Re: [ST] Re: BC800

[Bryce <bster13@xxxxxxxxx>]

Whether or not your speedo is accurate the Ra gives
you digital speedometer and clock plus two digital
trip meters.  It does not offer you the Max speed, or
average speed that the BC800 does, so why not keep it
on the bike for the added info?

Bryce
- --- "Ralf St.Clair" <rstclair@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just put a BC800 onto my RS, and I thought it
> might be worth 
> sharing! I got the computer from jenson usa on the
> web-- $18 for the 
> kit plus 6.99 for the rear wheel mount, which I
> decided I didn't 
> need. The computer mounts onto the rails running
> horizontally at the 
> front of the fairing-- the ones supporting the
> headlights. It's easy 
> to see and protected from the worst of the weather.
> I used the 
> measurement from the triumphnet "how to set up your
> BC800 computer" 
> page, which gave 1164 as the magic number. Using
> 1164, I found my 
> odometer read 0.4% less than the BC800 (not going to
> keep me awake at 
> night). I thought the odometer, trip, etc. would be
> pretty accurate 
> because of legal issues to do with servicing,
> warranty etc. The bike 
> speedo is 5 mph faster than the BC800 at cruising
> speed-- that is an 
> indicated 80 on the speedo is 75 on the BC800.
> Again, well within 
> expectations. My usual practice of driving within 10
> over would seem 
> to work fine with these measurements. An indicated
> 80 in a 70 is a 
> true 75, within the 10% no ticket zone.
> Incidentally, at 116 on the 
> speedo the BC800 reads 110, so the proportional
> discrepancy remains 
> about the same all the way up, it would seem.
> 
> So this all seems worth doing once, just to check
> the speedo, but 
> once it's checked it seems to me the BC800 might as
> well come off . . 
> .
> 
> Once last thing-- has anybody used a figure other
> than 1164? If I 
> went with 1190 ish as suggested yesterday, it seems
> to me that the 
> odometer and BC800 would only differ by 0.1% and the
> speed reading on 
> the BC800 would decrease by about 2mph . . .
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> R.
> -- 
>
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