Warchild
Banned
I am finding the Gen II Busa speedometer readings to be fairly typical of big-bore Japanese machines... readouts are optimistic across the range, with the margin of error increasing a little the faster one travels.
Went out today and took a few measurements at different speeds, comparing the stock speedo to a GPS in my tankbag's map-case. Here's some of the readings, they are not too surprising.
All figures are in mph.
Indicated Actual
25.0 22.8
35.0 33.1
43.4 40.0
54.0 50.0
59.6 55.0
65.0 60.0
75.1 70.0
81.5 75.0
109.7 100.0
Mind you, these are the reading *I* found; yours may or may not be identical. Still, I never had less than five (5) NAVSAT signals locked onto me, using a clear open road in the flat steppes of eastern Washington (no canyons or anything that might cause momentary satellite signal drop). I did these runs twice and was able to duplicate the results every time, so it's probably pretty accurate.
Looks like I can stay fairly close to 75-77 mph indicated on the interstate, and not have to sweat things.
Still, I need to be realistic about riding this baby... I will still wire up my Valentine One well before next summer....
Went out today and took a few measurements at different speeds, comparing the stock speedo to a GPS in my tankbag's map-case. Here's some of the readings, they are not too surprising.
All figures are in mph.
Indicated Actual
25.0 22.8
35.0 33.1
43.4 40.0
54.0 50.0
59.6 55.0
65.0 60.0
75.1 70.0
81.5 75.0
109.7 100.0
Mind you, these are the reading *I* found; yours may or may not be identical. Still, I never had less than five (5) NAVSAT signals locked onto me, using a clear open road in the flat steppes of eastern Washington (no canyons or anything that might cause momentary satellite signal drop). I did these runs twice and was able to duplicate the results every time, so it's probably pretty accurate.
Looks like I can stay fairly close to 75-77 mph indicated on the interstate, and not have to sweat things.
Still, I need to be realistic about riding this baby... I will still wire up my Valentine One well before next summer....
