An on-board limiter protects the woofer's driver being over-powered and maintains clean and undistorted sound, at any output level.

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It does have some interesting lights in the console to let you know you've hit the rev limiter, however.

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Mr Carter said the lorry's rating capacity limiter, which measures lifting operations, and its emergency stop buttons were not working.

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However, according to enthusiasts' online forums, it's a simple matter to recode the powertrain software to eliminate the speed limiter entirely.

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Kovalainen revealed later that he had accidentally hit the pit lane speed limiter button while removing an oil-smeared tear-off from his visor.

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Brammo don't even quote a 0 - 60 time for the bike, probably because with its 50mph limiter it'll never get there, but suffice it to say you shouldn't expect to win many races at the lights whilst straddling one.

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