u/slowdabro

800DE/RE speedometer fix?
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800DE/RE speedometer fix?

When I rode my bike home new from the dealership, I noticed people were passing me constantly. Got home and my brother told me I was actually going roughly 10% slower than the speed limit the whole way when I was almost constantly spot on based on what the bike said. Compared the speed with various methods and yeah, the speedometer on the bike is indeed 10% above what you're actually going. I know motorcycles do not exactly have anywhere near 1:1 speedometers but I feel like it's so far off on my bike. Having to constantly do math in my head to make sure I'm going the right speed is very annoying. Just curious if there's a fix anyone has tried, heard going up one tooth in the front sprocket should put it where it needs to be. Just seeing if there was something someone had done to remedy and not make my cluster 50% less useless.

u/slowdabro — 3 days ago

This RC car mildly gives Chicane energy

Thought it would be something cool to do a custom with lol, idk exactly the brand or what it's called. Saw it from another post somewhere else, thought it was interesting.

u/slowdabro — 22 days ago

Couldn't find a decent Chicane so made my own

Saved about $200 and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'd still like to get a real one someday because technically my collection is complete with genuine cars but this is the only exception.

u/slowdabro — 2 months ago

First time ever finding one in the wild

I audibly gasped when I saw it in a little box in the corner of the store. Little roughed up but can't beat $2 for a potential zed-36 custom. Think I'm gonna need a bigger shelf soon lol.

Last two pics are also from my weekend in Detroit, sad that the Deora wasn't there but there's always next year.

u/slowdabro — 3 months ago