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Cortez

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First tank!
« on: January 22, 2012, 09:35:09 PM »
50MPG!
 :P

I guess wind and rain, low temps and a few WOT runs didn't help much!
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 01:56:27 AM »
Glad you're happy!  I know you waited a long time for this.  :) Thanks for the slideshow too.  Now get that dust off the floorboards and tires.  :D  Oh yeah, and ride safely!
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 07:35:02 AM »
I'll be happy when I get over 60MPG  ;D
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 12:08:34 AM »
Yes, the first tank really is no reference.
Mine was around 54 MPG if I remember correctly.
With such a small tank it's important to have a consistant fill-up procedure.
My usage is all over the place, because I had a lot of 2up, short rides.

Enjoy!
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 08:53:27 AM »
Second tank will also be around 50-55mpg, but I've again probably got about an hour of idling (a lot of short
rides, I let the bike warm up for maybe 2 minutes tops, but I ride often) since it's very cold outside, from -10C to 0,
or 10F! I usually don't get over 1 bar on the temperature gauge, and the choke keeps running for big part of my
every ride.

Freakin' cold.
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2012, 02:45:08 PM »
I pick my DT up on Thursday, can't wait. I got the orange
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2012, 04:12:08 PM »
Quote from: Cortez on February 01, 2012, 08:53:27 AM
Second tank will also be around 50-55mpg, but I've again probably got about an hour of idling (a lot of short
rides, I let the bike warm up for maybe 2 minutes tops, but I ride often) since it's very cold outside, from -10C to 0,
or 10F! I usually don't get over 1 bar on the temperature gauge, and the choke keeps running for big part of my
every ride.

Freakin' cold.
You Croatia guys and your snowy weather are all over the TV News here in the states  Last year it was us with the snow.  This year our winter is very mild.
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2012, 08:03:17 AM »
Quote from: fshfindr on February 05, 2012, 04:12:08 PM
You Croatia guys and your snowy weather are all over the TV News here in the states  Last year it was us with the snow.  This year our winter is very mild.

Yeah, we got about 20" here in the east, which is about normal (or just a bit above), but
the adriatic coastline almost never gets snow, and they're covered with the stuff.
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2012, 08:41:52 AM »
Quote from: fshfindr on February 05, 2012, 04:12:08 PM
You Croatia guys and your snowy weather are all over the TV News here in the states  Last year it was us with the snow.  This year our winter is very mild.

Just came to work (scooting), it is -9 C here. Very unusual for Adriatic coast.

Also, my town has been spared, we have had low temperatures for 10 days in a row but no snow at all. Some snow is expected tomorrow.

Serbia is much more affected, it is -30 C tehere...
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2012, 08:20:42 PM »
Quote from: axy on February 06, 2012, 08:41:52 AM
Just came to work (scooting), it is -9 C here. Very unusual for Adriatic coast.

Also, my town has been spared, we have had low temperatures for 10 days in a row but no snow at all. Some snow is expected tomorrow.

Serbia is much more affected, it is -30 C tehere...
-30C is -22F  I can't even imagine it.  Here I am saying that I won't scoot in less than 40F.
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 11:09:34 AM »
Quote from: fshfindr on February 06, 2012, 08:20:42 PM
-30C is -22F  I can't even imagine it.  Here I am saying that I won't scoot in less than 40F.

Well, it is never below 12F (-11 C) where I live, and I drive it every day on a short distance to work and back (<30 km).

However, the problem is not cold, it is the wind. I live in a particular part of the country known for violent wind gusts.

Quite regularly the wind here is blowing 100-160 km/h, in extremes even more. In USA, this is class one/two hurricane.

However, it is quite common here, usually the traffic is restricted on highways for motorcycles and trucks, over the bridges and for ferries. It is very unpleasant because it is rapidly changing direction. For example, yesterday when I was coming home from work, it was blowing head on, so I was driving barely 65 km/h using 2/3rds of the throttle. Then it started blowing from my left side, so it was pushing me to the curb. Suddenly, it started blowing from the right side, and in a few seconds changed to the left side again...

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Re: First tank!
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2012, 12:32:51 PM »
Quote from: axy on February 07, 2012, 11:09:34 AM
Well, it is never below 12F (-11 C) where I live, and I drive it every day on a short distance to work and back (<30 km).

However, the problem is not cold, it is the wind. I live in a particular part of the country known for violent wind gusts.

Quite regularly the wind here is blowing 100-160 km/h, in extremes even more. In USA, this is class one/two hurricane.

However, it is quite common here, usually the traffic is restricted on highways for motorcycles and trucks, over the bridges and for ferries. It is very unpleasant because it is rapidly changing direction. For example, yesterday when I was coming home from work, it was blowing head on, so I was driving barely 65 km/h using 2/3rds of the throttle. Then it started blowing from my left side, so it was pushing me to the curb. Suddenly, it started blowing from the right side, and in a few seconds changed to the left side again...



This crap has been postponing my trip to Rijeka for 10 days now.. and we got half a meter of snow here.
Hope the wind goes away come monday.. I'll probably be going home on friday, might hit a coffee or sumthin',
talk about fuel consumption etc.

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Re: First tank!
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2012, 01:01:28 PM »
Looking at the Fuelly website is interesting that some of us EU customers get bad FC when compared to the American guys. I have taken readings during the summer and winter and it doesn't change much with the exception of long trips.

Not sure what can be so different between their scooters and ours?
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2012, 10:50:22 PM »
flat roads...........
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Re: First tank!
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2012, 10:09:37 AM »
Quote from: Laser3003 on February 09, 2012, 10:50:22 PM
flat roads...........

I live in London UK and it is pretty flat, my weight is 75 kg = 11.81 stones, pretty average but still get crap FC.
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