What should I do?

[haydes55]

Get a gps with trip meters on it?

[Mom]

I have the multi choice speedo. Not long after I got Millie I rode her to work. Came out of Warkworth onto SH1 in a 50 kph area. Felt a bit quick but speedo showed all was good.

Accelerated to 80kph, and on the way thought I had lost my Mojo, as it felt so fast.

Came up to the 100kph area and wound on the throttle a bit more. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Now that was fast coming out of town. Then it hit me. I was MPH not KPH on the speedo I cant actually read the little letters on the speedo without my specs, the big numbers are no problem. To this day I wonder how I could have explained myself out of a walking at best, confiscation of Millie at worst plod encounter.

Millie sniggered at my follie

[Smifffy]

Sell it and buy a GN250, I hear they have accurate speedos and a good fuel range.

That, and also they are easier to change gears and go around corners on. They are less likely to run out of gas and even beginners can do basic tasks like adjust the brakes. It isn't advisable to mess with the carbs though, unless one has some mechanical aptitude and experience, otherwise they end up running like shit. They are almost the ideal bike to learn to ride on.

I hear you don't even need special boots to ride them. Fancy!

[Ocean1]

DRZ400SM has 17s front and back. Reckon a 19 on the front is 40% bigger in rolling radius, (if it has it)?

I'd work it out, but I'm fucked if I know what size tyre goes on the 19.

And you'd need to do it again anyway, once some smartarse pointed out that an E has a 21" wheel...

[Drew]

And you'd need to do it again anyway, once some smartarse pointed out that an E has a 21" wheel...

Perhaps I anticipated such a smart arse, but since a 19" aftermarket item would be cheaper than the factory e wheel.

I didn't of course...smart arse!

[Ocean1]

Perhaps I anticipated such a smart arse, but since a 19" aftermarket item would be cheaper than the factory e wheel.

I didn't of course...smart arse!

A proper expert woulda pointed out that all them soft squidgy knobs probly squish down to the effective radius of a 19" tyre anyway.

[mossy1200]

If it was diesel you wouldn't complain.

[haydes55]

If it was diesel you wouldn't complain.

If it had the power of diesel I'd complain

[mossy1200]

If it had the power of a gn I'd complain

True.

[Katiepie]

Bosslady...

Check out a "speedo healer".

My boulevards speedo was in miles, with km's below the miles. Was all good. But also assumed that the trip metre was in km's, but after following a sign saying "xxx km's to xxx" and arriving on a different figure on the trip metre I realised I too was wrong.

With touring on my own around the country on my bike, I was keen to covert the trip metre into k's so I could keep a close eye on gas stations, and whether I could make it between them or not. After a bit of searching I came across the "speedo healer". A few people on here had used them and found them very useful. I was close to buying one but ended up trading in my Boulevard for a jappa with km's so had no need.

Yep - the figures sure can be done in your head - but no reason not to get something to make it a bit more straight forward. Perhaps do a search in the forums on this item, see what you can find. It was a couple of years back, but I recall the feedback being excellent.

[BMWST?]

someone has already pointed out a solution,cycle computer

[nzspokes]

someone has already pointed out a solution,cycle computer

Which is what I do . My Echowell U10w has 30000ks on it now. Works mint.

[BuzzardNZ]

That, and also they are easier to change gears and go around corners on. They are less likely to run out of gas and even beginners can do basic tasks like adjust the brakes. It isn't advisable to mess with the carbs though, unless one has some mechanical aptitude and experience, otherwise they end up running like shit. They are almost the ideal bike to learn to ride on.

I hear you don't even need special boots to ride them. Fancy!

[Banditbandit]

( ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere already! ),

: New bikes are such fun ...

but I was like nah I'll rock the GN125, what an utter piece of crap, I felt like I was on a kiddy bike after getting off the drz!

Some of us have been trying to tel you GNs are shit ... now you know ..

I'm a better rider than I am a car driver, scary thought, eh.

Fuck yeah .. you should post here when you are driving anywhere - so we can avoid those roads ...

[bosslady]

: New bikes are such fun ...



Some of us have been trying to tel you GNs are shit ... now you know ..



Fuck yeah .. you should post here when you are driving anywhere - so we can avoid those roads ...

You're not wrong, I probably should. Almost hit a motorcyclist this morning in my car, pulled out in front of him, my fault, poor visibility this morning (which is still my fault, I un-fogged my windshield but didn't do the back one properly so didn't see him when I looked over my shoulder, or in my side mirror either). I felt so bad, he had to take "evasive" action to avoid me! When we stopped at the lights I ran out and apologised, then I dropped my wallet on the road and lost it haha. I'd say that's karma, but I don't believe in that (got it back now though!).