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Old 07-08-2011, 01:15 AM   #14 (permalink)
redyaris
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redyaris - '07 Toyota Yaris
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90 day: 45.54 mpg (US)

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

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

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Varn The Honda VT500 has a 52 degree V that makes any thought about changing carbs complex due to space and shape. What you have done with your 700 Verago sound like something I would like to do... I'm thinking...?
dcb I agree; the lower mass of a motocycle generate less momentum [ M = mass x velocity] and has a larger Cd, which together yeald shorter coasting distances. I do recall that as the speed droped the coasting got better, specialy below 50km/hr [30mph], when coasting to a stop on the paved sholder. The problem was that there was just enough traffic to make that slow a speed ill advised, and my plan for the trip was to average 60mph.
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