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mitchedwards

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decreasing gas milage
« on: October 28, 2008, 07:07:42 PM »
My agility 125 has just over 1000 miles on it.  I have noticed that my milage has went from 80-90 mpg down to the 70's.

I have not had any change to my riding habits.  Any idea what could be going on?

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Re: decreasing gas milage
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2008, 07:14:27 PM »
Could be the weather, especially if you do mostly short trips (choke on more of the time) or. although it's way to early mileage wise, the belt is worn.
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Re: decreasing gas milage
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2008, 07:38:10 PM »
How could I tell if the belt is worn?

I have been wondering if I had a bad spark plug?  Sometime I feel lthe engine running rough on my commute (15 mile 1 way)

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Re: decreasing gas milage
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2008, 01:41:15 AM »
Funny you should ask about decreasing gas mileage I kind of noticed the same thing. I think  you are probably (and me too) riding full throttle more than you use to.

I have 1200km on my scooter and I tend to ride it full throttle more and more. It is just an underpowered vehicle and what felt fast at half throttle now feels slow at full  ;D

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Re: decreasing gas milage
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2008, 01:58:36 AM »
I think part of it may be twisting the trottle more, but I also had been using cheap gas.  I've run 2 tanks of higher octane gas through it and my mileage went from 72MPG to 86 MPG.  I'm still keeping a eye on it and may bring it in for a tuneup to make sure everything is OK

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