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I think the main reason that Alan's number isn't higher is that again, in keeping with the spirit of the Vetter guidelines, "The way we really ride", he uses very little hypermiling technique. I noticed several times that he had his left hand in the air to signal an upcoming turn, which is very effective in a large group, when I had already had my clutch in for 100's of feet. He did fill his tires to 50 psi though. I ran mine at 36. The effect of adding 20 pounds to either Ninja would be completely immeasurable unless you ran a taxi cycle for the test. 80 miles is way too short to eliminate fill errors and competitors did their own "after fill ups, unobserved.
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The most interesting thing I noticed on the road was how calm Alan's bike was in rough truck air. Eerie. And the worst by far was the silver Hayes bike with the land speed body work. Scary. I can't figure out why to look at it. Maybe they butchered the front end geometry when they lowered the KLR frame.
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