here is the deal.....snowmobiles seam to be in km even though the speedo says mph...case and point. i rode with an artic cat, polaris and they both said 150 miles on the odometer.everyone thought we went 150 miles, when it was actually km! i have a 2002 mxz 600 that will do 106 on the speedo which says mph. so i'm going 106 right? wrong! i'm going about 75, or 106 KILOMETERS! that is top speed, 75, and my sled runs fast, it'll run side by side with 700's. so how are people getting radared at 100 plus mph??? no way! it's a scam! no way my 600 is 30 mph slower then someone elses! so what i think is the manufactures make the speedo's on km to make you think your going faster, since it feels like you going 100 anyway!( even though it is only 75!) and the mags are in onit too! i've confirmed this with a sled that is in mph and he is always .62 of my speed and miles! it's not just my sled though, it's all of them! any one else notice this? not to burst anyones bubble, but our sleds don't go 100 mph! the 800's and mach z's MIGHT hit 90 or so....... :slick: i can't believe i'm the only one who figured this out, anyone else notice this? not that it matters, 75 mph FEELS like 100 mph on these things! oh yea, this is FACT not opinion! !!!

your nuts
i was out today runnign 120 kms on a 470 furmaula and a buddy was right beside me doing 70mphs on his speedo if they were both in kms how come his only was reading 70 when mins was at 120

HEY PASS OVER SOME OF THAT STUFF YOUR SMOKEN. :dazed: SO I,VE HAD MY SPEEDO UP TO 190KM. HOW FAST AM I GOING. :blahblah:

Believe what you want , but, GPS doesn't lie! My speedo is off 3mph fast at 87 mph.

I have a Stalker ATS Stats K band radar gun that I calibrate with a tuning fork. I can also interface it with my computer Tuning forks that resonate in the audio range are used to calibrate radar guns because this is where the Doppler (frequency) shift for RF in the microwave bands corresponding to object speeds in the 0 to 300 MPH are. I went out just now and radared my SUV at 70 MPH. It's speedometer read 70 MPH +/- a couple of MPH. I then radared my '03 Blair with it's speedo at 70 MPH. My gun read about 66-67 MPH. I did the same thing with my son's '00 MXz 500. Same answer. Just to head off anyone claiming that there is something wrong with my gun, I then interfaced it to my computer, took the gun out on my upper deck, dropped a softball off and radared that while it fell two stories to the ground. The computer displayed that the ball accelerated at 32 ft/sec^2, which is the acceleration due to gravity here on Earth, thus confirming the gun's accuracy.

I wouldn't lose too much sleep futhering thoughts on some type of grand conspiracy. The same gun had my son on the 500 at 92.2 MPH at 1550' MSL, 15 degrees farenheit and hard pack on a lake two years ago. If your 600 truly only goes as fast as you say it does, you've got a problem with it. I'll take absolute data rather than the relative kind any day.

Originally posted by Citationwanter@Feb 28 2004, 10:59 PM
your nuts
i was out today runnign 120 kms on a 470 furmaula and a buddy was right beside me doing 70mphs on his speedo if they were both in kms how come his only was reading 70 when mins was at 120
that is the conspiracy part. you were both going 45 mph.your sled is reading 120 something, but it's not km..... it is 70km multiplied by .62.... this is a calibratution that i am un aware of. your buddy's sled is going 70 km, not mph... yours is reading some made up snowmogile speed! don't believe me? go 70 mph in your car and stick your arm out the window... take note of the wind force... then go 70 mph on your sled and stick your arm straight out to the side.... not nearly as much wind force! that is cause your going 45mph not 70 mph!

