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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
the brisk acceleration that you want in your pulse & glide or stop & go can be more efficiently acconplished by reducing the weight that you are accelerating.
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True that acceleration will be quicker with less weight, and I agree about the benefits of reducing it. However, the added weight will also extend the glide portion of the pulse and glide technique. While it may take longer to accelerate, it will also take longer for speed to bleed off.
My motorcycle is terrible at the pulse and glide because it's so aerodynamically inefficient compared to the weight. The instant I'm off the throttle, speed plummets. It takes a heck of a steep down-hill for me to maintain speed at coast. The same hill in my car would produce too much speed.