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I've made use of the GPS (Nav VI) when I've been in areas known for speed cameras and wanting to keep an eye on my speed. I can also choose a large display making it very easy to read at a glance (although not done often). |
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 We don't have that law in the US and most of the vehicles made here have accurate speedometers. It's a shame BMW does not make a accurate speedometer for the US market.
Lee
2016 R1200RS Iowa, USA |
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My Zero has an accurate speedometer as it comes from the factory. I wonder if they have to reprogram it to read higher than the actual speed when the bike is sold in the EU? I think about half of Zero's worldwide sales are in EU countries.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #21 there is no requirement for EU speedos to over-read but that is what happens in practice. Purely down to cost as they don't have to have such accurate tolerances and spend a lot of time on calibration. You have to remember a huge proportion of speedos used in European cars & bikes when these regulations were made in the 1960s came from Lucas factories in the UK or Magneti Marelli in Italy. Bosch would have been a bit player back then. They could change the regs but people would end up driving faster as were are all used to exceeding the speed limit by 10%. |
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I've just found this article that explains speedometer accuracy depending on the country. |
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Zitat von KevKP im Beitrag #23 Excellent find. Thanks. Saved!
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Grumpy Goat RSWasserboxer.com |
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I agree, that was an interesting article. I really got a kick out of this statement: "BMW's are the least accurate by far".
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:08 pm (Last edited: Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:09 pm)
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I have on mine... with real-time tracking with GPS/GLONASS and GSM/GPRS connectivity, automatic backup of GPS data to server, web-based integration with other EyeRide units, 8,000-ping data buffer GPRS/SMS resend on GSM outages, enables tracking and history review from mobile devices. Bad boy |
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Zitat von JohnBrown im Beitrag #26 Typical Aussi, I don't understand a word he said.  |
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Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:41 am (Last edited: Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:42 am)
Zitat von Bob Aint Stoppin im Beitrag #27Zitat von JohnBrown im Beitrag #26 I said that GPS better than speedometer  Bad boy |
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Agree with you on that. Need to have steady state and flat land to believe the gps reading. If going up or down hill the reading will be off a bit. |
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