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Scooters - 125 to 300 => People s150 => Topic started by: people person on October 26, 2021, 10:06:01 PM

Title: indicated speed
Post by: people person on October 26, 2021, 10:06:01 PM
I was wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between indicated speed and true speed on the 150.I know some clever dicks are able to use gps and/or mobile phones to check actual speed but I'm not that clever.I hadn't ridden for a couple of years prior to getting the scooter but 90ks just doesn't seem to be as fast as it used to be.
Title: Re: indicated speed
Post by: Iahawk on October 26, 2021, 10:29:48 PM
most scooters (and motorcycles) tend to indicate a few mph higher than actual speed...my Kymco is about 3 mph fast as is my Honda. My motorcycle is a couple mph fast, too. I don't think there is any absolute number for one model as it seems to slightly differ between vehicles.

If you estimate 3-5 mph you will be pretty close.
Title: Re: indicated speed
Post by: JJJoseph on November 05, 2021, 03:02:53 AM
what the difference is between indicated speed and true speed
The only people who ever worry about this are airplane pilots!  The rest of us ground-dwellers just make an educated guess.
Title: Re: indicated speed
Post by: hatman90 on June 21, 2022, 01:48:08 PM
I was wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between indicated speed and true speed on the 150.I know some clever dicks are able to use gps and/or mobile phones to check actual speed but I'm not that clever.I hadn't ridden for a couple of years prior to getting the scooter but 90ks just doesn't seem to be as fast as it used to be.
When following freeway traffic @ 70 MPH my 2007 People 250 speedo registers 80MPH
Title: Re: indicated speed
Post by: mrmike on June 21, 2022, 02:13:55 PM
I was wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between indicated speed and true speed on the 150.I know some clever dicks are able to use gps and/or mobile phones to check actual speed but I'm not that clever.I hadn't ridden for a couple of years prior to getting the scooter but 90ks just doesn't seem to be as fast as it used to be.

   My new X-Town 300I reads about 2mph higher than my GPS reading.
Title: Re: indicated speed
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on June 21, 2022, 05:38:03 PM
When following freeway traffic @ 70 MPH my 2007 People 250 speedo registers 80MPH
Curious here......
How do you know they are going 70?
Stig