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RE: My cross-eyed bike



Hammond, Mark wrote:

>However I am surprised to hear it is a requirement to swap the speedo to
>read in miles (however convenient that may be). I was of the opinion that a
>purely km unit is legal as long as somewhere on the display "km/h" appears.

No, as it says in the latest Department of Transport leaflet, "the law
requires that speedometers must include a miles-per-hour display.  Any
modified display must be visible in daylight and in darkness" - which rules
out just adding the mph numbers yourself.

Funny thing is that the km/h figures on my shiny new mph speedo aren't
readable in the darkness, although the mph are, so my bike is probably now
illegal in Germany - good thing we're on the ferry to the UK tomorrow!

As for the added value, look at the second hand prices and you'll see that a
good condition low mileage one-year-old ST is worth more in the UK than it
cost new in Germany!  Pity mine is now highish mileage and covered in
flies...

Neil

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