Wilsons Sandbox

[quote] -----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] John Huber [mailto:rabbitbird@...] [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, June 05, 2000 11:17 AM [b]To:[/b] DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_klr650] gas mileage I live in Orem, UT and get 57 mpg out of my A7.  It's quite nice having to fill up every week for $7.50 to $8.00, as opposed to the truck I sold for this bike that I had to fill every week.  It had two 20 gallon tanks and I had to fill at least one of them every week.  It got roughly 8-10 mpg     [b]From:[/b] stingray@... [b][/b] [b]To:[/b] DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, June 05, 2000 10:17 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_klr650] gas mileage None of you are going to believe me, but: When I rode from Denver to LA, I had a Supertrapp, but the engine was stock otherwise.  I was running Dunlop Trailmaxes, at a little higher than listed pressure on the highway.  Keeping the bike around 65 mph, I got nearly 65 mpg on the highway.  Only way it could be wrong is if the odo is off.  In CA, I typically got 50, and it's dropped a little since I put the jet kit in and opened the airbox a bit.  Probably down to 45. But there you have it.  Yeah, I think the oxygenated gas in CA kills your mileage.  My friend in Oregon has the same problem.  If you put oxygen in the gas, rather than take it all from the air, that's less energy content. Chris -- Dr. J. Christopher Krok    Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology MS 205-45                                          Phone: 626.395.4794 Pasadena, CA 91125                                   Fax: 626.449.2677 Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com