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Is there a correction for dodgy outside temp readings?
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Tonylmiller
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Who cares. If you are cold, put on a jacket. If too hot, turn on the air conditioning.
Yes, I usually know the outside temperature before I even get on the Spyder. My Spyder's temperature reading is usually somewhere between 5 - 15 degrees high.
LongIsland
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Time, temperature and speed are inaccurate on mine. Speed is 2 mph less than GPS and those roadside electronic signs (your speed is). I easily ride with these inaccuracies and thoroughly my ride. I rarely think of them, but do when reading posts about them. When that happen I wonder why they aren't correct when I can buy devices that provide 100 per cent accuracy at the dollar store.
You're lucky your speedo is reading only 2mph faster! :yes: Or have you already upgraded your rear tire to a slightly larger rolling dia a/mkt car tire that's brought your speedo much closer to accurate?? :dontknow:
The indicated speed on all 'factory spec' road going motor vehicles is pretty much always going to be optimistic, only it can be & often is over-stated by anything up to about 10% faster than your 'real' speed. And your odo/trip meter will generally be optimistic with your distance travelled too, usually by a similar but not necessarily identical amount! :lecturef_smilie: . This is cos it's all mandated by an International Standard/Agreement, supposedly to allow for different specs & maybe different fittings in different regions/country's, but (amongst other things) also so that the various Govt's & vehicle manufacturers can't be held accountable for drivers/riders/operators 'inadvertently' exceeding the speed limit!
Still Longisland, your speedo being only 2mph out means it is pretty accurate for a standard/factory spec Spyder/Ryker! And it's not too shabby even if you have already upgraded your tire/tires too!
hyea: Shame about the inaccurate Clocks & the Temp gauges tho - but I haven't yet found anything mandating that they should be purposefully made inaccurate.... they must be just something that BRP/Can Am has given us for free & outta the kindness of their hearts! :yes: :roflblack: 
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K80Shooter
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My speedo on my 2020 RT-L is also 2 mph fast with the oem tire that came on it.
IdahoMtnSpyder
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Joel is correct. The AAPTS shown is on the frame above the radiator. EXCEPT, it ain't there! Look at this pic I took when I changed spark plugs. I wish I would have thought to look for this pic before I started taking tupperware off to see if the AAPTS was there. :banghead:
[See next post for the photo. For some reason it would not show in this post]
Apparently the frame location was the originally planned location for the AAPTS but was moved to the air tunnel before production started. Somebody forgot to update that part of the service manual. In the parts list you will find a harness identified as AAPTS Extension Harness. I'm guessing the frame harness was designed and built to reach the planned AAPTS frame location, and the extension harness was needed to extend the harness to the new location of the AAPTS. But it also serves as the means to disconnect the AAPTS whenever the frunk is removed.
So in short, the Ambient Air Pressure and Temperature Sensor is NOT located under the tupperware where it is subjected to engine heat. It is in the air tunnel where it can get heated by sunshine heating the tupperware at the right side of the frunk.
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IdahoMtnSpyder
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Joel The Biker
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Very interesting! I guess i need to take a look at my 2014 today. Thanks for the photo!
Kablaam360
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To be fair- when I get into my car in the afternoons mid summer it shows 100+ often enough and I know for sure thats not even close to the real temp. I guess its easier to check my phone to know really what we are at rather than relying on cars and bikes.
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