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).

