I bought a brand new 2003 leftover 1200S back in January. I finally got out for the first time today (lovely upstate NY weather huh?) and realized that the speedo and odometer wasn't working. What really pisses me off is that the prep sheet from the dealer has it checked off as working, along with 100 other things supposedly done or checked. The dealer is over 3 hrs away and in another State (MA). I called them and they said it is under warranty and any local dealer could do the repair. I didn't grill them as to how this could have been missed by the mechanic.
Question is...what is most likely broken here, cable, connector, etc.?
Also, I was a little surprised that this bikes legendary low end torque/power didn't impress me much as I thought it would. Granted I was going easy and dwelling on the broken speedo, so maybe it was just me. But then again, could something else have been goofed in the prep to give the bike less power? (I last was on a bike 7 years ago on a Katana 750, which is my reference)