Sounds about right. The '09 being digital, one would probably need to modify the pulse signal going into the speedo, somewhere between the sensor and the speedo - would take some electronics. However, first check to see if there's an option in the digital speedo to set the front tire size. If so, you can account for the speed by changing the tire size by 10%. Not having that ability with the analog speedo, here's what I did with my '06. Not perfect, but it helped a great deal.

https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...ead.php?t=9410

 

Well I guess I will just live with it. Too bad it isn't like my car, I have a SCT tuner that I can adjust the speedo.

 

Or Use This And You'll Never Think Of It Again

 

some ones just droping hammers today .

 

Just Had A Moment

 

I've had my 09 KLX since last March, putting on 13,000 km (50/50) and loving it. Looks like this weekend is my last tho, as the snow is moving in up here in Ottawa, Ontario (thank goodness for heated gloves - and yes the stock stator will handle a pair).

Overall I love the bike (rejetted with snorkel and drilled stock exhaust), with enough power to just get by, and a great 'plush' suspension (I don't jump much, mostly trails and a daily commute).

But one thing that *really* bugged my about the bike was that the +10% speedo error. As I really got bored with doing the mental math constantly I started looking around for an in-line digital speedo adjuster. There are a few out there, but I couldn't bring myself to part with over $100 to fix the problem. But then I found a real winner by http://www.12oclocklabs.com/ - less expensive than the competition, in-line with stock connectors (install was a snap and the instructions were easy-peasy), and the performance is rock-solid. Nicely packaged (it's *tiny*), and has a neat top-speed replay feature too. I managed a true 120kmh with no wind, and 130kmh with a slight tail wind.

Note that I have no connection with the company ... just a very satisfied customer (one that's not impressed very often).

All I need now is a spare set of wheels to save my good knobbies for the trails (I'm getting tired of swapping tires for those more serious trail-rides), and lengthened cables to get my bars higher than the small 1-inch rise that I managed to get with the stock cables.


Cheers,
Pete

 

If your speedo being out is all you have to worry about ........

 

also, as the tires wear, the speedo will read differently than it does now, so even if you got it to read perfectly, it would be off again when you wear your tires out.

don't worry about it.

 

Not sure how much the tire wear would change the calibration, but the changing the ratio takes all of 30 seconds. As I am commuting about half the time, I found that having to look down and say to myself "it's not really 90kmh" all the time to determine how much I had to slow down to avoid a ticket was bug'n me.

 

The story that I got was that a law suit in Germany caused manufacturers to engineer speedos that way. BMW's tend to be 8% off, my '08 GSF1250 is 10%, my '03 DL1000 is 08%. A SPEEDO HEALER can correct this but tends to mess with the odometer.