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My speedo needle wobbles when I am riding my bike . So i undid the cable and put a helthy dose of WD 40 on the inner cable. Went for a ride last night and the needle still wobbles. Is this normal ? Would a new cable give me a smoother moving speedo needle?

Well for starters, WD40 isn't a lubricant, it's mostly a solvent, so you've just washed a load of lubrication out.

Try driving your speedo with a cordless screwdriver and see what it's like then.

Veglias have a bit of a reputation for wobbly needles. A couple of drops of 2 stroke oil on the spindle bearings is meant to damp them down, but means removing the bezel.

Veglia instruments aren't known as Vague Liars for nothing... The speedos on my 3 1/2 Sport and Strada both read consistently 8mph fast. It's all part of the character...

Not sure if I've tried it with the Mornini, but back in the day with older Jap bikes that did this (CB750SOHC, GT250, etc) I would ensure there was plenty of grease worked into the cable (you have to be careful near the top apparently though). This would damp down things extremely well.