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Old 09-11-2015, 02:53 PM   #51 (permalink)
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E0 is pretty much only sold at marinas in NY state. My bikes are all modern fuel injected now so I don't mind E10.
My daily rider is F.I. too, but E10 still sucks.

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Old 09-30-2015, 05:59 AM   #52 (permalink)
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For reference, I get 43 mpgUS in the Honda Fit using the same techniques over the same commute and 68 in the gen1 Insight.
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Old 11-14-2015, 08:20 AM   #53 (permalink)
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I rode in the 40 mph wind gusts of the "Witch Storm" and the side wind performance of the CBR250R with it's Vetter style low, truncated tail is almost unchanged from the stock bike. The wind was primarily from the West so directly perpendicular to the 30 mile highway leg of my commute. The Honda still has the same amount of self correcting where the side force works through the trail in the front end geometry to automatically lean into side winds. The added surface area doesn't really seem to have increased the force from the wind when at highway speed since the vector of the apparent wind is still coming from no more than a 30 degree angle off the nose of the bike. If anything the added mass of the tail has slowed the polar inertia of the roll performance making the bike move less in the shorter duration transient gusts so it is less active under the rider. Like the heavier bike that it now is. Having all of that handy storage on a motorcycle makes it infinitely more useful.
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When Craig Vetter first saw my tail I had the top flipped open where it acts like a table while you are loading. He immediatley said "Now that is how bikes should come, right from the factory". Very useful.
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Old 11-16-2015, 02:22 PM   #54 (permalink)
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I think I met you at the Ohio Mid-America Vintage Motorcycle days (July 10-12 2015)

I had the red Vectrix electric scooter.

Your bike looked GREAT!

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Old 11-16-2015, 02:33 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Hi Ben. Niuce loop around the lake.
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Old 11-16-2015, 02:37 PM   #56 (permalink)
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It was fun. I don't think I would have crossed the U.P. of Michigan without the fairing. I had to ride way faster and farther between charges there than I originally planned.

Of course, my fairing is also HUGE and WEIRD-LOOKING. Love the simplicity on yours. It really does look like it should a an accessory you can just purchase a bike with.
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Old 09-10-2016, 02:46 PM   #57 (permalink)
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My average with the CBR250R over the last four months since I put on the bigger windscreen and Michelin Pilot Street tires I took off of my R3 is 115 mpgUS, 48 km/L, 2.045 L/100km. I see Lucky13 is doing some good numbers on their CBR250R also.
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