Speed limits have gone metric...in Motorrad App

[MCMXCIVRS]

This is what can happen with metric, and this was Air Canada!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Without having multiple standards of measure to deal with there is little chance of a conversion error.

The other somewhat ironic error that happened in that event was that the pilot chose to use the slightly longer decommissioned runway/drag strip instead of the parallel active one which was actually used for gliding operations by the Air Cadets.

 

[smswy]

Having worked in a professional career where I had to flip between English/Imperial and Metric, I am equally at home with either. Although, even being from Murica, I prefer Metric, mostly because I have 10 digits on my hand and dividing numbers in metric is easier.

But to switch it up a bit, maybe BMW should add a Base 6 Sumerian counting system. Or is that already accounted for in the 12 inch = 1 foot ruler?

 

[smswy]

Could be worse...

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I remember when I worked with a big Irish lad. Asked him how much he weighed and he responded with some number of "stones". Umm, OK. What the hell is that?

 

[Omega Man]

I remember when I worked with a big Irish lad. Asked him how much he weighed and he responded with some number of "stones". Umm, OK. What the hell is that?

I think one of Fred and Barney’s job at Slate Rock and Gravel was to pick out the stones closest to 14lbs and trim them to exacting weight tolerance and shape.

OM

 

[bmwk100]

I have the same issue and hopefully they fix this soon. Very irritating.

BTW- 23 previous responses to OP's question and only 3-4 relate to his question. People sure go off topic.

 

[rangerreece]

I have the same issue and hopefully they fix this soon. Very irritating.

BTW- 23 previous responses to OP's question and only 3-4 relate to his question. People sure go off topic.

Thank you for the input. I’m now encountering an issue with ride recording, inconsistent, seems to drop the current bike info when I bring the phone in the house and it connects to WiFi.

I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app (luckily Motorrad stores all the data off device) but the software number and info is the same. I think we’re stuck with waiting till Motorrad fixes the problem on their end.

Regarding metric verses American measurement, I always forget which users are supposed to look down their noses at the other, so that conversation is moot, I just filter it out on the forums.

 

[kbasa]

100kmh = 62mph

So, 50kmh = 30, 75kmh = 45ish mph. 200k = about 125.

You only have to be close. Get the 100 = 62 implanted and it’s easy to get close quickly.

For engine volume, a liter is about 60 cu. in. 5 liter V8 = 300ish cubic inches. An R75 is 45 cu.in.

I use those all the time.

 

[gregfeeler]

Many years ago when the US had a concerted effort to convert to the metric system there were (naturally) some upset people. I was all in favor of it, but I knew the battle was lost when I read a letter to the Editor of the local newspaper (I said this was many years ago) with the writer first condemning the conversion of weight, volume, and distance measurements, but then he says, "It won't stop with those things. Next they are going to want to change our money system to metric!" OMG!! It was completely lost of this guy that US money denominations had been on a base-10 system since just after the Revolutionary War. That's when I realized a change to the metric system would be no small effort.

 

[tsconver]

Many years ago when the US had a concerted effort to convert to the metric system there were (naturally) some upset people. I was all in favor of it, but I knew the battle was lost when I read a letter to the Editor of the local newspaper (I said this was many years ago) with the writer first condemning the conversion of weight, volume, and distance measurements, but then he says, "It won't stop with those things. Next they are going to want to change our money system to metric!" OMG!! It was completely lost of this guy that US money denominations had been on a base-10 system since just after the Revolutionary War. That's when I realized a change to the metric system would be no small effort.

Money isn't really base ten. If it was you would only have penny, dime, dollar, 100 dollar etc. Since we have intermediate numbers it really is not base ten.

 

[gregfeeler]

Money isn't really base ten. If it was you would only have penny, dime, dollar, 100 dollar etc. Since we have intermediate numbers it really is not base ten.

I disagree. A penny is 1/100th of a dollar. We choose out of convenience to have coins minted in denominations based on that 1 to 1/100th ratio. On April 2nd, 1792, Congress passed "The Mint Act" which adapted the decimal system for US currency. "The term 'decimal currency' describes any currency that is based on one basic unit with a sub-unit which is a power of 10, most commonly 100, and comes from the Latin word decem, meaning ten."

 

[akbeemer]

I don’t use the metric system anymore. It made my feet and waist bigger.

 

[52184]

I don’t use the metric system anymore. It made my feet and waist bigger.

Yes, but it makes my weight so much lower, so there’s that…

Best,
DeVern

 

[gregfeeler]

Yes, but it makes my weight so much lower, so there’s that…

Best,
DeVern

Yeah, but... "I did the 161 today!" just doesn't have the ring to it that "I did the TON today!" does.

 

[BC1100S]

Yeah, but... "I did the 161 today!" just doesn't have the ring to it that "I did the TON today!" does.

Unless of course one does 2 Tonnes (200 km/h).

And just how did "doing the ton" come to equal 100 MPH when a ton is 2,000 pounds? I know - some questions don't have logical answers.

 

[Omega Man]

Unless of course one does 2 Tonnes (200 km/h).

And just how did "doing the ton" come to equal 100 MPH when a ton is 2,000 pounds? I know - some questions don't have logical answers.

I thought the “Doing the Ton” was derived from British hooligan motorcycle racers…..or something like that.

OM

 

[BC1100S]

I thought the “Doing the Ton” was derived from British hooligan motorcycle racers…..or something like that.

OM

And you would be correct, sir.

 

[henzilla]

Well, guess I haven’t done a YouTube in awhile
Nate Bargatze on SNL as Washington talking weights and measures

 

[lee]

Well, guess I haven’t done a YouTube in awhile
Nate Bargatze on SNL as Washington talking weights and measures

 

[pauls1150]

"One Kilopound" ... easy!

 

[kbasa]

In cycling, there's the "century", a 100 mile ride, the "metric century", which is 100km or 62 miles, and then there are the "double century" of 200 miles and the "double metric century" of 200km or about 125 miles.

Even though there might be metric mileage measurement, here in the US, it feels like elevation gain is always expressed in feet.