Originally posted by Roton@Feb 28 2004, 11:23 PM
I have a Stalker ATS Stats K band radar gun that I calibrate with a tuning fork. I can also interface it with my computer Tuning forks that resonate in the audio range are used to calibrate radar guns because this is where the Doppler (frequency) shift for RF in the microwave bands corresponding to object speeds in the 0 to 300 MPH are. I went out just now and radared my SUV at 70 MPH. It's speedometer read 70 MPH +/- a couple of MPH. I then radared my '03 Blair with it's speedo at 70 MPH. My gun read about 66-67 MPH. I did the same thing with my son's '00 MXz 500. Same answer. Just to head off anyone claiming that there is something wrong with my gun, I then interfaced it to my computer, took the gun out on my upper deck, dropped a softball off and radared that while it fell two stories to the ground. The computer displayed that the ball accelerated at 32 ft/sec^2, which is the acceleration due to gravity here on Earth, thus confirming the gun's accuracy.

I wouldn't lose too much sleep futhering thoughts on some type of grand conspiracy. The same gun had my son on the 500 at 92.2 MPH at 1550' MSL, 15 degrees farenheit and hard pack on a lake two years ago. If your 600 truly only goes as fast as you say it does, you've got a problem with it. I'll take absolute data rather than the relative kind any day.
BS!!!!!

Originally posted by ZIPPARS02mxz800sp@Feb 28 2004, 11:07 PM
HEY PASS OVER SOME OF THAT STUFF YOUR SMOKEN. :dazed: SO I,VE HAD MY SPEEDO UP TO 190KM. HOW FAST AM I GOING. :blahblah:
73 mph........

Not sure how to respond to this. Wifes Polaris goes 50mph while I am beside her at 80kph in my Doo. Seems about right to me.
When I am flying down the lake at 140kph and my helmet is lifting off my head, I believe the speedometer.

Obviously, Spinner is just trying to get a rise out of everyone. If not, then he is the quite possibly the dumbest person on the face of the earth.

Spinner- Either way, please do us all a favor and do not have any children... :withstupid: w00t

Originally posted by Jiddru@Feb 29 2004, 12:43 AM
Spinner- Either way, please do us all a favor and do not have any children... :withstupid: w00t
sounds like his family tree already has a tap root.

Wow maybe some body is just trying to keep spinner from killing himself, by recalibration. You can set a speedo to have the words say milesperhour, and still be cabled up to kilometers. :p

:thumbsup: believe what you guys want..... do this though, go 70mph in your car and stick out your arm, then do it on your sled....... alot more wind speed in the car! like i said, it is a conspiracy, and all you guys could care less as long as your speedo reads 100 mph.....it takes 1/4 mile for a fast car to get over 100 mph in about 12 seconds, ever go 100mph in your car? ever stick your arm out the window going 100 mph? you'll dislocate your shoulder.....100 mph is way fast! our sleds just aren't doing it, even though it FEELS like it. deal with it, they aren't what they seam in terms of speed......and i don't appreciate the insults, i'm not insulting you guys for being niave enough to believe what your speedo says... :lol: i'm just trying to let you guys in on a little secret of the manufactures, not stir up trouble....like i said, believe what you want, but the proof is in the wind speed!

i'm not insulting you guys for being niave enough to believe what your speedo says...* i'm just trying to let you guys in on a little secret of the manufactures, not stir up trouble....like i said, believe what you want, but the proof is in the wind speed!

Spinner a speedo is just a guide. It is very obvious to most that they are not spot on as the track SPINS. They are always off a bit just like the tach is.



ever stick your arm out the window going 100 mph? you'll dislocate your shoulder.....

Your seat of the pants science is laughable at best. If your theory is true. How do people skydive?

I have a Stalker ATS Stats K band radar gun that I calibrate with a tuning fork. I can also interface it with my computer Tuning forks that resonate in the audio range are used to calibrate radar guns because this is where the Doppler (frequency) shift for RF in the microwave bands corresponding to object speeds in the 0 to 300 MPH are. I went out just now and radared my SUV at 70 MPH. It's speedometer read 70 MPH +/- a couple of MPH. I then radared my '03 Blair with it's speedo at 70 MPH. My gun read about 66-67 MPH. I did the same thing with my son's '00 MXz 500. Same answer. Just to head off anyone claiming that there is something wrong with my gun, I then interfaced it to my computer, took the gun out on my upper deck, dropped a softball off and radared that while it fell two stories to the ground. The computer displayed that the ball accelerated at 32 ft/sec^2, which is the acceleration due to gravity here on Earth, thus confirming the gun's accuracy.

