what is your avg. speed

[Knarfoh]

what speeds do you ride at.

I usually go 2 to 3 over posted limits. Stretches of highway are being posted at 70 m.p.h. based on new Ohio law passed several years ago. Requires study before road speed changes can be made. I check my GPS calculated speed against Spyder speedometer: they usually read the same but sometimes are off 1 m.p.h.

I have talked to some motorcycle riders and they claim their speedometers have been off as much as 6 -7 miles per hour. NOT SPYDER owners, just other motorcycle enthusiasts.

 

[Bob Denman]

We are pretty much limited to 55/65 mph on the four lanes...
When we get near a sign that says "70" or higher; we don't know what to do with all of the excess joy!
So we burn it up in the combustion chamber! :2thumbs:

 

[btcherm]

It depends on what music is playing on the radio , if it the Who were cruising right along if its bobby Vee its a slow ride .

 

[Bob Denman]

What if THIS Song ends-up playing?

 

[bluestratos]

My speed difference between the GPS and the Speed is a %, at 25 it is right on, at 40 the speed reads 1 mph high, at 60 it reads 2 high. The new 14 is the same as the 11 I had before this.
This is much better than most bikes, my last 2 wheeler was 8% out.

 

[Bob Denman]

That's what I would think...
I'm going to have to watch mine a bit closer. :shocked:
It's off by one mph at 55
... and the same one mph, at 35 :dontknow:

the trick: checking this out, and NOT running off the road while doing it!! :yikes:

 

[ARtraveler]

That's what I would think...
I'm going to have to watch mine a bit closer. :shocked:
It's off by one mph at 55
... and the same one mph, at 35 :dontknow:

the trick: checking this out, and NOT running off the road while doing it!! :yikes:

Let us know what you find. As I understand it, most speedometers are set to run a bit high. All my recent Kawi's were off by 5 mph too high. The Spyders seem to be more on. I have tested them by driving through those signs that tell you what your actual speed is. The Spyders seem to be one or two mph high. No GPS here--I am old school.

 

[Bob Denman]

My 2010 was always reading 1 mph; when compared to radar...
I'm going to have to go "tickle a LEO's interest", and see what he tells me! :shocked:

 

[flaggerphil]

On the freeway I usually cruise at 75 mph...or roughly 5 mph over the limit if it's under 70. On other roads it's usually 5 over, except in residential areas where I stay strictly at the speed limit. I don't speed in residential areas at all.

I did get up to 103 mph indicated on a long, straight, empty stretch of I-95 south of Daytona once, just to see if the RT could get up there.

 

[Dan_Ashley]

My mom used to tell me never to Ryde faster than my guardian angel can fly. That sounds nice and all, but my guardian angel is a fat, nearly featherless old fart. So, I can only get into second gear when fat-angel is feeling frisky. Otherwise I' stuck in first.

 

[Bob Denman]

Mine gets motion sickness... :barf:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

We need biker angels...the kind that actually Ryde, and maybe are members of ABATE.

 

[Bob Denman]

Do you mean...........

 

[cuznjohn]

today my avg. speed was,,,,, hurry up and get home to warm up

 

[Dan_Ashley]

Do you mean...........
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Exactly.