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04-26-2015, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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Speedo off by a bunch?
Rode today with my GPS installed and found that the speedo is off by 6 mph at 55, it's reading slow. It get closer if your below 40 and actually gets better above 65? At 70 mph is only 2 mph off.
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04-26-2015, 07:22 PM | #2 |
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My Nomad 1700 is the same. The GPS keeps me at the right speed.
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04-26-2015, 07:46 PM | #3 |
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They all read slow to keep you from getting a ticket
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04-26-2015, 09:14 PM | #4 |
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If I read it backwards and you mean you are going 49 when it says 55...that is still very odd. Never seen one off that much. Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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04-26-2015, 10:55 PM | #6 |
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I always guesstimate that they're about 10% off. Easy math.
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04-27-2015, 07:55 AM | #7 |
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Yes, at 55 the GPS says 49-50 so it's around 5-6 mph off at that speed. However the way the speedo is made "55" is kinda hard to pinpoint but it still seems off a bunch,..to me.
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04-27-2015, 10:07 AM | #8 |
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Mine is dead on with my GPS
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04-27-2015, 08:50 PM | #9 |
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Both my Nomad and now my Honda are off by 5-10%.
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04-27-2015, 11:22 PM | #10 |
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Yeah but we are talking about real motorcycles, you ride one of those off brands if I remember correctly
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04-28-2015, 11:47 PM | #11 |
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Hahaha, well in my neck of the woods, we photo radar, they zap us even at below 10 km/hr over...it would be nice to know exactly. I did take my BOM(Bike Owner's Manual) to court to fight a two tickets that claimed I was doing 18 over on my Monster, it states exactly that it is off by 8% in the BOM. Funny thing is, it was the same truck, and camera on different days, saying I was doing exactly the same speed over, I found it suspicious!! I got my tickets redude by 50% each.
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