09 KLX250SF speedo VS Garmin Edge 500

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Old 07-15-2015, 01:13 PM
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Default 09 KLX250SF speedo VS Garmin Edge 500

Speedo is +5 or so percent higher than garmin based on observation. Interestingly, the odometer is only 0.36% higher on a 28 mile commute this morning. Tracking my distance all the way home the bike was about 0.1 miles high for almost the entire ride. I would say the odo is close enough for highway work. And it is good news cause my mpg was 72.5 the last fillup and my odometer is spot on.
 

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Old 07-15-2015, 09:41 PM
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My 2012 model, just put in service in june15, odom is consistently 5 mph over actual mph according to many of those portable radar trailers put up in the hoods to measure your mph.
 
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Old 07-15-2015, 11:05 PM
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I recently started using a GPS bicycle computer for speed and bread crumb mapping post ride.
GPS says 30, speedo is 33; GPS 40, speedo 44; and so on for the rest.
I knew the speedo wasn't right because I kept passing cops doing about 5mph over the limit, or so I thought. Until I did some investigation.
Oddly, my odometer is spot on according to highway mile markers.
 
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Old 07-16-2015, 03:54 AM
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Garmin devices are not known for their accuracy (although most of the complaints are with the elevation function).

The **** fell off my odo reset, so that doesn't work now either.
 
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