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Upsizing Rear Tire to 190/55 (w/ pics)
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<blockquote data-quote="Top_Speed1" data-source="post: 1000007" data-attributes="member: 28614"><p>Yes, I touched on it above, my speedo always has read 2 or 3 mph faster than what GPS stated. Yami is famous for this especailly in snowmobiling ("hey, my sled does 120!" Yeah OK, whada ya have? "Yamaha" oh yeah 120 alrighty then! lmao and hence the dream-o-meter comment we all have deemed them for). Yamaha has always thought of us Americans as easy to hog-wash and their idea of "Make em think they're going real fast and they will be happy!" ...yeah right, us tried-n-true powersport guys know all to well about their cheesy tactics.</p><p></p><p>GPS speed per RPM is where it's at here. It's minuscule but it's there none the less. In reality, the wheel/tire is now 5% larger in diameter. So we'll take the easy route here, same RPM to do 100mph for you; I would be doing 105mph. As said not that big of difference and this experiment was not intended for this but it is a nice little spiff however <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Top_Speed1, post: 1000007, member: 28614"] Yes, I touched on it above, my speedo always has read 2 or 3 mph faster than what GPS stated. Yami is famous for this especailly in snowmobiling ("hey, my sled does 120!" Yeah OK, whada ya have? "Yamaha" oh yeah 120 alrighty then! lmao and hence the dream-o-meter comment we all have deemed them for). Yamaha has always thought of us Americans as easy to hog-wash and their idea of "Make em think they're going real fast and they will be happy!" ...yeah right, us tried-n-true powersport guys know all to well about their cheesy tactics. GPS speed per RPM is where it's at here. It's minuscule but it's there none the less. In reality, the wheel/tire is now 5% larger in diameter. So we'll take the easy route here, same RPM to do 100mph for you; I would be doing 105mph. As said not that big of difference and this experiment was not intended for this but it is a nice little spiff however :) [/QUOTE]
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