Got a salvaged 05 1000rr to rock the streets. Noticed that the speedo is WAY off. Ex.: At 75mph my gauge reads 57mph. But yet the rpms compared to my friends 07 1000rr is about the same. (off by like 300rpm cuz the 07 redlines higher).

Anyone got any idea to what it is?

And still trying to figure out why the hell when I'm in a wheelie and BARELY let off the gas it wants to bring me right down.

Also, I know most of you guys who rocked 929's and 954's liked being 5 up. Any of you guys rock a 1000rr? and what gearing did you like? same as the 929 and 954?

 

How do you know it's going 75mph for sure? Are you going by your friends speedo? Maybe his gearing is different from yours. Possible that you have a speedo healer on that isn't set correctly???

 

I'm going off 5 other bikes with all stock gearing. Come on man, I'm not a newbie.

 

you may not be a newbie but you're still a squid...get the 08 RR...hands down the best liter bike out of this years crop, and that includes the 1098 and the zx10! may be ugly, but it's sick when you're behind the cockpit. those old rr's are cockroaches son!!

 

What do you do about the fork seals?

Just let them leak? Or replace them 3 times a week?

 

did you check the sprockets... maybe they went up teeth in the front to keep it from lifting so easy, or down in the rear.... other than that...no clue?

 

shut your mouth homo!

I havent gotten a chance to ride one but everyone I've talked to says the bike rides like no other. Heard nothing but good things about its performance. I just can't get past the ugliness of it!

And that still doesnt tell me whats wrong with my ****** bike!

 

try adjusting your suspension settings, or different brands of seals... oem actually work better for me...

 

whoops. Forgot to mention that. Its stock gearing too! 16f 41r. As far as I know that's stock on that bike from the research I did. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

you're correct 16 41....

i use www.ronayers.com to check on stuff like that, they have online microfiche

 

Lisdexia is a peech imspedimant we live to learn with ...

 

hit the button to switch it back to mph from KPH

 

on what? the 08 1000rr? i dunno, bike i rode had less than 1k miles on it and i musta put 100 miles on it, 30 or so endos and a bunch of backing it in and the thing was fine.

this honda is sick, only thing is i think taht the 09 BMW s1000rr is gonna smoke everything next year!!!!

joseph, you suck. be bac, on the right coast in a couple weeks....finally. oh, and i thought i mighta heard that those year rr's had a lot of speedo error and gauge error. and actually there might have been a recall on the gauges....almost positive. i used to sell them a few years back

 

your bike is dyslexic, common honda flaw, learn to live with it.

T

 

Aye

I've just heard bad things about them, personally I don't own one

I just know two local people that got them.. One has been riding 15+ years, and hasn't blown a seal on his 929's in years.. Blew his 1000rr forks seals the first week, and he dosn't even stunt!

Another guy blew his in less then 1000, but I don't know his riding style, he might have abused them..

 

interesting to say the least...i tend to beat bikes, even within a few miles and i had no problems...but then again i dont have it long term...it was a one day test

 

Aight I'm gonna look into it then cuz the **** is kinda annoying. Maybe they'll send me a gauge with 0 miles on it. haha

I'll see you in Tenn at XDL son!

yea that bmw s1000rr looks NASTY! I wanna know the price of that piece. Probably gonna be NASTY as well. haha

 

just in case, my 06 allows u to have it in kph and mph. are u on the right setting?

 

if i remember right the 04-05 RR were bad for having speedo error. my buddy had one. you could be doing 55 and it would say 25. had a cop clock me one day. sucked cause was never right had to get new guages. try that.

 

Yes its on MPH. That was the first thing I checked. The KPH reads higher than MPH not lower.