Solomoriah
XS650 Addict
So today I rode my XS650 in a memorial ride for the brother of a grade school classmate. In fact, she roped me into leading the ride... me, followed by half a dozen Harleys and one Victory. I noticed the speedometer (the one I got from bwthor) is a bit wonky... the needle was bouncing around, not holding steady like usual. Well, that's how the old one got before it got really crazy, spun around and broke the needle, and then emitted smoke. The old one was reading in the 18,000 mile range, and this one just turned over 18,000 miles... I suspect there's a pattern here.
I also noticed the other bikers seemed to be going kind of slow. I held up so that I didn't lose them. Of course, I expected the XS to outpace them all in the corners, even with the addition of my wife on the back, so I was expecting to have to slow down. But I couldn't run much over an approximate (given the bouncing) 50 MPH without getting way ahead of them.
So when the ride was over, I was talking to one of the Harley guys, and I said, "Hey, on that straight section of highway 15... what speed were you indicating?"
"65 or 70."
Ack. At that point I had been keeping the needle as close to 55 as I could.
Later my wife told me that she was sure I was going faster than I had on my Honda CB650 on the same roads... part of the route overlapped one of our semi-regular rides.
Makes me feel a little guilty. I really didn't intend to make those guys speed... oops.
SO I GUESS I need another speedo. Anyone have one lying around?
I also noticed the other bikers seemed to be going kind of slow. I held up so that I didn't lose them. Of course, I expected the XS to outpace them all in the corners, even with the addition of my wife on the back, so I was expecting to have to slow down. But I couldn't run much over an approximate (given the bouncing) 50 MPH without getting way ahead of them.
So when the ride was over, I was talking to one of the Harley guys, and I said, "Hey, on that straight section of highway 15... what speed were you indicating?"
"65 or 70."
Ack. At that point I had been keeping the needle as close to 55 as I could.
Later my wife told me that she was sure I was going faster than I had on my Honda CB650 on the same roads... part of the route overlapped one of our semi-regular rides.
Makes me feel a little guilty. I really didn't intend to make those guys speed... oops.
SO I GUESS I need another speedo. Anyone have one lying around?