Triumphrat

tman11535

When I ride my 07 tiger at 3000 rpm I am going 52mph at 4000rpm 67mph and at 5000rpm I am going 82 mph does this sound about right. I thing my speedo is off thanks tman

jaak

I'd recommend getting a GPS onboard, going steady pace and then comparing the speed readouts. otherwise;
front tire profile, wear and even pressure variations have minor +/- effects on the speedo read,
if you are suspecting speedo, who says all the tachs are accurate?

just my $.02

jhawk

First, we need to know which gear your are in at each RPM......

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Mike

tman11535

I tested my speed and rpm in top gear 6

stanegoli

At 5000rpm I am doing 75.
Very consistent reading. GPS confirms speed.

tman11535

When I cruising down the highway at 85 mph I am just barely passing traffic. Going that fast I should be passing everybody. but it seems that my speedo is off by 7mph thanks I will check with other riders tman

Rincewind

On my 07 1050, 5000RPM, 6th gear is 82 mph indicated, about 78 mph per GPS. I find my speedo to be around 5% optimistic compared to the GPS.

johnparjr

Almost every bike produced now the speedo is conservative by 5% +/- so when Im doing 50 Im actually doing 47-48 and it get's worse when you go faster

Tassie_Tiger

On my '05 Tiger the speedo is accurate to within 1% of the speed shown by my Garmin Zumo 550 GPS. It also is very accurate when I approach one of those roadside speed warnings.

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Roger Harvey
Hobart, Tasmania

playinthestreet

Agree that the speedos are about 5% too generous. Seems to me my 07 1050 indicates about 66mph @ 4000rpm in 6th.