Oops...

Playing around with the new toy (Garmin GPS) I find that I can download
today's bimble. With speeds...

Potential "Oops" there then. I think I'll turn the tracking feature off
until JP tells me that it's not admissible evidence.

JP?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

I wouldn't worry too much - according to my Garmin, I recorded a max
speed of 313mph on 19-09-2004.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..79553../..21469.../..31308.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SD

Trying to make last orders at the pie shop?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Chances are your log will show lower speeds than your peak as displayed
on the Garmin as the Garmin log gives average for each sample.

What's disappointing (sort off) is that your real speed is so much lower
than the speed displayed on the bike's speedo; so when Champ and Mike go
on about 160, they're probably only doing a mere 146 or so

So what's your high score?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Gyp

122. Allegedly.

I ride like a gurl.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Woo Hoo! 327mph in the Octavia Diesel chasing a Scooby on an
unclassified road. Obviously I caught him up.

 

Oddly, everytime I've set the Wing's cruise control at 120kph dead,
the GPS reckons within 1-2 mph either way.

So I believe my 210kph on the way to the ShiteOldBol wasn't far off
the mark.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..79553../..21469.../..31308.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317

 

Good job you weren't doing anything risky, like talking on the phone or
lighting a cigarette.

 

Not he, but I do believe that the answer is not generally admissible
in a criminal court. (no way of proving the calibration etc).

HMC, on the other hand, generally allows anything to be brought up,
and both the aftermarket SatNavs and the onboard black box style
technology are of great interest to that particular court.

 

I wonder what the takeoff speed is on a Scooby.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
Every post contains Nutri-Ceramide-R and Pre-Biotics
for your reading pleasure.
Folding@Home Team UKRM
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=47957

 

I saw one yesterday with a 'This side up' sticker plastered on the back
end.

 

The speedo on the V-Strom shows 9 mph slower than the GPS at 90 mph.

 

167 on the mountain section last year, thought it was skipping on a bit but
didn't realise how quick until I looked at the GPS... your honour!

 

Aircraft?

 

Aye, I've calibrated mine with two separate GPSs and get a 'real' max
speed about 8% lower than indicated.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`

 

it's a sign of either my mental instability or just indicative of this
newsgroup, but when I first read this, I assumed you were talking
about a Citroen.

 

Eh? That's illegal. The tolerance is +10% -0%.

 

Point of order, but it's not actually illegal, is it? I mean, it
wouldn't meet C&U regs if supplied like that from new, but is having a
badly reading speedo actually an offence?

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`

 

You have more experience of traffic law than me!

 

Only on the recieving end. I don't pretend to be an expert of this
subject, which was why my post was phrased as a question.
--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`