03-30-2019, 05:49 PM
(03-30-2019, 06:17 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote:(03-30-2019, 04:35 AM)Rocky_imp Wrote:(03-30-2019, 02:10 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Lol yea that would be the route I would take. Dividing 3 digit numbers by 1.6 would be a nightmare while riding...at least for me. Maybe using the calculater in my phone? Lol
It really isn't. If you see a speed limit sign of 90 kph, for example, multiply the 9 by 6 = 54, and that's 54 mph. 100 kph = 60 mph. Multiply the 1 by 6 = 6 + add a 0 = 60 mph.
I do this all the time when I'm riding my vintage British bikes with Imperial speedo's.
Our speedo's up here are in metric with a mph scale below the metric numbers. I don't know anything about the U.S. speedo's.
I didn't even know that the instrument panel on the CB could be switched from metric, but it's right there in the owners manual
I'll probably never ride my CB in the U.S., but if I ever do the mph scale is right there and easy to read.
I would guess in terms of the speedometer, the U.S. mph speed scale circumvents the finer printed km/h scale. I actually don't know this for sure on the CB, however, I had an American Aprilia and that was what it looked like.
My much older bikes only had mph, but that's when asphalt roads was a novelty around here.
The U.S. CB does have a km/h scale inside of the mph scale. No math required when traveling to Canada or Mexico. I think the dual scale speedo is pretty much standard on North American vehicles (all of mine have 'em).