06-24-2018, 12:27 PM
(06-24-2018, 07:18 AM)SportsterDoc_imp Wrote:(06-23-2018, 05:57 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: Mine has never been accurate. It's about 7 khp over—i.e. at 100 kph true, the speedo is showing 107 kph.
That is because you are riding a northern hemisphere bike in the southern hemisphere! Mine is the most accurate speedo I have ever experienced.
On both the CB500 and CB1100 forums I have noticed the owners with MPH speedometers find them accurate. Those of us with KPH speedometers find them optimistic.
When Canada converted to the metric system, 60 MPH roads became 80 KPH (50 MPH) roads. So that may be a reason why the speed limits on quiet highways are not strictly enforced as long as you are driving properly.
Most of my riding is done on quiet 2 lane roads an hour or more from the city. So they are not patrolled as much as the busier roads.
I am fortunate that the rush hour traffic is always headed in the opposite direction when I leave and return home.