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Originally Posted by beatr911
Vic, I'm thinking the lower speeds of the Ohio event are probably more real world, for more people that Craigs intended 70-75mph...
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Dunno about the speeds being "low" in Ohio. We were hammering through the rolling hills and Mr. Vetter and I, bringing up the rear, were having our own little road race (whatta hoot that was to be running along with a legend!!!). To maintain the speeds we were running through the hills the 250's had to be running pretty hard to keep up that pace.
It was normal for the way I ride, though. When I get out to ride economy is the last thing on my mind. If I can do it cheaper I'm all for it so long as the fun factor remains.
I'm finding that I have just as much or more fun backroading on my XT-225 as I do the WoodsWing and get almost 80 MPG doing it. I'll have to do a ride with fuel conservation in mind and see what the bike will do. On a road ride around the circumference of Kentucky it consistently got 80+ MPG.