moisture in speedo
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If you only have it in your speedometer, you're lucky. I have it in all my gages sometimes. I'm assuming the lights in the gages dry them out. When I'm working midnights and get on my bike to go home, all the gages have moisture in them. By the time I get home (35 miles), the moisture is gone.
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Just in case, don't be spraying that area of your faring with a stream of water from a water hose or with any other pressurized water stream. Water above the level of the top of the fenders is NOT your bikes friend. Plenty of cleaning/polishing compounds much superior to soap and water out there for your bike. There is plenty of things you can really mess up with too much water sprayed at the wrong angle into the wrong places.
For the record, my previous 2004 Ultra did get some moisture in the guages. I attribute that to the ignorant original owner.
My 2010 guages are crystal clear and have yet to have a single hint of moisture appear in them. I have ridden it in the rain many times, but I don't use a water hose on the bike when cleaning. My expectations are that they probably will get some moisture in them eventually since these gauges are not sealed. It's a shame HD will not address this issue. Many of the Euro and metric bikes have the moisture issue figured out with their gauges. But a lot of the Euro and metrics don't have self-canceling turn signals either. Go figure.
For the record, my previous 2004 Ultra did get some moisture in the guages. I attribute that to the ignorant original owner.
My 2010 guages are crystal clear and have yet to have a single hint of moisture appear in them. I have ridden it in the rain many times, but I don't use a water hose on the bike when cleaning. My expectations are that they probably will get some moisture in them eventually since these gauges are not sealed. It's a shame HD will not address this issue. Many of the Euro and metric bikes have the moisture issue figured out with their gauges. But a lot of the Euro and metrics don't have self-canceling turn signals either. Go figure.
my fuel, volt meter and air temp all get moisture in them when I first got it I took it back to the dealer, I was pissed $25000 and the guages foged up!, they told me it was normal and it would dry out, this was the 1st Harley I have owned in 20 years, my last was a 74 AMF, my first thoughts were here we go again, but after 5 years I don't even notice it anymore
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It wouldn’t take much to hermetically seal the gauges except the fact that H-D would charge three times more than what it cost them to do it. They are probably saving that upgrade for a future model. Harley is very likely the only major motorcycle manufacturer that don't seal the complete gauges.
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