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kaivalagi · 11-03-11, 05:11 PM

I went out for a ride and although overcast and not great for my crappy gps on my phone I got the results as follows:

Odometer: 37.8 miles
GPS on Android via My Tracks: 36.83 miles

That's around 2% difference which makes me believe that the odometer is not inflated by 9/10% like the speedo is....Also the GPS is most likely reading low because of lost signals around bends etc that would give straight line distances where this is not the case...see the image below, where there is no blue the signal was lost...

I will give this another go when the weather is better, like I say it was overcast today, I nearly didn't bother as I didn't get a gps fix from home, I tried again once I'd travelled for a bit

Anyway I think this raises another question, for all those that have fitted speedohealers are the odometer readings on their bikes lower than they should be because of the reduced speeds on the clock !!!???

That's for someone else to figure out, I'm never going to bother fitting one.....

11-03-11, 05:11 PM	#46
kaivalagi Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norwich Posts: 1,955	Re: How accurate is the SV speedo? I went out for a ride and although overcast and not great for my crappy gps on my phone I got the results as follows: Odometer: 37.8 miles GPS on Android via My Tracks: 36.83 miles That's around 2% difference which makes me believe that the odometer is not inflated by 9/10% like the speedo is....Also the GPS is most likely reading low because of lost signals around bends etc that would give straight line distances where this is not the case...see the image below, where there is no blue the signal was lost... I will give this another go when the weather is better, like I say it was overcast today, I nearly didn't bother as I didn't get a gps fix from home, I tried again once I'd travelled for a bit Anyway I think this raises another question, for all those that have fitted speedohealers are the odometer readings on their bikes lower than they should be because of the reduced speeds on the clock !!!??? That's for someone else to figure out, I'm never going to bother fitting one..... __________________ Mark Triumph and Suzuki owner Last edited by kaivalagi; 11-03-11 at 05:33 PM.