scotty g
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| posted on 24/7/07 at 04:01 PM |
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GPS Speedo?
Hi all, a friend of mine was wondering if he would be able to use a permenantly fixed GPS system for his speedo as its obviously more accurate than
anything else but will the SVA bods be ok with that ?
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nitram38
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| posted on 24/7/07 at 04:25 PM |
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No chance!
What about tunnels or bad weather?
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scottc
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| posted on 24/7/07 at 04:50 PM |
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Or the americans switching off GPS 
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/7/07 at 05:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
Hi all, a friend of mine was wondering if he would be able to use a permenantly fixed GPS system for his speedo as its obviously more accurate than
anything else but will the SVA bods be ok with that ?
SVA blokes at norwich said GPS and cycle speedos are not acceptable in their opinion. But i know people have used cycles ones and passed.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 24/7/07 at 05:25 PM |
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GPS speedo needs the car to be moving. SVA speedo test is done with the car stationary although the rear wheels are normally in the rollers.
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iank
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| posted on 24/7/07 at 05:30 PM |
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Some cycle ones don't pass, some certainly have (as you say).
The ones that I've heard of failing don't have any illumination and/or don't read high enough.
They work in exactly the same way as digital dashes and they pass those.
I can quite see why GPS ones might fail, but I can't remember anything in the manual that explicitly forbids them or specifies how speed must be
measured.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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scotty g
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| posted on 24/7/07 at 05:46 PM |
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thats pretty much what i thought but there's no harm in getting your thoughts too.
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