Texas X Riders
Main Area => General Discussion => Topic started by: justin69 on February 07, 2007, 12:51:32 PM
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I'M GOING AT IT WITH ALL THESE GUYS ON THE VTXOA BOARD ON HOW ACCURATE THE SPEEDO IS ON THE 1300. I GOTTA GOOD IDEA HOW TO FIND OUT THOUGH. ICEMAN YOUS BE THE MAN O0 MAYBE YOU CAN GET ONE OF YOUR BUDDYS TO CLOCK ME IF WE CAN FIND A GOOD PLACE TO DO IT. WATCHA THINK ???
CHECK OUT THE ARGUMENTS
http://www.vtxoa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1707257#1707257
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just get a good handheld GPS, tape it on somewhere, and check it yourself.
WARNING: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DRIVE AT UNSAFE SPEEDS.
;D
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THATS ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS. I DON'T KNOW THAT GPS IS 100% ACCURATE. I DO KNOW THAT IF A COP CLOCKS YOU AT 100, YO A$$ IS GITTIN A TICKET FOR DOIN 100. NO WUDDA MEAN MAIN ;D
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THATS ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS. I DON'T KNOW THAT GPS IS 100% ACCURATE. I DO KNOW THAT IF A COP CLOCKS YOU AT 100, YO A$$ IS GITTIN A TICKET FOR DOIN 100. NO WUDDA MEAN MAIN ;D
Might even be getting a tax paid ride to jail at that rate.... ;D What is supposed to be the top speed of a 1300 anyway? I am not even sure what the 1800 will do? I think I have had mine up to about 115 or so....
Justin find yourself a long stretch of road and I'll tag a long on Isabella and we'll see..... I know she'll do 130mph......
Wait for it......
In 3rd gear!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DRIVE AT UNSAFE SPEEDS.
;D ;D ;D ;D Unsafe speed on a 1300??? Is that a possibility??? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DRIVE AT UNSAFE SPEEDS.
;D ;D ;D ;D Unsafe speed on a 1300??? Is that a possibility??? ;D ;D ;D ;D
LOL...nice.
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DRIVE AT UNSAFE SPEEDS.
;D ;D ;D ;D Unsafe speed on a 1300??? Is that a possibility??? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes nice KEBS!! Two thumbs up!! ;D
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I've been watching that thread also... I've had mine at 115 indicated, but ran out of road
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oh i know i can get it up to 130. i've done peged it out at that plenty of times. all these "know it alls" on the other board are saying that the 1300 speedo is not accurate so i want to prove them or myself wrong O0 you would think that if it says 130 that your going 130. i'd be one pissed puppy if i got a ticket in a school zone for going 30 when my speedo said 25 >:( no wudda mean main O0
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They're all off. Practically no bike is accurate. I can see that on mine at low speeds. Mine gets as much as 10mph off at higher speeds (60-80). I've been clocked by radar with the digital signs on the side of the road in 3 states and it was wrong on all of them. It always showed higher on the speedo than actual.
I guarantee when it says 130 you're not doing 130. Mine says 145 and I would be willing to bet I'm doing maybe 132/135.
On the busa I hit 175 lots and topped it at 185 twice. True speed at 185 you're really doing about 175. I didn't read the vtxoa thread, but I do know most speedo's are off.
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They're all off. Practically no bike is accurate. I can see that on mine at low speeds. Mine gets as much as 10mph off at higher speeds (60-80). I've been clocked by radar with the digital signs on the side of the road in 3 states and it was wrong on all of them. It always showed higher on the speedo than actual.
I guarantee when it says 130 you're not doing 130. Mine says 145 and I would be willing to bet I'm doing maybe 132/135.
On the busa I hit 175 lots and topped it at 185 twice. True speed at 185 you're really doing about 175. I didn't read the vtxoa thread, but I do know most speedo's are off.
