Digital speedos

JohnnyBoxer said:

Use a gps with a big number display yo show your speed
That is what I use to display my speed

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Santa-2512 said:

Be aware that using gps for a speedo, eliminates the 10% factor that is inherant in analogue speedometers..

Ie Analogue 60mph displayed could be 54mph actual (Analogue speedometers are not allowed by law to overread)

Gps 60mph displayed will be near on 60mph actual so if you start thinking i'm ok with the 10% your going to be doing 66mph actual

30 +10% +2 = 35
33 +10% +2 = 38

One will give you an afternoon in a hotel, the other 3 points

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BOBAD said:

Spurred on by a recent triggering of a revenue generator by exceeding the speed limit by 6mph at 02,30h in the morning, when there was no other pedestrian or vehicular traffic anywhere within many miles of the camera at the time, (pissd off?..... me?..... oh yes) I have become totally paranoid about speed limits and I wanted something more easily read than the stock speedo fitted to my '11 GS twin-cam.

The TFT dash on the new 1250 gets much praise for it's clarity and I would love one but the cost of replacing my much-loved current bike at huge cost really grates when all I want is a more legible speedo....

I used to have a Touratech IMO100 speed computer on my previos bikes but there was constant aggravation from the magnet / speed sensor although the display unit was brilliant (when it worked.)
It was very expensive when new but I didn't fit it to my current bike and it remained on my last one when it was sold.

So, for the benefit of anybody who might be trying to address the same problem, I can highly recommend a digital speedo made by GPT model no: GPT DS 150 which works off GPS signals and which i have just fitted a few days ago.

No more aggro with magnets and wheel speed sensors.

It is brilliant - the display is plasma backlit and the readout is stable and very accurate.
It fitted on the protection bar above the instrument cluster and is easily in my line of sight.

I only posted this to help anybody searching for something similar as I had a helluva job finding it.

I have no connection to the selling outlet other than as a very satisfied customer.

https://www.digital-speedos.co.uk/g...otal-mileage-re-settable-trip-mph-kph-nm-p259



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JohnnyBoxer said:

Not sure what you're driving at ??

That's why I compare actual gps via the analogue needle

So a gps at 29 mph will be well below the 30 mph limit although speedo will read 34 mph

GPS helps abroad too as you can change to km/h easily

Works for me, enter a 30 limit at 29mph on gps and trundle past the camera van at 28-29 mph on the gps - couldn't give a stuff what the analogue speedo says as the gps will be more accurate

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Santa-2512 said:

Absolutly correct,

What i was trying to point out was dont fall into the trap of adding 10% to your gps speed

The amount of people ive come accross who've added 10% to that and then wondered why they got a ticket lol

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Smogbob said:

..... a couple hundred quid more and a Nav5 or 6 second-hand would have been my choice.......

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Boxed-in said:

GPS Sat-nav will give you speed, no point in duplication.

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BOBAD said:

You can't duplicate what you don't have, and I don't have a sat-nav.

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