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29-01-2004, 11:48am
On really high mileage bikes, it really doesn't matter.
But for me, I like things to be accurate, for example if I say to someone I have done 300kmh, I prefer that to be true, the fact that the odometer works closer to real Ks is a bonus.
I was on a ride a couple of weeks ago
(On a private road of course)
and we fairly carving up the road and I overtook a Young guy on a Gixxer 600 on a long sweeper, when we pulled up he said and I quote "I thought I was going fast,I had the throttle pegged at *40 and you guys on the Busas past me like I was standing still"
My speedo was reading *30 and I didn't have the heart to tell him.
I don't want to be one of the guys who make speed claims based on speedo's which are totally inaccurate
By the way just for a bit of info, so far every bike and every car, bar my Daughters 94 Supra
(which was spot on the money)
that I have tested against my GPS has been out by 5% to 10%
But for me, I like things to be accurate, for example if I say to someone I have done 300kmh, I prefer that to be true, the fact that the odometer works closer to real Ks is a bonus.
I was on a ride a couple of weeks ago
(On a private road of course)
and we fairly carving up the road and I overtook a Young guy on a Gixxer 600 on a long sweeper, when we pulled up he said and I quote "I thought I was going fast,I had the throttle pegged at *40 and you guys on the Busas past me like I was standing still"
My speedo was reading *30 and I didn't have the heart to tell him.
I don't want to be one of the guys who make speed claims based on speedo's which are totally inaccurate
By the way just for a bit of info, so far every bike and every car, bar my Daughters 94 Supra
(which was spot on the money)
that I have tested against my GPS has been out by 5% to 10%