Does upgrading your speeder improve anything besides max speed?

Upgrading to the next level of speeder (level 25, 40, then 50) increases the speed while riding 10% at a time. 90%, 100%, 110%.

Are there any other benefits, besides speed, to upgrading your speeder to the next speeder level?


Yes.

Higher level speeders, in addition to traveling faster, have more 'health' - that is to say, you'll be able to take more damage on your speeder before being automatically dismounted.

Needless to say, this is an extremely welcome upgrade, and is the real reason to drop the enormous sums of money on the upgraded training, rather than the minimal speed increases.

Also, it is a proven fact that each tier of speeder looks 11.1 percent more awesome than the previous tier.