I wouldn't lose too much sleep futhering thoughts on some type of grand conspiracy. The same gun had my son on the 500 at 92.2 MPH at 1550' MSL, 15 degrees farenheit and hard pack on a lake two years ago. If your 600 truly only goes as fast as you say it does, you've got a problem with it. I'll take absolute data rather than the relative kind any day.

This has to be the most scientific explanation I have ever read on radar guns. It is obvious that Roton could easily beat a speeding ticket in court. :) I feel smarter just from reading Rotons post, and you simply reply BS.


A car has considerable more Drag coefficient than a sled does, thus creating more wind.

Ps> guys I realize how ludicrist this is , but lets not resort to name calling as it only makes the thread turn ugly...

Originally posted by permafrost@Feb 29 2004, 10:41 AM

Spinner a speedo is just a guide. It is very obvious to most that they are not spot on as the track SPINS. They are always off a bit just like the tach is.





Your seat of the pants science is laughable at best. If your theory is true. How do people skydive?



This has to be the most scientific explanation I have ever read on radar guns. It is obvious that Roton could easily beat a speeding ticket in court. :) I feel smarter just from reading Rotons post, and you simply reply BS.


A car has considerable more Drag coefficient than a sled does, thus creating more wind.

Ps> guys I realize how ludicrist this is , but lets not resort to name calling as it only makes the thread turn ugly...
thanks for the debat :D i've aquired a gps, so unless a gps is lying, i'll find out for sure! i'll be doing this tomorrow morning, i'll post my findings! i said bs because you never know who is on the other end of the keyboard, unless i see it myself(gps) i have a hard time believing it.... it just seams strange that a sled that is in mph, always turns out .62 of mine, which is supposedly in mph.....i would say his speedo is off, but it always multiplys out perfect....and your right, wind speed is questionable due to gloves and jackets on the sled and short sleaves in the car, etc....i'll post my findings tomorrow SWRules

Hey spinner I was on the lake last thur night with my 97 mach z making some radar runs. We had 2 radar guns and the best i got was 111 on the gun.The speedo said 115 so i think its darn close.I know some of the speedos are way off but some are close to. The runs were done on a smooth lake and around 1500 feet.

spinner, you haven't got a clue. Go laydown.

i just couldn't wait to prove you wrong spinner, so i had the wife drive her car 100 mph and stick her head out the window. sorry, guess you were right! funeral is at 7pm wed.

Originally posted by yoopermike@Feb 29 2004, 11:48 AM
i just couldn't wait to prove you wrong spinner, so i had the wife drive her car 100 mph and stick her head out the window. sorry, guess you were right! funeral is at 7pm wed.
heheheheh :D

Originally posted by yoopermike@Feb 29 2004, 11:48 AM
i just couldn't wait to prove you wrong spinner, so i had the wife drive her car 100 mph and stick her head out the window. sorry, guess you were right! funeral is at 7pm wed.
That's priceless!!!!!

Done the GPS thing, and it's pretty close to the speedo.
Fun posting though, brought a smile to my face!

Strapped my GPS to my dash yesterday. Was reading 113mph on the speedo, and the GPS registered 110mph.

I totally believe you now that I think about it. This conspiracy runs real deep. Everyone is in on it without snowmobilers knowing about it. Just today I was running in the ditch along side the highway and passed a few cars as usual, assuming they were going the speed limit of 65 while my speedo said 70. But for the first time I took notice that their brake lights were on!!!!!!! They're all in on it!!!!!!! I think it's the communists.

Well, if you look at an Arctic Cat speedo the distance from 0 to 10 mph is about half the distance from 10 to 20 mph, so I will take a guess that Cat speedo's are around (5) mph fast !!!

