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Re: Another Top Speed Question
Reply #15 -
08/08/08 at 11:33:19
I just went through this problem myself. On the way to Mountainfest I was riding with two other bikes (a Harley and a V-Star) and they kept falling further and further back. I kept a close else on my speedo and I was going a steady 70 mph. Finally my buddy pulled in range and flashed his lights to pull off at the next exit.
I was
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because they couldn't even do the speed limit on those big bikes but before I got the chance to complain, they said they were doing 80+ at times to keep up and I just kept pulling away. So when we got back on the Interstate each of them gave a thumbs up when they hit 70 ... I was reading 63!!!
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08/08/08 at 11:41:39
Chain mod?
Stock tire?
It's very uncommon for a speedo to underestimate the speed, very common to overestimate. Unless you've done a mod.
I use a Veypor VR1 and compares almost dead on with the speedo. And I do have D404 140/90-15 instead of stock.
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08/08/08 at 13:05:50
No, still have the belt and still run stock IRCs. It reads 6 or 8 mph less on the Interstate than what I'm actually running, but seems to be right on the money in the city. It's like it gets worse the faster I go?! Oh well, it's no big deal. Someday I'll get bored and tinker with it, but for now I don't care.
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08/08/08 at 13:13:26
I worked for a company that manufactured flow meters. They took speedo's from a ford pinto and recalibrated them. Inside the speedo is a magnet that can be increased in strength or decreased. But it takes a special machine. Tinkering with it wont do any good. replace if it bothers you.
Ah! hears a thought, find some with the chain conversion and trade with him. even better if he has like mileage.
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