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RE: [ST] Speedo's Off



Sorry, no conspiracy here.  Did a 4600 mile trip last year with the GPS and
the odometer on the bike and the odometer on the GPS had less than 1 mile
difference after the trip.  The speedometer, however, reads fast by about 8%
to the same GPS.

The Odometer and the Speedometer on the ST's are electronic.  The
Speedometer reads from the front wheel pickup which sends its signal to the
speedometer.  It does not appear that this reading is affected by the ECM as
I can't see a wire (in the wiring diagram) going from the ECM to the
Speedometer.  The Odometer picks up its reading from the ECM. I don't have
anything that tells me what the bikes computer actually does in there so
can't say how the ECM determines what to send to the odometer.

Dan Wallander
'99ST
'74 R90/6


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mick
Tuck
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:56 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Speedo's Off


Anthony, I checked mine with my GPS and found it to be 10KPH over as
well...12 KPH over when faster than 160.  I also live in Oz and when I
complained to the dealer he told me the same thing.  It annoys me is
that my bike shows 35,000Km on the speedo but possibly only has 31,500
or so.  Probably sounds stupid but it still annoys me.


I heard once that manufacturers do this with cars so that 'fleets' turn
their vehicles over quicker.  Just another conspiracy theory..

Tux
Oz





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