Auggie

Originally posted by yoopermike@Feb 29 2004, 11:48 AM
i just couldn't wait to prove you wrong spinner, so i had the wife drive her car 100 mph and stick her head out the window. sorry, guess you were right! funeral is at 7pm wed.
LMFAO :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: I just can't stop laughing at youre reply yoopermike it's helerious :p

This is possibly the funniest most useless debate I've read to date.

Hey spinner, if I'm riding at what reads 90 mph in 50 mph downwind, when I stick out my arm, what relative speed will I be going. Also, when I ride my bike 240kmh, into a headwind, how will my arms or legs ever manage to make it home?? :p

How did you come by that name anyways? :D

Originally posted by paul yarek@Feb 29 2004, 12:46 AM
sounds like his family tree already has a tap root.
Or is it a tree with only one branch :ohmy: w00t

Why not attend some snow drags that use radar guns ? No question then about
how accurate the speedo is. If that isn't possible, blast by a police car or a Dept
of Natural Resources officer. Perhaps the judge will buy your theory, but I won't.

Hey Spinner,

Hope you like crow, cause you'll be eating it tomorrow. That is of course unless the GPS and radar gun companies are all in on it. Thanks for the laughs - at least I'll be smiling for awhile even with the crappy weather.

Oh God! I had to move this one to General Snowmobiling section :devil: :devil: :p

Originally posted by mxz7@Feb 29 2004, 11:49 PM
Oh God! I had to move this one to General Snowmobiling section :devil: :devil: :p
Thanks I needed a good laugh for the night :lol: ROFLMAO. This has to be a joke, anyways we'll find out the TRUTH tomorrow...I think we can guess what the outcome will be :D

Spinner,
No offense, but I think your suggestion of a grand conspiracy among sled makers to dupe everyone is a stretch. There is no question that there is an element of error due to conditions such as track slip, but how do you account for radar runs and GPS tracking? I think you're way out on a limb.
But I do agree that there is an element of inacuracy with speedo's and odo's that is higher than an automobile or bike.

Spinner make sure you use your aluminum foil helmet when using GPS ,the US is using the latest alien technology in those satellites , watch the matrix ,the conspiracy is uncovered there , make sure to remove BOTH brain implants also, keep the faith brother they are the fools ,not you , may the force be with you.

ok, i was all dipressed today because its so warm out and the snow is all melting. but this just picked my spirits right up.

Spinner you are crazy........i was running 1 mph faster tham my garmin gps with my f6. i was showing about 103 and my gps was 102. i also have had my polaris buddies try it out, there speedoo's are way off but they are still doing over 100 mph.
I heard these sort of things happen to people when there mother breast feads them into there late teens....maybe it isnt spinner's fault he is so missed up. LMAO....

This has been good for a laugh. I bet George Bush is behind this. He's convinced us that we're going faster than what we are so that we're convinced we need to buy more gas and oil. Now we know why we invaded Iraq!

HI Spinner:
Just wanted you to know that I, for one, chose to investigate your theory. I went to our local police department with a copy of your post in hand to see if they could help me out. The desk sergant could not help (your logic was way above his knowledge) but he sent me to the Captain.. The Captain explained the use of Radar instead of wind speed for speed control in this manner:
If a Semi Truck goes past a person standing on the side of the highway it will displace a given amount of air molecules at a given speed and these air molecules will be felt by the person standing near the road - kinda like standing in a REAL high wind... If a car does this same speed a totally different wind for will be felt by the pedestrian because of less air mass being moved. Next if a motor cycle goes by a t the same speed the force felt will be even less - COOL EAY!! what he said next was truley profound - A long time ago a couple of guys were fooling around trying to invent an airplane. They discovered that if you shape a wing with more area on top (a straight line with a hump in the middle) that the air would be forced to move faster across the top then the bottom and the airplane would actually lift upward just because of this air mass movement..
ANyway, the Captain told me that he thought the idea of measuring speed by the force of the wind hitting you in the face would be very difficult. He did some quick fiquring and came up with these fiqures.. In order for you to get the same force felt on your face or arm on your snowmobile going 100mph while sticking either into the wind the following vehicles would have to go each coresponding speed: Semi Truck - 45mph, Full size car - 65mph, Compact Car - 74mph, Peddle bike - 109mph, Amish Hay Wagon (average sized) - 82mph, Freight Train - 93mph, A Battleship - 73mph (because of its tapered hull).
He went on to say that Law Enforcement probably will not being Wind Velocity for speed control anytime soon. He also said that, most of his troopers probably wouldnt let you off the hook for a Radared speedig ticket by claiming that you had you head sticking out from beind your windshield and it didnt feel like 100mph. He said that if this tactic did spare you a ticket and it would be because you got a free pass to the county looney bin.. :lol:

