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Subject:Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy
From:westydriver
Date:Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:04:26 -0600

my 82 westy  with slightly undersized tires doesnt read that high at
those rpms.  havent been up to that speed for a few weeks but if i
remember right  my speedo and tach both hit max/red at the about the
same  time which would mean about 80  at 5k  and 70 at about 4100 on my
speedo/tach.
jimt
On Thursday, Oct 3, 2002, at 18:42 America/Denver, Vanagon man wrote:

> Your speedo is off.  No way you are going 70 with 3300 rpms. Have
> driven too
> many of them to believe that...........
>> After speed is reached (70 mph at 3300 rpms) it will still respond
>> pretty
>> good.
>