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Why is the speedo soo different between my R1 and a JDM?

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Old Feb 3, 2012 | 10:05 AM
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Why is the speedo soo different between my R1 and a JDM?

I have a Candian Spec '93 R1, and my speedo counts upto 280km\hr, and I see that the JDM ones only count upto 180km\hr ... why is there such a difference?

I won't say how high I've pushed my car to, but I'd like to know if there are White JDM gauges that count up to 280km\hr, this way I can keep things close to original specs while updating the looks of the car.
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Old Feb 3, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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Jap domestic vehicles are limited to 180 because of a gentleman's agreement sort of thing.

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Last edited by Elgonidas; Feb 3, 2012 at 06:20 PM. Reason: i was wrong. corrected.
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 11:29 AM
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dammit! guess I'll stick with the stock R1 cluster then.
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