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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Welcome to the forum, Jan.
Interesting to see your mods. I've been following Vetter's latest project, and he also didn't achieve the large improvement he was expecting.
If I'm not mistaken, he blames it partly on the CVT on his bike: apparently the old Honda he's working with can't be geared any taller.
Please keep us informed!
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Vetter here: I am not truly streamlined yet. I am not close to my goal of 100 mpg at 70 mph, into a 20 mph headwind. I am at 64 mpg in worse conditions. What I am learning is that covering over the right side, at least, has made a dramatic improvement. If the Helix could be geared higher, I have the feeling that it could top out at 90 mph or so. No head wind has been able to keep me from going 75 mph! And that is as fast as a Helix might go in no winds! I am not discouraged but the Helix is not up to 75 mph. Gotta start over and am soliciting suggestions.