posted July 29, 2006 11:13 AM
SPEEDO CHANGED THE FRONT SPROCKET TO A 16 TOOTH ONE SPEEDO IS WAY OFF ,HAVE A SPEEDO HEALER ON THE WAY ,ANY ONE KNOW WHERE TO SET IT AT, ANY HELP WOULD BE GOOD
posted July 29, 2006 11:51 AM
Edited By: vegasdude on 29 Jul 2006 12:51
just do a gps at 100 on the gps, look at your mph and figure the difference in percentage and then program the speedo healer. Another way is to go to the speedohealer site to the calibration page plug in 8.5% speedo error then your sprocket numbers and that will guide you as well.
posted July 29, 2006 12:39 PM
Speedohealer.com has a conversion calculator online, that's what I used. I'm 16 front and 44 rear and used -17%.
http://www.speedohealer.com/eng/adjust.htm
and use the online calculator. Assume that the kawasaki speedo is 5% off, then input what you think your tire wear is like, then just follow the instructions.
-10.8% is what I come up for you with 16 front and 41 rear, assuming 5% error before speedo healer without sprocket change, and your rear tire at a 2. Oem new tire would be 0 and bald would be 9.
To set up, all switches on, then turn on bike, push the little button on speedohealer. Then all off except #4 up. Push button one time(thats 10%), then switch #5 up, switch #4 down, push button one time(thats 1%), this will give you -11% corrections. Then all switches down. Turn off bike, then when you turn bike back on, start it, get on, and ride it like you stole it.
I had set mine at -20% but noticed last night that at 65 indicated I was probably closer to 70. So I switched it to -17%. This isn't really an exact science but its close enough. Within a couple of mph. And your odo will be a lot closer.
Before speedohealer with 16/44, 85 equaled 70, so you get the idea. It was almost impossible to tell if I was speeding, so I just followed the car in front of me.
Oh, and that little button you pressed to set things up. When you get done riding, you can shut off the bike, turn on the ignition, and push that button. It will display your fastest speed so far. "Really officer, I was only going 70, see!"
posted July 29, 2006 12:49 PM
There are lots of threads on this so use use the search function and enjoy
BTW...I dropped down to a 16 tooth countershaft sprocket and my speedo was off by 13% (7% stock and another 6% with the sprocket change - all verified by GPS).
posted July 29, 2006 11:43 PM
Edited By: BobC on 30 Jul 2006 00:45
You'll be reading about 5 or 6mph slow at 100mph with the sprocket change and several percent slow on top of that because the ZX14 speedo is not accurate anyway.
I think the best way to calibrate is by gps, as explained above. Don't think the SH on-line calculator takes care of the manufacturer'e original under-read.
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posted July 30, 2006 02:05 PM
Yes it does. It's got a spot on the online calculator that you can put in any value to represent manufacturers underspeed. I just winged it and came up with -17%. I don't have a clue how close it is, but I'm keeping up with traffic, and they all seem to be doing the speed limit, and im indicating the speed limit. I'm still waiting to find one of those road side radar thingies. Never can find one now that I need one.
I just didn't want my odo to be racking up something like 20% more miles than I have ridden.
posted July 30, 2006 05:17 PM
Did you say the speedohealer affected the odometer also? If a bike has one installed on it can it have more miles on it than the odo says. I wonder how many more miles you can put on the bike that dont show up on odo. Would be interesting when buying a used bike, you woudn't know how many miles it actually had if the thing affected odo and someone wanted to be sneaky.
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posted July 30, 2006 05:23 PM
Edited By: 3Boysand3Bikes on 30 Jul 2006 18:24
SoCal... The mph and the ODO both rely on the same input. So if the speedometer is 10% slow, you will be racking up miles at a 10% slower pace... If it reads fast, then you will obviously be putting miles on faster than what you really are. It is not the Speedhealer.. it is the change in information that the sprockets create... however when the speedhealer is changed to a differant %, the ODO follows with the mph.... Or that is what I understood.... SO the speedhealer will get the mph and the ODO to read correctly.
posted July 30, 2006 05:27 PM
I was just wondering if a not so honest guy could use one to make a bike look like it had less milage than it really did. How much of a percentage swing does it allow? Could it be done?
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posted July 30, 2006 05:37 PM
Better yet... just remove the cable or the wire.. and it will ring up zero miles... I remember on some of my bikes the front wheel had the speedo cable on it... well they would break and it would take forever to change it back... (lazy teenager.. plus.. these were old bikes.. so the mileage didn't matter too much).. I think you are safer in this day since most ODO's are electric. Plus... just go to E-bay and get a new dash... lose a lot of miles... I had a friend buy a Busa with 7000 miles (give or take) and he had clutch problems... turns out the bike was used almost entirely at the drag strip... The bike was in good shape... other than on the inside... That is why we all tend to buy new bikes... ha ha
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posted July 30, 2006 05:43 PM
Your idea is full of poo. The ECU receives the speed signal from the meter unit.
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posted July 30, 2006 05:57 PM
Boy... it is getting so hard to rip people off in this high tech day and age!!
full of "poo"... that was letting me down easy!! I thank you...
posted July 30, 2006 06:43 PM
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Your idea is full of poo. The ECU receives the speed signal from the meter unit.
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posted July 30, 2006 06:04 PM
Edited By: 1393kph on 30 Jul 2006 19:05
There's no direct correlation between the speedo error and the odometer accuracy. . . . if the speedo pointer is off, it doesn't mean the odometer is too, so the speedo healer may cause the mileage to rack up somewhat slower . . . who knows?
posted July 30, 2006 06:05 PM
ya, I must be getting less devious in my old age, never thought of changing the instrument cluster.
Buy NEW, less headaches.
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posted July 31, 2006 04:23 AM
A few people here (I have not) have verified that the odo is very accurate from the factory, while the speedo is between 7-10% off depending on factors like tire wear. If you install a speedo healer to correct the speedo accuracy by dropping your displayed speed by 7-10%, you will ALSO be reducing your odo's accumulated miles by that same percentage.
Sure, you will actually be racking up more miles than your odo reads, but you are also throwing off the data that your trip computer uses to calculate fuel consumption and range. Not a big deal really, just something to be aware of...
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