That sounds about right.... I know at 70mph on the speedo on both of my bikes is wrong. It is closer to 66 to 67mph. I figure this error probably graduates with speed. 130 on the dial is closer to 115-120mph I'd figure. GPS is probably the most accurate calculation besides getting the law involved.
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It will also vary between bikes; I've confirmed that with radar.
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going up in size in the tire is also a factor. i sure am curious what it will really do with my skinny a$$ on it though ;D
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When Johnny Law got me a month or so ago, he clocked me at 87mph and my speedo said I was doing around 97ish. O0
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DRIVE AT UNSAFE SPEEDS.
;D ;D ;D ;D Unsafe speed on a 1300??? Is that a possibility??? ;D ;D ;D ;D
My attorney told me I had to put that in there... ;D
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i'd be one pissed puppy if i got a ticket in a school zone for going 30 when my speedo said 25 >:( no wudda mean main O0
I heard your issues with regard to being in a school zone had nothing to do with your motorcycle.... :o ;D
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WARNING: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DRIVE AT UNSAFE SPEEDS.
;D ;D ;D ;D Unsafe speed on a 1300??? Is that a possibility??? ;D ;D ;D ;D
My attorney told me I had to put that in there... ;D
Can you afford an attorney, seeing you have no job? ::)
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Can you afford an attorney, seeing you have no job? ::)
Cash flow is not an issue, m'friend... O0
When are we riding again?
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i'd be one pissed puppy if i got a ticket in a school zone for going 30 when my speedo said 25 >:( no wudda mean main O0
I heard your issues with regard to being in a school zone had nothing to do with your motorcycle.... :o ;D
ooooooooooooooooooh, thats a good one. it's gonna take a while to come back on that one ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D O0
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Not to hi-jack the thread you guys could do 130 past Antonios Thursday!!!!!! Thgether holding hands!!!! :-* :-* :-* O0 O0 How about it my wife leaves for Idaho in the A.M.?????
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Can you afford an attorney, seeing you have no job? ::)
Cash flow is not an issue, m'friend... O0
When are we riding again?
This weekend sound good?
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All Hondas are about %8 off even the cars.
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This weekend sound good?
Should be good, may be a bit chilly, but football season has ended....
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checked both, the gps and the radar. the gps and radar were within 2 mph of each other, and both put my speedo off about 5-7 mph off on the fast side. speedo at 70 translates to about 65 actual. this is on an 03 1800C. fastest i've had the bike up to as indicated on the speedo is 138 which would mean i was actually doing about 133.
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checked both, the gps and the radar. the gps and radar were within 2 mph of each other, and both put my speedo off about 5-7 mph off on the fast side. speedo at 70 translates to about 65 actual. this is on an 03 1800C. fastest i've had the bike up to as indicated on the speedo is 138 which would mean i was actually doing about 133.
that sounds a lot better than 10 to 15 mph off like all these other guys are saying O0
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Well, this other guy has been clocked showing 8-10 over on several occasions. Not all of the bikes are the same. I've got an 03 1800C as well.
Sometime soon I'll get our local TXR johnny law to clock me at several speeds and we'll put this to rest.
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Just FYI when my 1800C was new I did some radar shots at 30 and 60. My speedometer read 1mph high at 30 and ALMOST 2mph high at 60. On my old Shadow my speedometer was 6mph high at an indicated 60.
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Just FYI when my 1800C was new I did some radar shots at 30 and 60. My speedometer read 1mph high at 30 and ALMOST 2mph high at 60. On my old Shadow my speedometer was 6mph high at an indicated 60.
Well no wonder y'all issue so many tickets. Your radar is 20% high. ;D
On the VTXOA board there are literally tons of threads on this issue. The general consensus is that the Honda speedo is 10% high. (Show 80 - actual 72) I know that I confirmed to my satisfaction both by GPS and comparison of 1 mile on the odometer vs 1 measured mile on the highway. Finally, Honda just settled a class action suit on their cars for their odometer being 10% off causing the car to show 1000 more miles per 10,000 miles traveled. As for the GPS being inaccurate - it is accurate to 15 feet.
