 

[ramairgtz]

If I had a stock xs the factory gauges would be fine but they will look very out of place on my bike. I need new gauges anyways since my voltage regulator freaked and burnt out the back lights. Anyone know where I can get some quality 2 inch gauges that will work on the xs