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"riding more sedately but still with a touch of sportiness, we got 73 mpg on our very first attempt at a "good" number". They expect that 80 mpg is not out of the question.
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If this bike is anything I expect it to be, 80mpg is not only not out of question, that should be quite easy
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A tank empty weight of 451 pounds seems a bit lardy.
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Basically my only problem with the NC700. I don't even know what's so heavy in it. Should be at least 50 pounds lighter, IMHO.
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They remarked it took some getting used to the rev limiter kicking in at 6500 RPM. But then they are used to bikes that rev to the moon. I recall that when I first got my EX250 Kawasaki and was riding around town I was always shifting at about 6K RPM until I remembered that redline was around 14K and I hadn't yet gotten into the powerband.
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Oh, I'd have no problem with it, I usually shift around 3500rpm on my F650
The range I use should work equally well on the NC700. I could probably even go lower, the twin would tolerate low revs better than the single (no wonder, I've heard that younger BMW singles like low revs better too).
On the top of it all, I love the luggage compartment. This is why it can be a nice F650CS successor for me. But Teresa's still young with a mere 116000km