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I'm sorry to rain on your parade but I find that a poor analogy as your on the ground riding your moto and in the air its a safety issue of the highest order. (airspeed)Yes I know a guy that is in the custom Harley business that tells me that it works well, but I might add this is hearsay and I have no direct experience.Cheers
But I gotta say there are many other things pertaining to the operation of the motorbike that are far more important than dead accurate speed, such as safety items.
This has been an interesting thread to follow. The speedo on my bike is darn accurate but in certain light condition impossible to see. I haven't checked the odometer. I am going to do that as soon as we have a decent enough day to ride a few miles when I can break loose from other duties.kk
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If it’s a V85, your odometer is 1.2% out. Another recalibration might do the job, but that’s good enough for me.
Audace
Wow !A fabulous bike, you’ve no excuse. You live in California and you own a great bike...Out you go now, the house will be there when you get back...
I've got my forks dropped to the third line on the top of the tubes. About 1/2". The rear is on the lowest pre-load and the seat rubbers are removed. I can live with it this way, but I considered a new 850 V7 to replace my old EV I keep in Az. But by the time you add 3 bags, mounts, fork springs, and decent shocks I might as well buy another V85 and have the full power too because the loaded V7 gets right to the price of the fully equipped V85 in the states. FYI, 27 1/2" inseam and 73 years old.
Huzo, I forget if I ever told you, but you can get a little more with the Ohlins. I took off one of the two retaining nuts from the spring tension and tapped in for a set screw in the remaining one. Although this only affects the preload with about 1/4", it did give me a little more sag and it was just right. It is a possibility.
Did you have to cut the side stand with that much drop?
I dropped mine and cut the sidestand as well. No problem, and you can add an oversized foot for soft surfaces with very little work as a bonus.
It never worried me that my Griso wasn't a 1400. I was happy to be a guinea pig. Having said that, I couldn't go back to a 1200. The grunt is intoxicating.