5th or 6th..

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Is top speed of the 1250 Bandit achieved in 5th or 6th gear. (track day of course )

Reardo wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote: Now who ordered the Shirley Temple? Reardo?

Ok its mine. HEY U ordered one of those cowboy thingy from the cocktail bar

Oh BTW My Garmin 12XL GPS tops out at 220km/h and that was quick enough for me semi naked.

You blokes crack me up

the error is a progressive thing on the bandit. most modern electronic speedos are the same. mechanical speedos can be a hole different ball game

In the majority of cases a speedo will be out by a percentage:
*out by 10% at 60kph
*out by 10% at 100kph
*out by 10% at 200kph
*etc
*etc
so at each speedo reading the difference between indicated and actual will be something different if you talk kph

speedo error is impacted by a hole number of things such as:
*gearing (both gearbox, final drive, speedo gearing, the list goes on)
*electronic or mechanical speedo
*tyre selection (different brands in the same size can have a different effect)
*tyre pressures (this is usually pretty small but can still effect things)
*tyre temps (see tyre pressure)
*weight on the bike (see the two above)
and a few others

My top speed post mods is 250, 240 pre mods indicated both reached in 5th she won't pull redline in 6th therefore you will only get around the 230 mark in top.

This is off the original topic but I don't think anyone really gets upset on this forum.
Travelling into Melbourne from Ballarat they have the 'Check your speed' set-up. I went through at an indicated 110, and the figure 104 kph showed up. Last time I checked their speed check against my GPS (in the car) it was out by a couple of kph. I figured they were wanting to still allow a margin. Waiting for motorcycle GPS units to get really cheap - and then I will use one permanently set-up to show true speed.
And has been said - even at the corrected speed people pass you - out of Melbourne I was travelling beside a Aston Vantage until he buggered off, and later a Maserati seemed to think speed limits were not applicable to him.

http://www.holeshot.com/videos/Ban1250SpeedRun.mpg

See holeshot.com for advice on getting the Bandit to go better. The guy is Dale Walker, he's helpful and his stuff is cheaper than buying it in OZ. I paid $380 bucks for the TFI unit, Oxygen Sensor Bypass and a K&N filter. I am eagerly awaiting their arrival.

He got 170+ mph in 5th. The guy has a speedo healer installed.
Bike has a TFI Dobeck, Slip On, K&N and the Airbox Mod - remove the snorkel and drill a 38mm hole at the front of the airbox lid.

geekay007 wrote:http://www.holeshot.com/videos/Ban1250SpeedRun.mpg

See holeshot.com for advice on getting the Bandit to go better. The guy is Dale Walker, he's helpful and his stuff is cheaper than buying it in OZ. I paid $380 bucks for the TFI unit, Oxygen Sensor Bypass and a K&N filter. I am eagerly awaiting their arrival.

He got 170+ mph in 5th. The guy has a speedo healer installed.
Bike has a TFI Dobeck, Slip On, K&N and the Airbox Mod - remove the snorkel and drill a 38mm hole at the front of the airbox lid.

Hey mate. how do U know so much about Dale, U sound like a holeshot salesman

I was about to put it stronger than that!

The "experts" is yet to be tested. I know a bit about nuclear physics but i'm no expert.

4 post, 4 mentions of H.S.... Reardo, think your jumping the gun...

Yeah, we all receive a 10% commission from Dale

Hey mate. how do U know so much about Dale, U sound like a holeshot salesman

4 post, 4 mentions of H.S.... Reardo, think your jumping the gun...

Yeah, we all receive a 10% commission from Dale

Owns a Honda according to this.
Probably not him/her tho :-P stir

remind me not to cross you Detective dhula