hi

i,ve just bought a 2001 tdm 850. the speedo reads in mph and seems accurate but the trip meter seems to read in kilometers. can i reset this to work in miles? either that or i,m getting 270 miles to a tank full.

thanks

It is a cunning and deliberate ploy by manufactureers to make you think that you get good fuel consumption. The odometer and speedometer are not allowed to read under so they are made to read over. Most read about 10% over therefore you milage will read over.

In your case, assuming that you have not forgotten that you topped up the tank somehow, it does sound excessive. I would check it again.

It is a cunning and deliberate ploy by manufactureers to make you think that you get good fuel consumption. The odometer and speedometer are not allowed to read under so they are made to read over. Most read about 10% over therefore you milage will read over.

In your case, assuming that you have not forgotten that you topped up the tank somehow, it does sound excessive. I would check it again.

thanks for the reply but i topped the tank up when i bought the bike and unless someone breaks into my garage at night and gives me free petrol it is the only petrol i,ve put in the bike.

the point i was trying to make is there something daft like hold the reset button on the trip down while you turn the ignition on and of to switch between miles and kilometers?

Why if there is one, do you think that it would read mph and then add the distance in kilometers?

Is it possibly a euro bike that's had the clocks changed? Or a converter fitted?

I would expect the speedo and tripmeter units to be changed together, not indiviually, pressing whichever button it might be.

Does the bike have a digital odometer?

Is it possibly a euro bike that's had the clocks changed? Or a converter fitted?

I would expect the speedo and tripmeter units to be changed together, not indiviually, pressing whichever button it might be.

Does the bike have a digital odometer?

hi martin

the plot thickens. i had a word with my local yam dealer and hey presto the bike turns out to be a german import. the speedo has a mph card fitted in place of the kph one and hence with it being an electronic odometer that bit still reads in kilometers.

270/1.6= 169 miles. 'Bout right? So fill up every 140 miles or 224 kilometres!