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Gene genie
12-07-09, 02:13 PM
how accurate are the speedos on the sv (digital). someone has suggested that mines overestimating my speed and preventing me from travelling at speed limits.
anyone experienced this??
Spiderman
12-07-09, 02:20 PM
All speedos will over estimate, legaly they can be over but never under. The rule of thumb is about 10% out. I've done a run on my bike and seen 107 on the clock but got home and downloaded the data from my Inforad which showed the highest speed to have been 99. The inforad is a GPS system so how accurate or out that is i dont know.

HTH a bit?
metalangel
12-07-09, 02:20 PM
Bike speedos are notoriously inaccurate for overreading. Hey, at least it means you're less likely to be done by a scamera van!
Gene genie
12-07-09, 02:35 PM
Bike speedos are notoriously inaccurate for overreading. Hey, at least it means you're less likely to be done by a scamera van!
vey true, but i have my iam test shortly so dont wanna be mark down for not making progress. might tweak my speed to compensate, thanks orgers.