[Jimgooding]

My compass went wierd the other day and took over an hour to "aquire"
It now wont change from south , s. east, s.west
Can it be reset easily?
Thankyou

[Arizoni]

I don't know anything about your compass but usually if a compass is doing weird things it is because something that is magnetic like a screw driver or wrench has been placed near the sensor.

Have you added anything to the tool kit or a saddle bag recently?

[Jimgooding]

No i havent but is that where the sensor is?

[Richard230]

Every published on/off line magazine review that I have read so far about the Himalayan has complained about its compass being inaccurate, weird and just plain useless.  Apparently it is one of those big ideas that seemed right at the time but is only half-baked right now. 

I might add that I had a hand-held hiking GPS device that had a similar issue with its electronic compass.  Eventually, I gave up trying to get it calibrated and to point north the same way every time I tried using it. 

[Jimgooding]

Thankyou for that, its a shame they wasted space on a compass when a heart rate monitor would be far more useful !

[The Old Coot]

Thankyou for that, its a shame they wasted space on a compass when a heart rate monitor would be far more useful !

 ... Wait should it come with a Defibrillator? 

[Jimgooding]

Possibly, but it may prove tricky to seat that all important pillion comfortably!

[Rattlebattle]

Isn’t the speedo magnetic? It is on my C5. Maybe the faster you go the more berserk the compass gets??? What would I know, I use the position of the sun. No wonder I get lost in the U.K........

[mc35803]

I test rode the Himalayan Saturday at the dealer in Decatur, Alabama.   Heading west south west I was momentarily confused looking at the compass saying I was going north.  As I turned south it changed and said I was going northeast.   I am glad I found this thread lol.     I may still buy one though.

[Arizoni]

Here's a couple of things I found in the Himalayan Owners Manual:

"Useful for Navigation during riding
• Text indicates heading direction of vehicle.
(N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW)
• Arrow will always point to North.
• Eg. if heading Northwest, text will display NW and arrow will
be in top right corner to indicate North."

•"Avoid using magnetic key chains, magnetic/ferrous materials
or electronic components with interference around cockpit
area to avoid malfunctioning of digital compass"

•"Compass indication tolerance is + 45°"

 (I read this to mean if your headed due north the compass could say you were going NE or NW and it would be "within tolerance". )

[The Old Coot]

In other words north is "That-a-way...kinda"?

[Arizoni]

Yup.

"Jus keeps yer eye on 'em big mountains o'er thar an keep on a-ridin'.
Ye'll either get ta whar ye wants ta be or die tryin'."

[Fragman]

I reckon an oil pressure guage should go in after the stupid compass gets binned.

[voodoochild]

I've actually found the compass on my Himalayan quite accurate and given my lack of a sense of direction, it is a pretty neat feature to have in the absence of a GPS.

[Templeton]

I live way south, in New Zealand in fact and the compass still doesn't work. I thoght I had a bike with a northern hemisphere balanced compass but from this thread I realise the compass is just c**p. The rest of the bike I love - roll on oil press or temp in the compass slot.