Bike speed

[Whistler]

Does any one know how to judge your speed on the road if your speedometer goes out ? There is no tack to judge by.. JUST A THOUGHT Ron :sun:Think SUNSHINE

[LilBeaver]

If one pays attention to what the engine sounds like while you run certain speeds and what gear one is in that is usually quite effective.

I know that I hardly look down at the speedometer when I'm on familiar roads or the expressway especially when there is no traffic around...

 

Other obvious things are GPS or just pace yourself with other traffic...

[mraf]

Lets see, telephone poles look like a picket fence = to fast. Wife or significant other not beating the back of your helmet = just right. Can't pass a Harley = to slow. Moped passes you on the right {berm} = way to slow. Hope this helps.

[Bigfoot]

I use my GPS even when I don't need it for directions. I can easily see the speed I'm doing and it's more accurate than the speedo.

[BuddyRich]

"Telephone poles look like a picket fence" and "The lines on the road just look like dots" . Your goin REAL FAST

[friesman]

"Telephone poles look like a picket fence" and "The lines on the road just look like dots" .

 

OOOooooo...... Lyrics from "Hot Rod Venture"

 

 

Brian

[BOO]

GPS is you have one, like someone said I use it for its accuracy most of the time.

If you are on an expressway where there are mile markers, then with a little math.

One mile in a minute is 60MPH.... One mile in 50 seconds is about 70MPH.

I had a speed odometer cable slither out of the housing one time but I just went with the flow of the traffic.

BOO

[Snaggletooth]

I've always judged mine by a different standard.

[Freebird]

If you are on a highway with mileage markers, you can time them as a guideline.

[KiteSquid]

If you timed how much time it took for the the Mile markers to go by you could convert it the Seconds per mile into Miles per Hour quite easily.

 

you could make up a chart for the posted speed limits in your area and memorize it.

 

 

I would do it differently as I a NOT lazy, but I am quite efficient.

 

 

I would just go slower than the fastest traffic on the highway OR I would glance at the speed displayed on my GPS unit, as it is more accurate than the speedometer in any of my vehicles....

 

 

 

Now to convert MPH to Furlongs per Fortnight, that is a different ball of wax.

 

55 MPH = 147,840 Furlongs per Fortnight......

[Whistler]

It would be so much easer if they just had a tack.. ron

[SilvrT]

Just holler at the guy you're passing "hey buddy...what speed are ya at?" ....

[Ozlander]

I have found that if you are passing the cops, you are going way too fast.

[SilvrT]

I have found that if you are passing the cops, you are going way too fast.

 

And if the cop is pullin ya over, chances are you're going too fast too.

[LilBeaver]

And if the cop is pullin ya over, chances are you're going too fast too.

At least you will know how fast you WERE going though!

[BuddyRich]

If your goin 60mph you will travel approx 88 ft per second. Most states use a 10ft white line with 30ft in between. Some us 15/45. So by counting the stipes per second you travel you could get a rough estimate.