Is the 2004 R1 ADR Compliant!?!?!?

Was reading AMCN. (Yes, yes, I know.)

Vol 53, No 23, Page 12 to be exact.

It says the R1's odometer regularily shows 10% more kays than the other
bikes, which are also optimistic.

If the R1's speedo lines up with the odometer (which it would appear to,
considering the 299 indicated, vs 264 measured with radar (not at the same
time, so no guarantees, and also, yes, I understand that the faster you go
the more the speedo tends to lie) that would mean it's speedo ISN'T within
the tolerances of the ADR!!!

 

Doesn't matter in Victoria
*runs*

 

It doesn't matter whether the speedo and odo "line up", theres a _more_
strict requirement on the odo than the speedo...

ADR18/02 says:

18.5.2 Odometers
18.5.2.1 Every vehicle other than LA, LB and LEM
group vehicles must be fitted with an odometer which
must:
18.5.2.1.1 indicate distance travelled in one kilometre
units (or less) at least from 1 to 600,000 kilometres (for
MA, MB and MC category vehicles) and from 1 to
999,999 kilometres for all other category vehicles; and
18.5.2.1.2 indicate the actual distance travelled by the
vehicle to an accuracy of +- 4 per cent.
cent.
18.5.2.2 Every vehicle of category LC, LD and LEM
must be fitted with an odometer which must:
18.5.2.2.1 indicate distance travelled in one kilometre
units from 1 to 99,999 kilometres; and
18.5.2.2.2 indicate the actual distance travelled by the
vehicle to an accuracy of +- 4 per cent.

So _legally_ Yamaha are only allowed +-4% error on the odo...

big

 

Wow! 4%!!!

Although, the odo on the ZX10 seems pretty accurate.

I end up doing 5.1km in the 5km check lengths. 2%, not too bad really.

Not sure how accurate the speedo is.

 

What other state gives you a speedometer check every 10 kms ? You';ll know
exactly if your speedo is 4.5 percent out in a 60 zone. Not straight away
but certainly a few days later.

vifer

 

On 24/6/04 8:23 AM, in article

Can you run that logic past me again?

Hammo

 

Funnily enough often they are slightly different. The speedo will be out but
the ODO is quite good. Well, used to be when they were gear systems. I guess
the digital ones don't have an exuse, one is out, you'de expect all to be
out.

Cam