i dont think this is a repost anywhere but motorcyclenews.com posted this video yesterday on the tube!
2011 GSXR 600 top speed run
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the k9 1k i put a speedodrd on was off by almost 9%...
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stock gears?
You forgot, not to wear a helmet bc of added weight. instead use a swimmers cap.
just in your speedo and lube your body up with either butter or ky.
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yes, stock gearing.
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:lmao:lmao:lmao
It was a nice change to see the video taken in a air strip type of environment rather than some public roadway. :cheers
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+1 :chucks
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They will always read decently faster so that some street squid can never take them to court claiming the speedometer was telling him he was going SLOWER than he actually was when a cop pulled him over for speeding.
By putting a comfortable 5-8% + error into the speedo the mfgr's have a legal CYA to protect themselves......and it also boosts the egos of the uninformed who think their bikes are going 15mph faster than they really are, so its a double bonus
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my bike normally reads 5-7mph over the actual speed i checked it with the local speed check radar
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It doesn't read 5-7mph over. It reads 5-7mph over when you are at a particular speed. I'm assuming you were going slow enough to read the radar on the side of the road.
The error is a percentage not a fixed number of units, so the faster you go the more it will be off. So for example if it's 5-7mph off at 50mph, it will be 10-14 off at 100 and 15-21 off at 150 and so on and so on.
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A speedo drd helps put things into perspective. :shiftyThey will always read decently faster so that some street squid can never take them to court claiming the speedometer was telling him he was going SLOWER than he actually was when a cop pulled him over for speeding.
By putting a comfortable 5-8% + error into the speedo the mfgr's have a legal CYA to protect themselves......and it also boosts the egos of the uninformed who think their bikes are going 15mph faster than they really are, so its a double bonus
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I have two bikes that do not come from Japan. Both their speedo's read exactly the same as my GPS.They will always read decently faster so that some street squid can never take them to court claiming the speedometer was telling him he was going SLOWER than he actually was when a cop pulled him over for speeding.
By putting a comfortable 5-8% + error into the speedo the mfgr's have a legal CYA to protect themselves......and it also boosts the egos of the uninformed who think their bikes are going 15mph faster than they really are, so its a double bonus
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I think the difference between a bigger bike and a 600 is simply that on a 600 one can use all the available power. On a bigger bike that is not easy to do. On my 600, when I am doing 70mph in 6th gear, I always find myself looking at the gear indicator after starting the ride. The high RPM buzz makes me think I got stuck in 2nd gear.
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Some car manufactures build that over speed into there cars also, bmw for example. My speedo is off by 5-6% for my car.
My 750 was 10% off from the factory, that is just crazy. I couldn't figure out why I was getting past like crazy on the freeway going 5-10mph of the speed limit.
My 750 was 10% off from the factory, that is just crazy. I couldn't figure out why I was getting past like crazy on the freeway going 5-10mph of the speed limit.
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yeah i was trying to keep it at 40 and the radar read 34
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WOW. 2011 600 is freaking powerful or the speedo is way off. Can't wait to see what the 750's top speed will be...
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