Speedometer and Odometer Issue
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RE: Speedometer and Odometer Issue
Beats the dog chit outta me. But assuming that your odo is right, travel 1 mile at 60mph. Have someone on the back with a stopwatch. You should have gone 1 mile in 1 minute.
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RE: Speedometer and Odometer Issue
The key is the 6 speed. Was the just the trans changed or was the primary changed as well? There should have been a widget with the trans to correct it or at least some way to calibrate it.
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RE: Speedometer and Odometer Issue
ORIGINAL: 05 Wd Gld
Find a speed trap someplace and I am sure that they will document your speed for you.
Find a speed trap someplace and I am sure that they will document your speed for you.
Just do it before you get to Canada, Eh. Them Mounties clock you with some kind of metric gizmo. I got stopped once in Alberta and I tried to explain to that Mountie the reason I was only doing 85 mph is because my bike would not go the posted 110 speed limit.
For some reason, he got kind of pizzed off and I didn't think Mounties would do that.
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Little help here please. This is a little tricky but I really need the advice. So you can understand it, I'm going to type slowly:
I have a bike with a kilometer speedometer and have functioned well in the States by using "6" as my magic number - as in 100(kmh) x 6 = 60(mph), 70(kmh) x 6 = 42(mph). That's always worked fine. So now I get a 6-speed installed and naturally things are all fouled up but I'm riding, screw the further shop time for now.
I live in the semi-boondocks and so have a measured distance I tell friends to drive - 5.5 miles as a matter of fact, to where they turn to get to my house. For grins I noted what my odometer said for this distance NOW and it says 5.5 somethings. It used to be 8.9 kilometers because of the KMH speedo of course but now its just somethings. Coincidentally it's the same number of somethings as it is miles. So I can say that somehow my odometer reads in miles now, but what about the speedo??? Does it coincientally read in mph now? When I felt like I was doing about 65 or 70 mph, my speedo said about 78. Naturally I'm going to get a friend to ride with me but is this some complicated mathmatical problem or did I just fall into a pile and come out like a rose?
So my question is: [sm=WTFsgign.gif]
Little help here please. This is a little tricky but I really need the advice. So you can understand it, I'm going to type slowly:
I have a bike with a kilometer speedometer and have functioned well in the States by using "6" as my magic number - as in 100(kmh) x 6 = 60(mph), 70(kmh) x 6 = 42(mph). That's always worked fine. So now I get a 6-speed installed and naturally things are all fouled up but I'm riding, screw the further shop time for now.
I live in the semi-boondocks and so have a measured distance I tell friends to drive - 5.5 miles as a matter of fact, to where they turn to get to my house. For grins I noted what my odometer said for this distance NOW and it says 5.5 somethings. It used to be 8.9 kilometers because of the KMH speedo of course but now its just somethings. Coincidentally it's the same number of somethings as it is miles. So I can say that somehow my odometer reads in miles now, but what about the speedo??? Does it coincientally read in mph now? When I felt like I was doing about 65 or 70 mph, my speedo said about 78. Naturally I'm going to get a friend to ride with me but is this some complicated mathmatical problem or did I just fall into a pile and come out like a rose?
So my question is: [sm=WTFsgign.gif]
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RE: Speedometer and Odometer Issue
ORIGINAL: 05 Wd Gld
Find a speed trap someplace and I am sure that they will document your speed for you.
Find a speed trap someplace and I am sure that they will document your speed for you.
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ORIGINAL: 87lowrider
Ok bare with me here,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,square route of 6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,carry over the 5.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,apply the time ratio,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,multiply by 9,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,take into affect a 6 speed tranny installed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,umm how much do you weigh again?
ORIGINAL: AK97fxdwg
Little help here please. This is a little tricky but I really need the advice.So you can understand it, I'm going to typeslowly:
I have a bike with a kilometer speedometer and have functioned well in theStates by using "6" as my magic number - as in 100(kmh) x 6 = 60(mph), 70(kmh) x 6 = 42(mph). That's always worked fine. So now I get a 6-speed installed and naturally things are all fouled up but I'm riding, screw thefurther shop time for now.
I live in the semi-boondocks and so have a measured distance I tell friends to drive - 5.5 miles as a matter of fact, to where they turn to get to my house. For grins I noted what my odometer said for this distance NOW and it says 5.5 somethings. It used to be 8.9 kilometers because of the KMH speedo of course but now its just somethings. Coincidentally it's the same number of somethings as it is miles. So I can say that somehow my odometer reads in miles now, but what about the speedo??? Does it coincientally read in mph now? When I felt like I was doing about 65 or 70 mph, my speedo said about 78. Naturally I'm going to get a friend to ride with me but is this some complicated mathmatical problem or did I just fall into a pile and come out like a rose?
So my question is: [sm=WTFsgign.gif]
Little help here please. This is a little tricky but I really need the advice.So you can understand it, I'm going to typeslowly:
I have a bike with a kilometer speedometer and have functioned well in theStates by using "6" as my magic number - as in 100(kmh) x 6 = 60(mph), 70(kmh) x 6 = 42(mph). That's always worked fine. So now I get a 6-speed installed and naturally things are all fouled up but I'm riding, screw thefurther shop time for now.
I live in the semi-boondocks and so have a measured distance I tell friends to drive - 5.5 miles as a matter of fact, to where they turn to get to my house. For grins I noted what my odometer said for this distance NOW and it says 5.5 somethings. It used to be 8.9 kilometers because of the KMH speedo of course but now its just somethings. Coincidentally it's the same number of somethings as it is miles. So I can say that somehow my odometer reads in miles now, but what about the speedo??? Does it coincientally read in mph now? When I felt like I was doing about 65 or 70 mph, my speedo said about 78. Naturally I'm going to get a friend to ride with me but is this some complicated mathmatical problem or did I just fall into a pile and come out like a rose?
So my question is: [sm=WTFsgign.gif]
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RE: Speedometer and Odometer Issue
ORIGINAL: Panhead_1_9_4_8
I'm thinking I would have popped for a new speedo in MPH.
I'm thinking I would have popped for a new speedo in MPH.
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