[The Atomic Ass]

I filled up the Ninja today for the second time since getting it back in service, so I have actual data now!

A few notes from this tank: I had POD filters and 108 mains with 1 shim each needle for approximately 50 miles, same without shims for another 50 miles, and the remainder of the tank was with the airbox back in, and the stock 105 mains with no shims. I also drained the carbs into a gas can to change the mains, and didn't pour that gas back into the tank, since that was the mower can, and had stale gas in it already. The engine flooded right before I took off the POD's, (icing), and it has needed quite a bit of choke to start up due to my not being able to find my idle adjuster screw driver. I've also been driving at 9:30PM, and 6:00AM. I've also been using my heated gear to keep warm, which eats on the alternator.

All in all, I'd say 68 under those conditions is great. The Burgman is most definitely NOT getting that on the few occasions I've used it while the Ninja was down. I'm very familiar with it's gas gauge, and it's going down too fast, despite it always running lean at the speed I now drive to work, and it getting to normal operating temperatures before I reach either home or work, something the Ninja is not doing.

My next project is to find an old towel or something to wrap around the Ninja's engine block, to heat up faster, and to figure out a way to shoe-horn a mega battery in, like I did with the Burgman. The Ninja's battery is old, more than I'm willing to pay for, and the alternator does not put out enough to run my vest.