Ok.....time for me to brag. After all the work I did on my A8, with
10,000 miles on it, I got 48-49 mpg, riding like I'm at a race track
going through the twisties and back mountain roads around my area,
and I got 50-51 mpg riding like a sane human being.
I weigh 220 lbs and would go on reserve after about 240-245 miles.
Thats also with the stock 15-43 gearing. The farthest that I have
gone is 278 miles on a tank (I was on reserve for about 30 miles) and
I still could only jam 5 1/2 gallons in the tank at fill up. That
means 300 miles to a tank full fellas!
I just checked my valves and adjusted them because mpg was dropping
quickly and I found them all out of spec, the worst one, left side
intake, only had about .0015 in of slack left. After that, I took it
for a test ride and found that my bike had a crapload more power, and
reved quicker too. I figured that extra power would be good for
about 2 more mpg and so I threw on my 14 tooth counter sprocket which
Elden Carl said would be equal to adding 3 teeth to the rear
sprocket. I've read an article from Elden saying that adding just 1
or 2 teeth to the rear sprocket would actually give you better mpg
(about 1 or 2 miles) and so I figured that the loss of a few mpg,
because I lowered the gearing more, and the gain of a few mpg because
the bike was running better, should put me back to where I was with
the 15 tooth countershaft sprocket, and the bike running a little
weak.
After 2 tanks of gas that I've checked, I am still getting 51 mpg,
and that is riding the bike like an idiot most of the time. I like
wheelies alot ( and boy does that smaller countershaft sprocket help
out) and I drive into just about all turns like I'm at Sears Point
trying to take the lead for 1st place in the last turn of the last
lap.
For the curious, I am doing this with a K&N filter, K&N jet
kit,needle position 2, main jet 150, mixture screw out 2 1/8 turns,
slide drilled, airbox "L" cutout, airbox screen removed, and a Laser
Pro Duro race exhaust.
MrMoose
A8 (Barbie and Ken special)
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "arctec" wrote:
> I have a 2003 KLR650, with 800 miles on it, and I get about 200
miles to a
> tank before I have to go to reserve. Now I'm not sure how big that
reserve
> tank is but with a 6.2 Gal tank, and the mileage I'm getting,
something
> doesn't seem right. The engine is straight stock, for modifications
to the
> carb, so my question is how typical is this?
>
> I run 98% on the street, and my driving varies between around town
driving
> to 10-15 minute jogs at 70mph to adjacent towns.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Brian Sawyer
> Lexington, KY
/Jim
=================Original message text===============
I have a 2003 KLR650, with 800 miles on it, and I get about 200 miles to a
tank before I have to go to reserve. Now I'm not sure how big that reserve
tank is but with a 6.2 Gal tank, and the mileage I'm getting, something
doesn't seem right. The engine is straight stock, for modifications to the
carb, so my question is how typical is this?
I run 98% on the street, and my driving varies between around town driving
to 10-15 minute jogs at 70mph to adjacent towns.
Thanks in advance,
Brian Sawyer
Lexington, KY
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