HMMM I was cruisin down a feild and blew by a car, speedo said 80, that car was prolly driving well under the posted speed limit though, you know how drivers like to do that. w00t
Wayne

is this theory is true then my yamaha's top speed is only like 30mph :( that sucks.it's a 600 for gods sake :sleeping:

Spinner, Stop and try and think for one second. Your argument about the whole sticking your arm out the window is so completely ridiculous, but on the other hand funny as hell. When your on your snowmobile your whole body is exposed to the wind(or at least a good portion of your upper torso). In a car, with the windows rolled up, no wind right. When you roll the window down at 70 and stick your arm out, your arm is experiencing that instant force of the powerful wind while your body is still unaffected because it is sheltered by the windshield. Now stop your car and keep your arm out while you slowly accelerate up to 70 and see if you notice any difference. The pressure at seventy is still the same but you don't have that instant force of wind like the first time. Does this make sense to you or anyone else? Forget about the GPS tomorrow, to test this theory, remove your sleds windshield and slowly accelerate to 100mph, no problem right? Now do it again only this time remove your hands from the bars and put them straight up in the air. Please let us all know the results as we are dying to know the truth. Somebody might be riding the short bus to school here.

Spinner:

Open your sled's hood, and observe the back side of the speedo. If it's like mine (a '95 Ski-doo) it has two female fitting on it. When I bought the sled, it had the speedo cable screwed to the KPH fitting. I switched it to the opposite one.

When driving the sled casually down the country roads I was riding, it now read approx. 30 mph., whereas before it had read higher, like in the 50 "mph" range.

The thing to note here is that the printed legend on the speedo doesn't change--no matter which fitting you connect the speedo cable to, the odometer and speedo read in MPH ONLY.

This would explain why your buddy's sled is reading way differently from yours, would it not?

Check your cable location on your speedo.

Btw, can't wait to read your GPS data....

spinner, lets see you coment on what woodsy said......LMAO.....

LMFAO

this entire thread is absolutely unbelievable......

god, and I need a good laugh. Thanks,


FishHog

So this means that if the speed limit on the trails is 70 KPH, I can run my sled up to 140 KPH and not get a ticket, well that works for me :D :D :D :D And if I doo take a ticket, I'll just explain the spinner theory of a snowmobile conspiracy and tell the police that his radar gives false reading and that he should use the "put your arm in the wind technic" right :p no no officer, you see, it may say 140 KPH on your radar, but you have to use the "put your arm in the wind technic" to get a more acurate reading trust me, my arm is 26 inches long and when I put my arm out at 140 KPH it goes back 8 inches, so multiply that by pie(3.1416) then use the pitagore theory and then e=mc2 ...................................... that gives you 68 KPH see :dazed:

Originally posted by dawg@Mar 1 2004, 09:55 AM
spinner, lets see you coment on what woodsy said......LMAO.....
funny stuff! i'm heading out in an hour, so hopefully i'm the crazy one and all you guys are right.... if i'm wrong my sled goes really fast! w00t

u need to stop smokin what every you are smokin and get out SLEDDING man.SPINNER as for your theory come on u really think that is true maybe u need to ride more with your helment on

Originally posted by spinner@Mar 1 2004, 10:12 AM
if i'm wrong my sled goes really fast! w00t
PLEASE do not try hitting a Tree to prove this point :(