I seem to recall that the "gearing" on the US speedos are the same as in countries using kilometers. Only difference was the speedo face. Don't know if that is true or not but seems to fit the error percentages. The amount off is within "industry limits."
As for top speed - probably anything above 60 will kill you. How dead do you want to be?
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I've found that the majority of Honda Speedos are off by around 10%. Occasionally you get one that is accurate, but more often than not register about 10% more than actual speed.
Jack
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The original thread on the VTX board was originally arguing that it wasn't possible to hit 130 indicated...
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The original thread on the VTX board was originally arguing that it wasn't possible to hit 130 indicated...
My 1300 R wouldn't. Got it to a bit above 115 on a good day one time. May have done a bit more but ran out of road. Probably the windshield and all that extra weight from a plastic comb I had in my LardAss jeans held the speed down considerably. ;) :D
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Yeah, so this topic won't go anywhere till we get 3-4 bikes and radar them. Until then here's a picture of Jennifer Connelly.
(http://img.actressarchives.com/connelly/JenniferCo_Kambo_1759625_600.jpg)
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The original thread on the VTX board was originally arguing that it wasn't possible to hit 130 indicated...
My 1300 R wouldn't. Got it to a bit above 115 on a good day one time. May have done a bit more but ran out of road. Probably the windshield and all that extra weight from a plastic comb I had in my LardAss jeans held the speed down considerably. ;) :D
I own a comb just like that..... ;D ;D ;D
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UNTIL THEN.........................
BECAUSE I WILL BE ONE OF THEM. IT MAY NOT BE TRUE 130, BUT MY NEEDLE HIT THE 130 MARK.
NOW, LETS LOOK AT VIDA GUERRA UNTIL THAT MOMENT.................. :o :o :o :o :o
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I wanna be one of those bikes too!!!! Just to see, of course. :)
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I have a 1300 and the most I have seen in the speedometer is about 125 mph with someone riding next to me in another bike and they were doing about 115 mph, one bike was a 1800C the other was a Busa... they both said that we were doing about 115 mph on their bikes, I know my R1's speedometer is also off. I don't think the 1300 will do more than 115-120 mph, it does not make enough horse power to go any faster...
Beccas 1800 will not indicate anyting more than 135 mph but I have been next to her on my R1 and my sppedometer will indicate about 145 mph when I passed her :D, either way I'm glad the 1300 does only 100+ miles per hour and that it sounds as good as it does... yes the 1800's are faster but when you have to stop every 110 miles + or - for gas... that takes away some of the fun
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and for us old guys, let's spend some time with Cheryl Hines:
(http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors2/hines_chery88542210_150x200.jpg)
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Whenever I've been out to the 1/4-mile track, every time I go through the trap, my speedo says around 105...but the time slip says 95.
I've had it pegged out when I was CATCHING UP TO Becca!! ;)
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Yeah, so this topic won't go anywhere till we get 3-4 bikes and radar them. Until then here's a picture of Jennifer Connelly.
(http://img.actressarchives.com/connelly/JenniferCo_Kambo_1759625_600.jpg)
This is the best post that I've ever seen on this forum. As far as top speed on a 1300. Drop it out of an airplane. You're guaranteed terminal velocity which I think is about 120mph. ;D If you wanna go faster than that, tow it behind a Goldwing ;D ;D ;D
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Jap bikes speedos typically indicate 10-13% higher than actual.
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Whenever I've been out to the 1/4-mile track, every time I go through the trap, my speedo says around 105...but the time slip says 95.
I've had it pegged out when I was CATCHING UP TO Becca!! ;)
what was your time bro?
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I believe my best run ever was 13.69, and no other 1300 has beaten that time that I've run against. There's one crazy Costa Rican on this board that beat me down the track a couple of times, but I whooped his shiney hiney down there once...and his times were still slower. ;)
The 1800s that have run out there are getting around the 12.6 range, so we 1300 riders are only slower by about a second...at least I AM!!
