Re: [ST] Speedo error

[Paul Fox <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > I was wonderring if anyone out there with more mileage on their bike can say
 > with some certainty what the amount of error is in the speedo?  So far, I am
 > guessing mine is reading roughly 10% higher than actual.  Is that a fairly
 > accurate guess?  

i think it's quite common (almost the rule) for speedometers to read
between 5 and 10% high.  it's clearly the safer direction for them
to err.

 > Oddly enough though, when I checked my odometer versus the
 > mile markers along a strech of superslab I came up with about 9.95 miles
 > recorded for every 10 traveled.  Curiouser and curiouser...

but nothing says the odometer has to be inaccurate as well.  as you've
found out.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 72.7 degrees)
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