Originally posted by redlion@Feb 28 2004, 11:14 PM
Believe what you want , but, GPS doesn't lie! My speedo is off 3mph fast at 87 mph.
they are off,,nobody is doubting that,,,,

Originally posted by spinner@Feb 28 2004, 11:40 PM
that is the conspiracy part. you were both going 45 mph.your sled is reading 120 something, but it's not km..... it is 70km multiplied by .62.... this is a calibratution that i am un aware of. your buddy's sled is going 70 km, not mph... yours is reading some made up snowmogile speed! don't believe me? go 70 mph in your car and stick your arm out the window... take note of the wind force... then go 70 mph on your sled and stick your arm straight out to the side.... not nearly as much wind force! that is cause your going 45mph not 70 mph!
mine has a mph and a kph setting on the dial,,,, now when I am riding at 60 mph (on the dial) and the kph says 100,,,,, how fast am I actually riding????

Originally posted by spinner@Feb 29 2004, 09:48 AM
:thumbsup: believe what you guys want..... do this though, go 70mph in your car and stick out your arm, then do it on your sled....... alot more wind speed in the car! like i said, it is a conspiracy, and all you guys could care less as long as your speedo reads 100 mph.....it takes 1/4 mile for a fast car to get over 100 mph in about 12 seconds, ever go 100mph in your car? ever stick your arm out the window going 100 mph? you'll dislocate your shoulder.....100 mph is way fast! our sleds just aren't doing it, even though it FEELS like it. deal with it, they aren't what they seam in terms of speed......and i don't appreciate the insults, i'm not insulting you guys for being niave enough to believe what your speedo says... :lol: i'm just trying to let you guys in on a little secret of the manufactures, not stir up trouble....like i said, believe what you want, but the proof is in the wind speed!
in a car you have a lot more area deflecting wind,,,, that was an easy explanation

Originally posted by woodsy@Feb 29 2004, 11:48 PM
HI Spinner:
Just wanted you to know that I, for one, chose to investigate your theory. I went to our local police department with a copy of your post in hand to see if they could help me out. The desk sergant could not help (your logic was way above his knowledge) but he sent me to the Captain.. The Captain explained the use of Radar instead of wind speed for speed control in this manner:
If a Semi Truck goes past a person standing on the side of the highway it will displace a given amount of air molecules at a given speed and these air molecules will be felt by the person standing near the road - kinda like standing in a REAL high wind... If a car does this same speed a totally different wind for will be felt by the pedestrian because of less air mass being moved. Next if a motor cycle goes by a t the same speed the force felt will be even less - COOL EAY!! what he said next was truley profound - A long time ago a couple of guys were fooling around trying to invent an airplane. They discovered that if you shape a wing with more area on top (a straight line with a hump in the middle) that the air would be forced to move faster across the top then the bottom and the airplane would actually lift upward just because of this air mass movement..
ANyway, the Captain told me that he thought the idea of measuring speed by the force of the wind hitting you in the face would be very difficult. He did some quick fiquring and came up with these fiqures.. In order for you to get the same force felt on your face or arm on your snowmobile going 100mph while sticking either into the wind the following vehicles would have to go each coresponding speed: Semi Truck - 45mph, Full size car - 65mph, Compact Car - 74mph, Peddle bike - 109mph, Amish Hay Wagon (average sized) - 82mph, Freight Train - 93mph, A Battleship - 73mph (because of its tapered hull).
He went on to say that Law Enforcement probably will not being Wind Velocity for speed control anytime soon. He also said that, most of his troopers probably wouldnt let you off the hook for a Radared speedig ticket by claiming that you had you head sticking out from beind your windshield and it didnt feel like 100mph. He said that if this tactic did spare you a ticket and it would be because you got a free pass to the county looney bin.. :lol:
wow,,,,,,,,very creative,,,,,,

is tommorrow ever gonna come?????? or is spinner busy eating crow???

