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Old 07-21-2013, 06:55 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by naturalextraction View Post
I will be taking a trip in a few weeks which will put me at about 2800ft so I'll be curious how I do.
Our higher altitude trips usually give good FE, though it has nothing to do with the carb setting - one bike is carb'd with factory settings, the other is EFI. Less dense air probably helps, and gliding downhills is there too...
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