You think a GPS can measure as precisely as tire slippage?
What, 1/20 of a mph or so?
That's a Hell of a tight GPS.
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85mph speedo guys...how fast am I going??
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You think a GPS can measure as precisely as tire slippage?
What, 1/20 of a mph or so?
That's a Hell of a tight GPS.
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Rudeman
Guest
GPS is very accurate. It is not tied to the engine or driveline; it does not matter if there is any aerodymanic drag or tire slippage or transmission slippage. All it needs is to acquire three satellites. If you want to know how fast you are TRAVELLING then GPS is the way to go.
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Guest
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There are a couple places that make a gear reduction for speedo's. Add that and then double the indicated speed.
How many decimals does the speed readout go to?
Tire slippage is insignificant unless doing a burnout. It's really more tire squirm than real slippage, it's not much.
Clutch slipping? Then you are not going very fast at all.
Transmission slipping? What, broken gears or something? Again, it won't go very fast like that.
By the way, I use GPS all the time at work. Good stuff. With only three satellites the position is not all that accurate, the speed is an averaged estimation. With more satellites being received the position resolution gets much better, hence the speed readout becomes more accurate. But the GPS display does not tell you how many satellites it is receiving at the time unless you ask it, nor does it tell you how accurate the speed readout is at the moment.
It seems to me if he had a GPS he wouldn't have asked the question.
LOL you guys.....I was only looking for a rough idea....
In my opinion, you were hauling ass. Good enough?
That's kind of what I figured.....
It was just a short blast on an isolated, empty road....just a test really, that's all...:-\\\
I think "I was going to the hospital" would be a better line to use.
headsbikesmopars
Forum Mentor
Steve and Tkent02 are absolutley correct ! You DO have a mechanical 'link' between crank and rear wheel. NO fluid coupling . If you double speed...then rpm is doubled. And the reverse is also true. Try it for yourselves. Take it up to 40mph and note rpm..run it on up to 80mph and again note rpm, it will be exactly double rpm at 40 mph.
Terry
Terry
56-57mph at 4K in fifth....so X2 = 112-114....
OK...that leads to the next question...how accurate are the speedos on these things...
+ or - 10% to 15% would be a fair guess if it's working correctly.
Probably 10% is more likely. I have ridden a few GSes that were dead nuts, but most read 5 or 7 mph fast at normal speeds.
Test yours with a stopwatch or alongside a car with a GPS.
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Calvin Blackmore
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mriddle
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Centrifugal tire swell may be significant at that speed. I dunno about traction. Maybe Lorentz contraction.
:-s I hadn't considered that.
Maybe Lorentz contraction.
We're going to need a bigger motorcycle. Much bigger.
Steve
GS Whisperer
In the case of my wife's 850L (with 100/90-19 tire on the front), it's rather accurate. 70 mph on the speedo shows as about 68.7 on the GPS.
My Wing is off just a bit in the other direction. 70 mph on the speedo is about 70.5 on the GPS.
My Kawasaki Voyager 1300 was WAY off, though, 70 on the speedo was about 62 on the GPS.
No, that would be FAR too easy.
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Rudeman
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My GPS units readout to tenths of a MPH and they are all 12 channel receivers. My speedometers are only graduated to one whole MPH. Transmission slippage is a reference to automatics used on autos.
There is also propeller slippage on watercraft.How accurate is your speedo if you change tires and decide to run a different width/aspect ratio. Do you then have the speedo recalibrated? I use GPS on my boat because speedometers on boats are notoriously inaccurate since they rely on pitot tubes that measure hydrodynamic pressure to determine speed. GPS is the standard for measuring speed on water craft.
I think we got on this tangent trying to help a guy to figure out how fast someone was going once he pegs his 85MPH speedo??
Steve
GS Whisperer
Absolutely I do, in my head. Tested by stopwatch when the tires go on. Every car, every bike, the exact error correction is ready to be instantly applied any time revenue enhancement is in progress.
The rest of the time I go however fast I feel like, given the time space continuum in use at the time.
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