Ultimateduner Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 I recently got a speedometer, it said my top speed is around 75 miles per hour. I run my bike in sand, straightaways, and I have an k+n airfilter and old school fmf pipes. Is it working correctly? Quote
Motoman991 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 that sounds about right to me Quote
frocashmoney24 Posted December 5, 2003 Report Posted December 5, 2003 yea, time to start pimpin out ur shee its always the fun part Quote
Ultimateduner Posted December 7, 2003 Author Report Posted December 7, 2003 ya and I was bearly in 6 th gear Quote
99Red_Roostr Posted December 7, 2003 Report Posted December 7, 2003 If its a TrailTek don't get to excited . I have one and set it exactly to my tire size and all was cool. I could hit 80 in dirt ( fair amount of mods, but needing a rebuild). Then I moddit it and rebuild, up a tooth, & hit 107 mph - sh*t my pants. Got a GPS and the fun was over best is about 90 mph. I think it just goes nuts sometimes or can't go that fast or something, recalibration to a bigger tire is in order. Anyway I still like it, when I'm 1/2 way out of gas is a good thing to know! Enjoy!!! Quote
Ultimateduner Posted December 7, 2003 Author Report Posted December 7, 2003 Mine is a endurence brand, but it did do something simlar to what yours did it started getting all messed up. And said that I was going 109 where I wasn't even moving! For some reasone it stoped that. Quote
STLBILL Posted December 7, 2003 Report Posted December 7, 2003 Hi guys: I am just happy to know he is attaining that speed in the straight stretches. Anyone else remember StreetHawk from ABC-TV in the 80s? The guy had a bike that could do like 300 MPH around turns and corners. However it would only do this in some kind of computer-assisted turbo mode. I forget the exact name of the feature. They drummed something up that sounded good. Seems to me once I reached 75 MPH on sand I would focus on getting to speed more quickly. I wouldn't want to go any faster over randomly variable and ever changing terrain. However I act (feel) old and have learned speed can kill - first hand. Regards, Bill Quote
Ultimateduner Posted December 8, 2003 Author Report Posted December 8, 2003 I am very much aware of that speed can kill. That is why I found this extremely long staightaway that almost no one rides on. This is where I test out my banshees speed. Quote
richwuest Posted December 8, 2003 Report Posted December 8, 2003 Also, keep in mind that your speed on a speedometer is based on how fast the wheels turn, while speed on a GPS is based on terrain covered. Could it be that the wheels are slipping a little being that you are in sand? Perhaps the speedo would be closed to the GPS if on hardpack. I don't know, but just a thought. Quote
kenr74 Posted December 8, 2003 Report Posted December 8, 2003 I have about the same mods and hit the mid 70's on my Shee too. I ride almost all sand so that is fast enough for me. Quote
Ultimateduner Posted December 8, 2003 Author Report Posted December 8, 2003 To make sure my speedometer was working right I compared it to a friends gps and got the same results. Quote
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