Iris
formerly "herfjr"
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OMG!!?
OMG!!?
Set it at 85 indicated and strolled into work.
Odd that the spedo's on FJR's vary so much, given the otherwise rigid quality control Yamaha maintains (other than the bull **** paint on the 2013's. Bungie, don't even start on me or I'll start talking about your mother's personal hygiene.) Using Garmin as an imperfect but reasonably stable reference, mine shows about 1 MPH high at town speeds, 2 MPH at legal touring speeds, and 2-3 high at realistic touring speeds. 150 indicated resulted in 146 Garmin. (At 4,700 MSL and 97 F that's all she had to give.)Finally had a chance to do this. PR2's with about 4.5k on emIs that measured by the on board speedo or is that an outboard GPS ?!?!?
My speedo on my 05 is quite a bit off, almost 5mph at higher speeds compared to my GPS - less so at lower speeds, just a few MPH off but still not as close as I would have thought it to be.....
Thats with new or old tires......
As a matter of fact.... no. No, it won't.Will it come back for you now if you whistle?Set it at 85 indicated and strolled into work.
I think It's odd that you think speedometers vary between FJRs that much. I've found Gen 1 & Gen 3 bikes to be consistent as a class personally and read and here that Gen 2 bikes are also consistent with each other. That is too say that they're usually off fairly equally. My Gen 3 shows about 1 mph off in town, several mph off at cruise speed, and 3 or so as it approaches FJR nominal speeds....so largely linear. I find my two Gen 1's to be off a bit more, but consistent with each other and consistent with other Gen 1 FJR owners I've talked with, and posts on this forum for the past 9 years. I don't begrudge Yamaha if things are different between generations anymore than the common knowledge that motorcycle speedos are generally always optimistic.Odd that the spedo's on FJR's vary so much, given the otherwise rigid quality control Yamaha maintains (other than the bull **** paint on the 2013's. Bungie, don't even start on me or I'll start talking about your mother's personal hygiene.) Using Garmin as an imperfect but reasonably stable reference, mine shows about 1 MPH high at town speeds, 2 MPH at legal touring speeds, and 2-3 high at realistic touring speeds. 150 indicated resulted in 146 Garmin. (At 4,700 MSL and 97 F that's all she had to give.)
It's been suggested before (and I think there's some strong evidence in support of this theory) that for some reason the Gen IIIs delivered in Canada have a greater speedo spread than those in the US and elsewhere. I was riding on Sunday since my Hardley-riding companion had it pinned at the speed limit, in my boredom I made a point to note the discrepancy between my dash and GPS speeds. 106 kph indicated on the dash was 100 kph on the TomTom Rider – so a 6% “premium.” Before I up-sized to my 190/55 rear tire the spread was almost double that (about 11%). It’s conceivable that there’s (also) error in the GPS, but based on my speed relative to traffic zooming past when I’m at the speed limit on the dash I tend to believe the GPS much more than the dash.I think It's odd that you think speedometers vary between FJRs that much. I've found Gen 1 & Gen 3 bikes to be consistent as a class personally and read and here that Gen 2 bikes are also consistent with each other. That is too say that they're usually off fairly equally. My Gen 3 shows about 1 mph off in town, several mph off at cruise speed, and 3 or so as it approaches FJR nominal speeds....so largely linear. I find my two Gen 1's to be off a bit more, but consistent with each other and consistent with other Gen 1 FJR owners I've talked with, and posts on this forum for the past 9 years. I don't begrudge Yamaha if things are different between generations anymore than the common knowledge that motorcycle speedos are generally always optimistic.
The large variable remains, as almost always, differences in tires brand, size, etc. A variable Yamaha doesn't control.
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I'm not sure that would be such a great idea anyway, Matt. The ES has some firmware to handle inputs that the As do not.As for the OP, which people seem to be getting farther and farther afield and you even more bitter, I've thought about volunteering my '14 computer to a '13 owner to see if the cruise level changes, but a bit more wary since I have an ES. I'd need to be sweet-talked into it with somebody else genuinely interested as well as having done their homework..or at least willing to share costs if anything smoke-checked on either of our bikes.
Latest info is the ECU will be "available for shipment in December"...
List: about $750.The Diagnostic Tool looks like it would be pretty pricey to obtain as it comes with some software and other cables to enable multiple different service activities through that port.
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