Gear poisition indicator looses it's mind

[Texmac1011]

My wife rode for about 35 miles today and we stopped for gas. When she tried to start the bike it wouldn't start. I got it started, but then the "fun started". On the dash readout, reverse was now shown as 1st gear. Shift to 1st, it says 2nd. Shift to 2nd, it still says 2nd. 3rd, 4th and 5th were displayed correctly. She rode it about 70 miles this way and we stopped for a while. When she got back on, everything was back to normal.

Any thoughts?

 

[NancysToy]

Bad Gear Position Sensor.

 

[Mo Lee]

Bad Gear Position Sensor.

Yep mine did the same when the weather started cooling off this fall.

 

[Freddy]

I had a similar problem on my SM5. It wasn't a big problem until it diaplayed R at highway speed, then went into Limp mode. As I was 3 days from home and a very very long from a dealer, desperation induced me to unplug the wires from the sensor, which is located behind and below the drive pulley. The display then scrolled a message warning of a transmission fault for the next 3 days but no more limp mode and everything else was fine.