OK I'll come clean, previously I stated I am currently 0 - 3 w/ CB Speedometers. While true, here are the details:
1. Lifan speedo quit working immediately after I drowned the bike in a water hole last December, and then parked the bike outside in freezing temps. The following day the speedo was jumpy all over the scale and then quit working. OK, Im guilty of CB abuse.
2. Shineray / Hibird / hondoid had a flat front the other day just as we were getting ready to headout. Handy guy that I am, I stole the front wheel off the parts hondoid dirt bike, I installed the speedo hub and all appeared fine. Just the other day I notice that the speedo hub has spun 360 and the cable is fouled. OK, twice guilty.
3. My Zong came to me w/ the speedo cable missing. The "kid" PO stated that it was disconnected and he removed it to pass state MV inspection. Not sure what the root cause was, but let the record reflect the PO barely got passed legos on the mechanical aptitude scale.
Ok, there are the facts, can we blame China? Alright, I feel better now that the truth is free.
42,000 plus miles is a credit to both machine and mechanic, in other hands Spud's bike may not have lived past infancy, sad but true.