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Old 09-08-2009, 06:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Speedo accuracy + bonus rant

Any idea how accurate the speedometer generally is on a 675? Shot in the dark, it probably reads a little fast.

If you couldn't guess, I got my official trap speed in writing. Now, going past it'd be accurate, but before and after it was off by quite a bit, not sure where it was taken though.

After thought : - Its apparently just fine and dandy if at around 4:30 p.m., a whole line of cars in moderate traffic is traveling at 80+ mph. Its just fine for the lane jumper to cut off a few dozen people a mile going 85-90 mph intermittently. However, at 5:45 a.m., on a long, relatively straight stretch of 3 lane highway, with appox. one car per mile, it is NOT okay... if your on a bike thats not going potato potato potato and thus probably handles like crap :
Its also not an issue for 1x, whose driver training consists of a ride-along + drug & alcohol course, to go lights out up the highway at triple digit speeds :
Seriously, went up the right lane, cut over 2 lanes, got behind me, I DIDNT SEE HIM, out of nowhere headlights come on followed by red n' blue : (again)
On top of that (this is my edit), of all the people that take off on sport bikes and get away with absolutely no consequences, I should get a commendation for stopping, but hey, live and learn, I've seen what the bonus prize is, I've seen how they waste the money, and I wont be seeing them again.
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