My Rocket 3 GT Speedometer is out!

Boog said:

@technoguppy I believe it is true for most manufacturers. I remember an article about this in one of the motor mags a few years ago. Basically boils down to, "It's for the greater good of us all" BS...

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technoguppy said:

My Rocket 3 GT Speedometer is out! When doing 120kph (via GPS and phone) my R3GT speedometer reads 128kph. An 8kph delta, that's 5mph.

I called the dealer and the service person said "Yeah they do it like that on purpose!" To which I asked "Can I get it fixed?" to which he replied "Nope, can't do anything about it!" He also didn't know if it was set to be 8kph all the time or if it was a percentage of speed but he did say the speed will always show faster. HOWEVER, he did say that "Your odometer is bang on because they (the industry) got sued for eating peoples warranty away sooner than it should have"

1 - Is this true? if so, sh!t!
2 - If not, can it be fixed? By me or by service?

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PVaitkunas said:

It’s good to know that at least the mileage is counted accurately. Always wondered about that, but never bothered to research how it was handled

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technoguppy said:

My Rocket 3 GT Speedometer is out! When doing 120kph (via GPS and phone) my R3GT speedometer reads 128kph. An 8kph delta, that's 5mph.

I called the dealer and the service person said "Yeah they do it like that on purpose!" To which I asked "Can I get it fixed?" to which he replied "Nope, can't do anything about it!" He also didn't know if it was set to be 8kph all the time or if it was a percentage of speed but he did say the speed will always show faster. HOWEVER, he did say that "Your odometer is bang on because they (the industry) got sued for eating peoples warranty away sooner than it should have"

1 - Is this true? if so, sh!t!
2 - If not, can it be fixed? By me or by service?

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Larry_M said:

..Or ignore it and enjoy the bike
It's not like it's a sonar or radar that might lead to you scraping the bottom of your boat against a reef because sonar indicates you should be able to steer clear.

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RedLBB said:

Yes I do ignore it and enjoy the ride since I'm used to rely only on my GPS. But will just let the mechanic know in case he tells it's a problem to be fixed.

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