UH OOH! you guys are right, i am crazy and my buddy has a f@cked up speedo! my speedo read within 1 mph of the gps.....so my sled is really fast at least! sorry to stir things up, i really thought i was right..... oh well, let me go put my flame suit on :hallo1: thanks for setting me straight guys :blush: not sure what is with mu buddy's sled, he changed the cable from km to mph on the back, but it must have been in mph from the start and he slowed it down .62..... strange... btw, his sled is a 97 formula 583.....so what will a 2002 mxz 600 top oout at? no lakes here, i've hit 105 in a big field on hard pack but it felt like it was still pulling a little :cool:

he dont worry about it ...i needed a good luagh and so did many other guys....ant that right puree....LOL.........

If we had awards for the funniest thread of the year, this one would have my vote!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

w00t SWRules

Dont worry about it spinner,just keep hangin around here, most of the people are nice... but there is the few that will eat you up and spit you out. :D

Well, that settles that. And I had a big weekend planned. I was gonn duct tape my gps, radar gun and camera to my helmet and drive like an idiot all day ;)

have to agree,,,,,funniest thread of the year!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by mxz7@Feb 29 2004, 10:49 PM
Oh God! I had to move this one to General Snowmobiling section :devil: :devil: :p
hey isn't that ,,,, you know someone elses job ? :blush:

If you died trying to prove this, I'd vote you as Darwin Winner of the year!

Spinner, did you eat paint chips as a kid???

Actually Spinner what you did was nothing short of a miracle! On my way back from the Captains office I stopped and bought a Lottery Ticket and won $10000!! I just sno-checked a new 1000cc SKI-Doo and its all because of you!! To show my appreciatioin of you I am ordering one with one of those little devices that measure wind speed mounted on the hood (cant remember what that thing is called - maybe I should make a trip to our local weather station and find out what they are called and then stop and get another ticket!!).
So, because of you I got to meet our local cop Captain and get a new sled - YOU ARE AWESOME DUDE - not to smart - BUT STILL AWESOME :lol:
Woodsy

Call me gullible or not..... But man.... did you REALLY win the lottery???

I am asking this as a serious question! :blush:

F7s have a wire you can disconnect and it reads km/h so someone would figure it out.Spinner if you`re gonna keep posting theories like they`re facts get off of the site. :cussing: :sleeping: :blahblah: Oops I just saw that you admitted you were wrong. :thumbsup:

Have to give him credit though, FIVE pages. I asked a question about a clutch earlier in the year and got ONE response! Maybe I have to modify my asking technique!

I'd rather get 1 LOGICAL answer rather than five pages of people telling me how stupid I was. Just my opinion.

:D Things get really interesting when you are running 130 mph on a sled :D man you are really movin :devil:

come on 92 Indy ,the conspiracy theory tipped me off to where this one was going,and it was a hoot .

Originally posted by cat-rider@Mar 1 2004, 06:43 PM
F7s have a wire you can disconnect and it reads km/h so someone would figure it out.Spinner if you`re gonna keep posting theories like they`re facts get off of the site. :cussing: :sleeping: :blahblah:
Say what you want but this thread had me ................

Originally posted by 92Indy440@Mar 1 2004, 08:50 PM
I'd rather get 1 LOGICAL answer rather than five pages of people telling me how stupid I was. Just my opinion.
If I want to hear how stupid I am then I'll just ask the wife!!
Why do you think I spend so much time on this site :D

I think I'm going to save this in my favorites for when ever I'm down. Atleast he came to his sences and saw that he was wrong and admitted it!! Was well worth the good laughs though.

