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Old 02-08-2010, 08:29 PM   #24 (permalink)
redyaris
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Alberta Canada
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redyaris - '07 Toyota Yaris
Team Toyota
90 day: 45.54 mpg (US)

Gray - '07 Suzuki GS500 F
Motorcycle
90 day: 70.4 mpg (US)

streamliner1 - '83 Honda VT500 streamliner
Motorcycle
90 day: 75.63 mpg (US)

White Whale - '12 Sprinter 2500 Cargo Van
90 day: 22.01 mpg (US)
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I just put new battaries in my digital camera today, so I should be able to take some pics this weekend. Janvos39 I am very impressed with the work you have done to your bike. I would suggest that your ecomodder Aprinticeship is done and you can now call yourself a Journeyman ecomodder. I am not going as far along the road of aero mods as you on this project. The question I am asking is what can be achieved by closing off all the useless openings a faired motorcycle has? I suspect that because motorcycles are so poor aerodynamicaly I may get as much as a 30% reduction in drag which may get a 10% reduction in fuel consumption??? As C Vetter has pointed out modern street and race bike fairings are very poor, but even with in that they make no effort to get the best out of a bad design! Batman Jr your work on the metro is an insperation to me. My Yaris will be getting rear wheel well covers some time this year, my objective is 3.7L/100km for this car.
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