On Saturday, Carl and I went up to the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store in Beaverton. I scored a new snowboarding jacket while Carl took care of most of his Christmas shopping. On the way up, the speedometer on the XS850 decided to break (sheared cable). Coming back down, the tachometer went crazy and snapped off its own needle. Something in the middle drive and possibly the starter assembly also started making a bunch of noise. There’s always something new and interesting to fix on old motorcycles!