well I'll say this much, digital speedos are actually less percise than analogs. I went to the dragstrip with my F4i and hit 120mph and thought my day was done (need an NHRA license and a kill switch tethered to your arm) Winds up 120 on my speedo is 112 in actuallity. Once your speeds get over 100, 110 the numbers get kinda funky. You were probably more around the 130s or 140s. I would guess 140s just by taking 10% off for the gearing but it could be lower.

 

your probably right but i just wanted to see if anyone else's bike is more or less at the same speed in that gear

 

im not douting you saw 160 mph on your speedo in 5th gear but its a mechanical fact that this number is untrue due to the gear ratios set by honda with the sprocket setup and transmission. maby if you changed your gearing for more top end but this is uncommon. as stated above speedo's are off by a given percentage, maby you should have the dealer ship look at it or look into getting a speedo healer if you would like to see anything close to your true speed. just my thoughts.

 

i wound out to the top of 4th gear last night at about 142 on my 06

 

same thing happend to me a while back. i was on the throttle hard up to about 156mph and the bright orange light came on, i was only in 5th gear.

 

I really dont think the guy was in KPH, because 120mph is equal to 192 kph...and he said he read 160, and redlining in 5th

 

holycrapitshassell ^^ also has an 06 and he says in fourth he went 142 witch is equvalent to my speed in that gear, so mabey the 06's are a little diffrent.......[&:]

 

i have no idea.... sounds funky to me, i have an '05 and i wasnt aware they changed anything besides the looks of it. ya 5th has some good pull. but unless your **** is broken theres no way. 6th gear hits might hit 160 on mine but thats almost topped out.

 

do you think it's cause i only weight 140 lbs??????

 

Your weight doesn't make that much difference at that speed.