Buddy 125 Speedometer 55 Red

phatch · Post by **phatch** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:10 pm

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'Sup with the "55" on the speedometer being red? Is this Genuine's way of telling me not to go faster than this? Is this like redlining the RPMs?

pdxrita · Post by **pdxrita** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:05 pm

That's a relic of the National 55 MPH speed limit law, which is no longer in effect. At one point in time, the NHTSA required that all speedometers have the 55 emphasized. I don't think that's the law anymore, but I guess some speedo manufacturers have just continued with it. If you look, many car speedos are marked in the same way.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:22 pm

I think it's kind of cool anyway, as most non-scooter folks consider it a miracle that it goes that fast

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Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:58 pm

Except we're really not going that fast.
55 mph = ~45 bmph.

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:16 pm

eh, mine goes to the 65bmh easily enough, so I go with it

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phatch · Post by **phatch** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:20 am

pdxrita wrote:That's a relic of the National 55 MPH speed limit law, which is no longer in effect. At one point in time, the NHTSA required that all speedometers have the 55 emphasized. I don't think that's the law anymore, but I guess some speedo manufacturers have just continued with it. If you look, many car speedos are marked in the same way.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law

Aha! What would I have done without you

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:06 am

I had one person look at the speedometer on my Buddy 50, saw that it went up to 80mph, and just laughed.

phatch · Post by **phatch** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:21 am

TVB wrote:I had one person look at the speedometer on my Buddy 50, saw that it went up to 80mph, and just laughed.

Yeah, the speedo on my 626 back in high school went up to like 160... please. At least you can get close on a buddy.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:08 am

simple: a red 55mph is faster

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:55 am

phatch wrote:
TVB wrote:I had one person look at the speedometer on my Buddy 50, saw that it went up to 80mph, and just laughed.
Yeah, the speedo on my 626 back in high school went up to like 160... please. At least you can get close on a buddy.

Not on a 50.