I deal with retail customers every day. Believe me side by side 2 bikes one with 10000km and one with 11000km. It's gonna be an easier sell for the lower k's.
Speedometer reading off.
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I deal with retail customers every day. Believe me side by side 2 bikes one with 10000km and one with 11000km. It's gonna be an easier sell for the lower k's.
I haven't confirmed with my GPS yet, but I'd bet that while the speedo is off, the odo is spot on.
Quoting myself from another thread:
Quoting myself from another thread:
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I dunno, just a couple posts up is someone expressing concern that the odometer reading being high could thwart a sale.
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Before the Hyperstrada I rode a monster Evo.
Riding together with my wife (she has a Suzuki Gladius) the monster had a major difference in odometer reading. Monster doing much more then the Suzuki.
With the Hyper it is almost spot on with the Suzuki.
Maybe the Suzuki and Hyper are wrong but I doubt that.
Regards.
Riding together with my wife (she has a Suzuki Gladius) the monster had a major difference in odometer reading. Monster doing much more then the Suzuki.
With the Hyper it is almost spot on with the Suzuki.
Maybe the Suzuki and Hyper are wrong but I doubt that.
Regards.
I just contacted the manufacture of the SpeedoDRD to see if they have one that works for the Hyperstrada and they said:
"Just spoke to our rep and he said they do not have a unit that will work with that bike very yet but are working on one. Once they are available we will have them listed."
"Just spoke to our rep and he said they do not have a unit that will work with that bike very yet but are working on one. Once they are available we will have them listed."
After fitting a Zumo 390 I noticed the same this so I spoke to my dealer, Ducati Glasgow. I was assured the speedo is intentionally 8% fast and this is a factory setting. The mileage is accurate so there is no issue with resale etc.
My fuel readout is very optimistic. I am getting 45-55 mpg (UK) but the dash reads 55-65 which is very annoying.
Still love the bike though.
My fuel readout is very optimistic. I am getting 45-55 mpg (UK) but the dash reads 55-65 which is very annoying.
Still love the bike though.
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Not actually....
Back when the US speed limit was 55 mph, NHTSA mandated speedos that only went up to 85 mph. They also required 1% accuracy; I had a couple of SR500s with accurate speedos. Unfortunately they threw that baby out with the 55 mph bathwater. And Harleys are accurate, their speedos are even labeled "Certified." Probably because of police use.
SpeedoDRD does not have anything that fits the 821s yet. I suspect that the ABS and DTC make it harder, as they don't offer it for the Multi, etc. with those features. I asked too, and the "up to 2013" thing refers to the air cooled Hypers. I put one on my wife's SV650 though, and it works great. My old R6 is next.
Back when the US speed limit was 55 mph, NHTSA mandated speedos that only went up to 85 mph. They also required 1% accuracy; I had a couple of SR500s with accurate speedos. Unfortunately they threw that baby out with the 55 mph bathwater. And Harleys are accurate, their speedos are even labeled "Certified." Probably because of police use.
SpeedoDRD does not have anything that fits the 821s yet. I suspect that the ABS and DTC make it harder, as they don't offer it for the Multi, etc. with those features. I asked too, and the "up to 2013" thing refers to the air cooled Hypers. I put one on my wife's SV650 though, and it works great. My old R6 is next.
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I think it's more that they want you to think you are going supersonic when you are just barely breaking the speed limit. You must have heard about the 10% tach error on early R6's...oooh I'm spinning 16k.
That said, a post-2008 R6 is amazing above an indicated 12k. On a nice smooth road.
That said, a post-2008 R6 is amazing above an indicated 12k. On a nice smooth road.
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