1200 GS Speedometer

[kurienp]

Can anyone provide me/guide me to some information on how the 1200GS's speedometer works? There is obviously no speedometer cable (At least none that I could see)

Has anyone attached some kind of a additional digital speed display to any version of the GS?

- the default speedo is too cluttered for my liking
- the digital display on the dash is too difficult to read in bright light
- I have a NAV 5, but by the time the NAV 5 has calculated the correct speed, the WC is way past the limit

Will be good to have some better indication of the correct speed.

TIA

 

[tecman]

speedometer is using abs sensor which counts number of rotations and bssed on wheel diameter calculates your speed.

 

[Skid06]

clocks are very poor quality..as well as poor to read, my clocks have been reading 10mph slow! so at an indicated 30 im actually doing 40! before i realised i picked up 2 sp30's in 2 weeks it was only when i fitted the sat nav on a journey that i noticed, it was confirmed by the dealer when i took the bike in to be tested, also it took 7 weeks for the clocks to arrive, having them fitted tom

 

[madmartin]

clocks are very poor quality..as well as poor to read, my clocks have been reading 10mph slow! so at an indicated 30 im actually doing 40! before i realised i picked up 2 sp30's in 2 weeks it was only when i fitted the sat nav on a journey that i noticed, it was confirmed by the dealer when i took the bike in to be tested, also it took 7 weeks for the clocks to arrive, having them fitted tom

Jesus. You need a technical report from the dealers and have those sp30's revoked. Id be goin mental. Ho

You could end up with a ban. You should have gone to court and explained... i would have never settled for that outcome.

 

[madmartin]

Jesus. You need a technical report from the dealers and have those sp30's revoked. Id be goin mental. Ho

You could end up with a ban. You should have gone to court and explained... i would have never settled for that outcome.

Mitigation. It was reasonable to believe your speedometer was reading correctly and the blame lies with the manufacturer.

 

[Longridgeles]

I have a similar issue. I recently bought a GS knowing a discrepancy was present on the clock reading. Apparently due to a 2008 diff being fitted to my 2005 GS. Not convinced.
I must read 20mph for actual 30mph but high speed is more concerning as approx 95mph reads only 60mph on the clock.
I'm work
Now wondering if a direct 2008 clock cluster would solve this, again not convinced but also trying to find out if a re calibration of the clock is possible?

 

[rob semple]

The speedo on my 64 plate 1200 gsa te reads 7mph more than the factory fitted nav 5,

 

[Sooty09]

Don't worry, park your bike overnight in the frost, clean the plastic screen with a soft cloth and all you will only ever see are light scratches.
Park out for a second night and the local scum will pinch them.
Rubbish design, rubbish mounting, rubbish construction with nothing good to say in their favour at all, the info on the screen is so easy to see on the simpler laid out quality GS800 instruments.

 

[Nutty]

The speedo on my 64 plate 1200 gsa te reads 7mph more than the factory fitted nav 5,

Even when sitting still?

 

[rob semple]

Yup..! And the ignition off

 

[Mr K]

Imagine what a fool I feel now, having owned my 1200GS for over 10 years and been quite impressed that the speedo has always been within 1 mph on 2 different GPSs....

...oh sorry LC thread...

 

[CPJS]

Imagine what a fool I feel now, having owned my 1200GS for over 10 years and been quite impressed that the speedo has always been within 1 mph on 2 different GPSs....

...oh sorry LC thread...

That will be a 10% error then.

 

[(RIP) digger37]

Broken speedo

Noticed my speedo at variance with GPS by large amount. At rest with engine off speedo registers -20kph
Dealer said it was second one he had seen like this and ordered new one under guarantee.
That was five weeks ago and still waiting for replacement. Speedo has about 38k kms on clock

 

[zoltan]

clocks are very poor quality..as well as poor to read, my clocks have been reading 10mph slow! so at an indicated 30 im actually doing 40! before i realised i picked up 2 sp30's in 2 weeks it was only when i fitted the sat nav on a journey that i noticed, it was confirmed by the dealer when i took the bike in to be tested, also it took 7 weeks for the clocks to arrive, having them fitted tom

Have you appealed the the sp30's?

 

[(RIP) digger37]

Swiss SP 30's

No points in Switzerland. Just fines, and expensive ones. Abide by the limits

 

[Daxaar]

I thought the manufacturer was liable if a speedo under reads, hence why they "always" manufacture to over read? Of course, good luck proving it.

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[batman1]

The speedo on the 2017 GS has been improved, the grey border around the top outer edge has been removed allowing the black background to be extended all the way to the edge thus allowing a little bit more room for the numbers to be enlarged.

It is definitely a bit of an improvement 'cos I could read them yesterday at my dealers, and I can't normally read mine on my bike, especially when I'm on the move.