VTR1000 Speed limited?

**Grizz** · 5th December 2005, 16:13

I own a '97 VTR1000, and I have been told that as the speedo only shows a maximum of 180km/h that this model would be speed limited.

I did a bit of checking and while I can't find a lot out on the net there is a couple of references that confirms what I have been told.

I have no problem with this as I tootle around the streets etc, but if I was to take the bike out on a track day for example, the speed limiter would be a pain in the arse.

So.....

My questions are

1. Without disconnecting the speedo, is there a simple fix to this, ie electronic chippy thing, or can I buy an unlimited speedo?

and

2. I have only had the bike for 4 months, should the bike shop (names withheld to protect the possibly guilty) informed me that BTW the bike has a limter on it etc etc?

**cowboyz** · 5th December 2005, 16:24

why not find a desertted stretch of road/track and find out for sure. It wouldn't take long to see if the bike could do more than 180k. If it is just the speedo that stops at 180k rather than the bike then why care?

**Grizz** · 5th December 2005, 16:27

Originally Posted by cowboyz

why not find a desertted stretch of road/track and find out for sure. It wouldn't take long to see if the bike could do more than 180k. If it is just the speedo that stops at 180k rather than the bike then why care?

Before I posted this I wondered what the 1st response would be, I wasn't dissapointed. Lets just say that I did think about that....

**Devil** · 5th December 2005, 16:32

Originally Posted by NAK1D

Before I posted this I wondered what the 1st response would be, I wasn't dissapointed. Lets just say that I did think about that....

Any decent motorway onramp is long enough to find out and be back at 100km/h to join the traffic

Not that i'd know that, of course.

**Hoon** · 5th December 2005, 16:38

Otherwise a legal alternative would be to put the rear on a stand and rev it out in 6th.

**onearmedbandit** · 5th December 2005, 16:40

Hmmm, I'm not 100% sure that full disclosure is required on vehicle sales. If the dealer was aware (and there is a slight chance they weren't) then morally they should have informed you. If you told them your intention was to ride occassionally on the track at speeds above 180 and they didn't inform you, then maybe you have recourse as the vehicle isn't currently fit for its intended purpose. Grey area...

**Macktheknife** · 5th December 2005, 16:50

I would just go give it a spin on a suitable piece of road myself, have someone with you as a pacer would be smart too. I am sure you could find someone on this site who would be willing to help out.. lol

**Grizz** · 5th December 2005, 16:57

Originally Posted by Macktheknife

I would just go give it a spin on a suitable piece of road myself, have someone with you as a pacer would be smart too. I am sure you could find someone on this site who would be willing to help out.. lol

Ok for arguments sake, lets just assume that it IS limited, if ya know what I mean.

**cowboyz** · 5th December 2005, 17:00

Originally Posted by Hoon

Otherwise a legal alternative would be to put the rear on a stand and rev it out in 6th.

If you do this then make sure you tape it. Just in case the stand is not *really* secure.

Would make a good video.

**cowboyz** · 5th December 2005, 17:04

Originally Posted by NAK1D

Ok for arguments sake, lets just assume that it IS limited, if ya know what I mean.

I get that "new bike syndrome" so it is hard for me to believe that youo have owned it for 4 months and still dont know.

If it is limited then there is nothing you can get the bike shop to do about it unless you specaifically (sp?) brought the bike for the track. And even then it would be hard to argue after 4 months have passed.

If it is restricted then I have no doubt there is a way around it. Cost will be the only obsticile. (sp again??)

**Mattyc** · 5th December 2005, 17:45

Originally Posted by Macktheknife

I would just go give it a spin on a suitable piece of road myself, have someone with you as a pacer would be smart too. I am sure you could find someone on this site who would be willing to help out.. lol

ill help ya out, i leave work at 7:30 from the viaduct in town. the motorway is long and flat

**dangerous** · 5th December 2005, 17:50

Originally Posted by NAK1D

I own a '97 VTR1000, and I have been told that as the speedo only shows a maximum of 180km/h that this model would be speed limited.

1. Without disconnecting the speedo, is there a simple fix to this, ie electronic chippy thing, or can I buy an unlimited speedo?

Well thats what ya get for buying a import, now with some suzuki's you can get a diod type thing that fools the gear box into thinking its not doing the speed that it is.... so ask at ya Honda shop.

Ps: awesome choice of wheels.