03-12-2018, 03:35 AM
(12-18-2017, 08:11 AM)3rdbike_imp Wrote: I ran a search on this, found two threads with those words in the text, but the subject was how tire size might affect speedo reading.
My question is: has anybody determined if the 2017 EX speedometer is accurate? Reasons for asking: motorcycle speedometers have traditionally been 5 - 10% fast, and keeping up with traffic on I-40 (the freeway) here in Albuquerque, my speedo is reading 75 - 80 mph. The speed limit is 65mph. Am I naïve, and/or giving too much benefit of doubt to these cag(ahem) drivers? Or, is this simply the usual motorcycle speedo error?
Hi. I just bought the 2017 EX two weeks ago. Last weekend I used a GPS speedometer app on my Android and found the accuracy to be very good/acceptable. Specifically, it was dead on until a little over 30 mph. When I got over that it looked like the speedometer on the bike was reading high by around 1 mph. When I got up to around 75 mph (per Android app) the speedometer on the bike read 76 to 77 mpH depending. I thought there would be more error than this so was quite pleased not to have to run out and buy/hook up one of those calbrating gizmos.