There's an 1/8-mile track that I'd love to get on & race an 1800...the time difference would not be as big as on the 1/4-mile times. Shoot, if I caught 'em sleeping at the light, I might actually take 'em. O0
Oh Becca...where are you? 8)
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I believe my best run ever was 13.69, and no other 1300 has beaten that time that I've run against. There's one crazy Costa Rican on this board that beat me down the track a couple of times, but I whooped his shiney hiney down there once...and his times were still slower. ;)
The 1800s that have run out there are getting around the 12.6 range, so we 1300 riders are only slower by about a second...at least I AM!!
There's an 1/8-mile track that I'd love to get on & race an 1800...the time difference would not be as big as on the 1/4-mile times. Shoot, if I caught 'em sleeping at the light, I might actually take 'em. O0
Oh Becca...where are you? 8)
Jason
If you drop it out of an airplane, I believe that the fall rate accellerates at 32 per second per second. I think that you can beat 13.69...of course...it is measured vertically....and requires access to an airplane (is that 13.69 minutes?)
And if you shave all the hair off your legs, you can probably shave a couple of hundredths also. :o
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12.49 is my best time as of the last time we ran. Jeremy ran a 12.2something. I think 12.25. It's somewhere on this board. He doesn't weigh much so he gets full potential out of the bike. :P
Mine just has pipes, no power commander. Jeremy has a huge intake and pipes, but no power commander that I know of.
Those were both 1800's though.
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12.49 is my best time as of the last time we ran. Jeremy ran a 12.2something. I think 12.25. It's somewhere on this board. He doesn't weigh much so he gets full potential out of the bike. :P
Mine just has pipes, no power commander. Jeremy has a huge intake and pipes, but no power commander that I know of.
Those were both 1800's though.
Brock
What was your best time on the Suzuki?
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Whenever I've been out to the 1/4-mile track, every time I go through the trap, my speedo says around 105...but the time slip says 95.
I've had it pegged out when I was CATCHING UP TO Becca!! ;)
Where is this 1/4 mile track? Does it have a name, or address or web site? I get over to Houston/Woodlands area on a regular basis and would be interested in checking it out.
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Brock
What was your best time on the Suzuki?
I never bought full leathers so I couldn't run it. I definitely would have if I had the gear.
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Where is this 1/4 mile track? Does it have a name, or address or web site? I get over to Houston/Woodlands area on a regular basis and would be interested in checking it out.
It's www.houstonraceway.com, located in Baytown. We have fun running against each other and watching the cars & trucks run, too. Most Friday nights they have the "friendly" races, but it's been awhile since I've been out there.
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Where is this 1/4 mile track? Does it have a name, or address or web site? I get over to Houston/Woodlands area on a regular basis and would be interested in checking it out.
It's www.houstonraceway.com, located in Baytown. We have fun running against each other and watching the cars & trucks run, too. Most Friday nights they have the "friendly" races, but it's been awhile since I've been out there.
Thanks, sounds like fun, I'll have to check it out when it warms up a bit.
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I believe my best run ever was 13.69, and no other 1300 has beaten that time that I've run against. There's one crazy Costa Rican on this board that beat me down the track a couple of times, but I whooped his shiney hiney down there once...and his times were still slower. ;)
The 1800s that have run out there are getting around the 12.6 range, so we 1300 riders are only slower by about a second...at least I AM!!
There's an 1/8-mile track that I'd love to get on & race an 1800...the time difference would not be as big as on the 1/4-mile times. Shoot, if I caught 'em sleeping at the light, I might actually take 'em. O0
Oh Becca...where are you? 8)
Here I am sucka!!! Whatcha want??? ;D ;D ;D
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Who gives a !@#$ who's correct on the speed or not, just as long as you can smoke the next Harley that rolls up next to you. ;D
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Here I am sucka!!! Whatcha want??? ;D ;D ;D
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Here I am sucka!!! Whatcha want??? ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D :P :P