Speedo inaccuracy?

Careful, you're painting with a very big brush. I've been through four
bikes, (all different flavours of yamaharleys, plus one Kawasaki of a similar
theme), non have been closer than 5Km/h at any useful speed (above 40), and at
least one of those edging close to 10Km/h off towards the windy part of the scale.

And as per usual, none of them read slower than actual.

 

Is it worth your time away from work, plus fine, plus court costs to piss
them off like that?

The average cop would just be pissed off doing more paperwork than usual, the
average punter I'm guessing would be MORE pissed off due to loss of wages,
fine and costs...

Nice idea if it were viable, but I don't see it happening unfortunately.

 

You'll only confuse the discussion by throwing in odometer variance.
The ADR allows for a much smaller odometer variance than speedometer.
Off the top of my head 2% is the maximum allowable variance for an odometer.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Do you really think they would roster all of those cases to be dealt
with on one day, or would the same court:road ratio for police apply,
and the backlog/waiting list increase. The only benefit I can see is
that due to delays there would be a greater number of cases where the
witness had left the job, or might be on sick leave or holidays and
unable to attend to give evidence, or in extreme cases, the applicable
limitation might expire before the case could be heard.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Pfft! You'd think a Linux Registered User would have been around the
traps long enough to read the whole post, not just the first sentence.
My assertion was that no motorcycle speedo underestimates the speed
(which was the example Iain was using). You seem to be asserting exactly
the same thing.

 

Sorry, I've been missing lots of things lately.

And as if it didn't need any, there's more 'confirmation' that every car I've
been in (with a gps at the same time) also does the same thing.

Except for the Holden Commodore (any later model flavour anyway). They're
close enough to spot on that you'd have trouble telling how far off they are.

Australians can get things right after all...

 

My VZ commodore speedo was about 0.5% - 1% out but the speedo on the VE
is more like 4-5% out. Don't know whether the wheel sizes make much
difference between variants.. the VZ had 17" wheels while the VE has 18"

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Size of the wheel shouldn't be a concern or any difference, as the outer
diameter is the same
The tyre joint will fit tyres to suit, if you take your 16" off and replace
them with 19" or whatever, they will calculate which size tyre is more
suitable so that the outer diameter stayes the same

 

All bets are off in that case. It's too hard to guess if the wheel
circumference is the same as the original factory set.

If it isn't, then it's up to the owner to take care of corrections to fix
that situation. Even if it's impossible (which it usually is). They're just
making it harder to do anything.

Notice how you could pick any commodore in the '70s and mix and match any
bits any way you like? Notice how you can pick any modern commodore and have
to spend a stupid amount of time to find ANYTHING other than bog factory
standard that physically fits without using a hammer?

I'll take that back about the Australians. At least some of the imports are
flexible in that manner.

 

Those are the original factory wheels.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

That was the Cali, it was spot on at 110, as measured between 10km
pegs on highway 1. The odometer was 9%slow. I didn't know I'd been
flashed till two months later so have no idea what my indicated speed
was, probably 108. The bit that hurt is that that speed on a similar
road in WA or SA is quite legal, and therefore allegedly safe as
houses.

Theo

 

Obviously Veglia odometers have excemption status. I've never had an
odometer that close.

Theo

 

<boggle> Well yes, given there was only one model of Commodore
released in the 70's (1979MY - VB - the first model) then yes it's
very easy to mix and match - if they weren't compatible there's a
bloody big problem !!

Were you thinking of H series Holdens perhaps ? If so then yes there
was a degree of compatibility but you couldn't just willy-nilly take
bits of say a HR and bolt them onto a HZ for example, only some bits
were compatible.

JL

 

[whimsical voice] I always wanted to pretend to be an architect......

 

You made it, you have built yourself an ivory tower.

 

Try and keeep up George. I'm the one with the ivory tower here.

Theo

 

Try and keeep up George. I'm the one with the ivory tower here.

Theo

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So sorry about that Theodore
You can have your Ivory Tower as well as knobless
It is just that knobless and his Ivory Tower stands out much more than yours

 

No... but it was possible pretty much right from the HT throught to HG
series and from the HQ through to the WB series.


G-S

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:25:15 GMT

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Honest!

Zebee

 

Seinfeld?
But then again he is Jewish and you wouldn't watch anything with Jews in
it would you Herr George?