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Old 08-19-2012, 06:33 PM   #14 (permalink)
alvaro84
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Teresa - '04 BMW F650CS
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90 day: 80.53 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by greenjoe View Post
Put on another 150 miles this week and ended up with a disappointing 61.9mpg. I think a big part of that could be from lowering the bike, it now stands alot straighter when on the sidestand, allowing more fuel in the tank before it gets to the filler neck. Also made a 16t front sprocket & will try it with 38t rear.
Did anything else change apart from the transmission ratio and the height?

(I'm late, but interested: my girlfriend has a GV250 with the same engine, and sometimes I ride that bike too, though less willingly by the minute. Heck, the last time I fell with my own was at winter, on ice. Now I could fall with hers. Way too different to my Teresa, it distracts me very much...

But we'll finally have a taller ratio on the GV250: just a 15t front sprocket, but we fly low )

edit. I retired Ciliegia here, but shiNIN (my girlfriend) keeps logging her FE at cleanmpg (you can switch units):

http://www.cleanmpg.com/index.php?pa...e&viewcar=3503

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