[clark]

I finally got around to swapping out the Magician 250's Odometer/Speedometer w/ the - new trip reset knob. (I was adjusting the valves - WOW - what a difference!) And when I finished the valve adjustment, I went ahead and replaced the original Odometer with the - missing - trip reset knob. It took maybe 5 minutes to swap out the Odometer panel (and that includes sipping on a soda as I worked. :-) )

Unbelievably, the 1st time I go to refill the fuel tank after installing the new Odometer... think less than 100 miles since new Odometer installed... guess what is missing?!?! You guessed it - that blasted new trip reset knob... MISSING - again!
I replaced the whole Odometer panel just to get the trip reset knob... and now the knob is gone again!

Sigh, I will now be driving the cycle sans knob henceforth.
(Lesson learned, If you have a Magician 250, you may want to check that trip reset knob, ASAP, to see if maybe a bit of Superglue or other adhesive is needed?)

P.S. The reason it took me so long to get around to swapping the Odometer / Speedometer panel, here in SW Florida... it gets into the 90's daily through Sept (and sometimes Oct). The garage seems to get even hotter. And thus, I was trying to put off much motorcycle tinkering waiting for cooler weather.
PPS. The valves were set so tight from the factory, I'm not sure they were even fully closing prior to my adjusting them at about 500 miles.