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Re: [St] 410 and Idaho fuel additives
- Subject: Re: [St] 410 and Idaho fuel additives
- From: Rusty Ford <rford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:04:24 -0400
My 01 Sprint routinely delivers mileage similar to Jim Crate's.
otoh, my 00 Trophy 1200 rarely goes 200 miles without taking 5+ on refill.
Jim Crate wrote:
>>I stopped for gas.
>>After 210 miles it was pretty empty. Filled it up and calculated
>>about 57
>>mpg. Not bad but I doubt I filled it up to the same level each
>>time. I
>>
>>
>
>I find this pretty confusing. My Sprint is pretty empty after 210
>miles too, but it takes ~ 5 gallons of gas to fill it up, which is
>about 40 mpg. At 57 mpg, you would have only used 3.7 gallons, which
>means the fuel gauge (according to what seems standard on Sprints)
>would only be just below half, and you'd have a little more than a
>full gallon still to burn before the fuel light came on. I can see
>some variation between fill-ups, but that should account for maybe a
>quart, and we've got either 15+ mpg, 1+ gallon, or 70+ miles out of
>wack with these figures. Does the 04 Sprint have a much smaller gas
>tank?
>
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>>I did learn something interesting on SR 167. I can lock up the
>>front brake
>>at 70 mph and not crash. I think my next bike will have ABS for the
>>freeways around here.
>>
>>
>
>I learned this once upon a time too, although it was definitely a big
>moment. I'd rather not repeat that one. For just a very momentary
>lockup, the bike shook hard enough to toss my left foot off the peg.
>
>Jim
>
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