Hey Roton, not that I doubt most of your scientific data, but how does a radar gun measure acceleration? The radar guns I've seen only measure speed.

sure looks like im gonna have to leave the 'ole flame suit on for awhile :crazy:

I say SW should make spinner the Conspiracy Theory Moderator and give him his own forum. Don't apoligize for anything man, that was some of the best reading i've done on this site ever. If you have any other theory's, by all means start a topic, that was great.

spinner, you deserve bonus credits for this, I think we all had great long laughs. I'm sorry if my replys insulted you in anyway. It was just for fun especially the last one :D

If you think this is entertaining stroll on over to the Yamaha forum and look for any comment made by "enticerrider" or "extreeme warrior rider" way more entertaining than this.
Wayne

I couldn't stomach reading all the pages but it looks like it got resolved. Spinner, the doo sleds will convert from either mph or kph. In you case on a 99 600 it just the back of the speedo. The new digital speedos you just unhook a wire and it goes from kmh to mph.

I had a good laugh on this one too. But, I have to give Spinner a lot of credit for coming back and saying he was wrong in spite of all the remarks. He is a winner just for being man enough to do so, while so many others cower and go hide.

He gets 5,000 cool points :cool:!!

Originally posted by Pacer99@Mar 2 2004, 04:56 PM
I had a good laugh on this one too. But, I have to give Spinner a lot of credit for coming back and saying he was wrong in spite of all the remarks. He is a winner just for being man enough to do so, while so many others cower and go hide.

He gets 5,000 cool points :cool:!!
is that 5000 cool points in mph or km's :D if it wasn't for the other sled that was reading exactly .62 slower then mine i would have just taken eveyone's word, good to know mine was right and his is the one that is goofy :thumbsup:

Originally posted by spinner@Mar 2 2004, 05:18 PM
is that 5000 cool points in mph or km's :D
Whichever is higher :thumbsup:

Jeeze , Ive been away for awhile, it was a long read but well worth it :D

Good for you for hangin in there spinner, it was a fun read , I guess we all have our brain fart moments. :dazed:

Todd

You should find your speedo to about 10% optimistic. I have cheched several sleds and motorcycles with my GPS. Average is about 10%. My car, semi tractor, and pick up are +/- 2mph. Strangely though, the odometers are much more accurate.

ok,i figured out that my snowmobile reads 160km's per hour which is 100mph but when i ride 100km's it takes me 4hrs which would be 6.4 hours to go 100miles.with an average speed of 64km's per hour or 40 mph and a head wind of 24kp per hour or 15mph,how many km's or miles could i ride in 8 hrs or one day? :crazy:

It all depends. In looking at your photo, would it ne the guy riding on the left in the yellow? Or the guy second from the right in the red? Weight and girth will make a difference in performance, which may skew the results. :p

Originally posted by Pacer99@Mar 3 2004, 12:25 PM
It all depends. In looking at your photo, would it ne the guy riding on the left in the yellow? Or the guy second from the right in the red? Weight and girth will make a difference in performance, which may skew the results. :p
ROTFLMAO w00t w00t w00t :nimrod: :nimrod: :nimrod:

Must be spring time. I don't think this thread is ever going to go away!!

I was a bit skeptical on reading all 6 pages to this thread but it was deff well worth the time! :D at least he had the balls to admit his mistake.

wow 6 pages and 1629 views. i thought this one would die and be 14 pages back by now. :crazy:

I've been following this thread along, but lost it when it got moved from the ski-doo page...

and spinner, for being such a good sport, i'm giving you some free sw credits i got stored up....enjoy!

yea i never thought this thread would be 6 pages, i figured everyone would just agree with me and we would blow the conspiracy wide open w00t

Originally posted by spinner@Mar 4 2004, 12:15 AM
i figured everyone would just agree with me and we would blow the conspiracy wide open w00t
CRAP!!! I think I just woke up everyone in the house when I burst out laughing :lol: .

ROTFLMAO

Ever ride along the hwy and keep up with the cars and check your speedo they are off but not by more than 5-8 mph i would say get off the hight horse about this so called conspiericy my .02

Originally posted by polcat715@Mar 4 2004, 12:11 PM
Ever ride along the hwy and keep up with the cars and check your speedo they are off but not by more than 5-8 mph i would say get off the hight horse about this so called conspiericy my .02
Seems like someone did not read the hole thread lol me think's he skiped a few pages lmao

hey spinner, which hospital is it that your at? :p