gammalight
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Well it was a typical morning as I started my 20 mile commute to work, traffic was not heavy, morons driving under the speed limit in the left lane, yada yada yada. I exit off one highway onto another and I am cruising messing around with my newly installed throttlemeister trying to set the speed correctly. After a few attempts of adjusting the throttle and setting the speed I look up and about a half a mile up the road (maybe more) I notice another bike pulled over on the side of the road. At the point of passing him I am 100% sure I am not speeding as I noticed it was a motorcycle highway patrolman. Then without further a-do he pulls me over, and explains to me that I was driving 82 in a 65. I told him that I was trying to set my throttle lock for cruise control and my speed may have fluctuated while I was setting it, but he didn't seem to care to much and wrote me my ticket.
Anyway, has anyone had a similar experience with this, while trying to set their throttlelock or any other device that assists in setting a constant speed, they were pulled for speeding? My whole point is after adjusting the throttle and setting the throttlemeister I was not speeding, but since the throttle was locked back in an accelerating manner (not knowingly) I may have continued to accelerate above the speed limit. My whole intention was to set the throttle within a reasonable speed of the speed limit and cruise. But my bike continued to accelerate, and by the time I set the throttle and looked up and then back at the speedometer I noticed I was almost or may have been speeding and pulled back on the throttle. Mean while being clocked by the officer whom I did not see. As we all know on this site the Hayabusa accelerates quite fast, and it is possible to accelerate 5-10 miles/hour rather quickly, sometimes without realizing it. Basically what I am saying is it doesn't take much twisting of the throttle to make that thing go fast while you have your eyes off the speedometer for a couple of seconds.
I have also noticed my speedometer is way off, especially at higher speeds. But unfortunatley it is off in the wrong direction. The speedo says I am going faster than I really am, for example if the speedo says I am going 80 I am really going 75. I have checked this using a GPS unit. I don't know if that helps in the building of my potential improper equipment claim, but with these facts do I have a case for improper equipment? Is there anything I can do to help my situation? Please help!!
Anyway, has anyone had a similar experience with this, while trying to set their throttlelock or any other device that assists in setting a constant speed, they were pulled for speeding? My whole point is after adjusting the throttle and setting the throttlemeister I was not speeding, but since the throttle was locked back in an accelerating manner (not knowingly) I may have continued to accelerate above the speed limit. My whole intention was to set the throttle within a reasonable speed of the speed limit and cruise. But my bike continued to accelerate, and by the time I set the throttle and looked up and then back at the speedometer I noticed I was almost or may have been speeding and pulled back on the throttle. Mean while being clocked by the officer whom I did not see. As we all know on this site the Hayabusa accelerates quite fast, and it is possible to accelerate 5-10 miles/hour rather quickly, sometimes without realizing it. Basically what I am saying is it doesn't take much twisting of the throttle to make that thing go fast while you have your eyes off the speedometer for a couple of seconds.
I have also noticed my speedometer is way off, especially at higher speeds. But unfortunatley it is off in the wrong direction. The speedo says I am going faster than I really am, for example if the speedo says I am going 80 I am really going 75. I have checked this using a GPS unit. I don't know if that helps in the building of my potential improper equipment claim, but with these facts do I have a case for improper equipment? Is there anything I can do to help my situation? Please help!!
