i hate to tell u this bud but all the magazines do this. ... i dont know which mag but this very issue was discussed and they said that they use old MLB radar guns and well basically said a bunch of bull poo... they never admit when theyre wrong they just tried to cover it up by saying altitude, terrain, etc....

the mags have a tendancy to LIE!

 

red goblin, it was [ATV MAGAZINE] (spring) issue and their web address is atvmagonline.com. make sure not to e-mail "atv sport". pick the "editor of atv magazine.

as far as the altitude issue goes, they're based in minnesota and their the same as wisconsin(where i'm from) and my grizz does 63-64

 

Stock 2005 BF750: 71mph

Pavement, stock tires, two way run averaged (there and back), 72degrees, 1400 feet elevation, 91 octane gas, Garmin etrex vista GPS.

 

no way! ATV MAGAZINE said 56[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Just Curious--- Where the heck do you people ride that it makes a difference whether an atv goes 65 or 70 mph? LOL

 

Sand will knock off about 10MPH vs hardpack or pavement

 

For bragging rights and or out running police on pavement

 

I did read that article. They don't know what they're talking about. they must have faulty radar equipment because I've heard from more places than one that the King Quad can do 72mph and I've gotten mine to 61mph easily I just ran out of room. They need to get new radar equipment so they can stop lieing to the public.

 

I'd be quite curious as to how all the speed measurements were done. Several factors I can think of.

RADAR guns have to be calibrated every so often (or did as of a few years ago).

Many ATVs I have seen have wildly inaccurate speedometers.

Many ATVs have non-stock tire sizes coupled with the above inaccurate speedometers.

I've never used a GPS that gave too terribly accurate speed measurements either. My old Magellan unit was off anywhere between 10-30 MPH on average.

 

really? my garmin etrex legend is dead on accurate. if their speedometers are in excess of 10mph off and they can't tell, then they are much dumber that i thought.