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Originally Posted by wrenim

After years of packin' behind me, the lil woman spotted an '04 650 Savage in the dealer's showroom.
$4500 later I'm ridin' this thing home fer her.(Yeah, she liked lots of accessories, too.)
Being a picky sort, this girl was made to take the Honda Rider's Training Course.(I work at Honda.) After that, the break-in period for the bike was also her break-in period.( She had a very picky trainer fer this-me.)
So, we have a new rider that was taught right, along with everything she learned from behind me all those years.
One day we're out fer a ride and all of a sudden the lil purple critter shot out in front of me and moved right on down the road.OK. It's *** chewin' time.
Well, it turns out she was readin' 47 mph on her speedo and she thought I was still babying her.So, she figured it was time to bring the lil critter up to 55. Problem was, we were already doin' 55.
Took the time to pace her bike in the next few days with 3 different vehicles and found out that, yep, that speedo was way off.
Called the dealer.He got hold of Suzuki to get a new speedo and they told him nope.
I called Suzuki and was told in 3 different calls that a 10 percent error was acceptable.
My response wasn't anywhere near acceptable, believe me.That's my woman out there on the road with a new bike and a 10 percent acceptable error is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
So, anybody out there have any suggestions as to what I can do with this situation? Anyone else have this experience?

There is an outfit out there that makes a kit to correct speedo error. Just can't remember the name or find the link right now. Sucks gettin old! Any body else know the link ?