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Old March 22nd, 2009, 11:10 PM   #156
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Originally Posted by ahskeetz View Post
I shimmed the needles to 3 washers, It runs great I notice a significant increase in power, especially in the mid range, I don't really have to keep it in the high rpm range to get power out of it. However, with this performance increase, there is a trade-off. I got about 42 MPG today, traveling on about 95 miles from my home to school, the whole time i was goin about 85, just to give you all an idea of the rpm range it was around 10k the whole time.
Did you remove the snorkel? http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10090

As Kelly says, this helps the bike run leaner, so it may help some.
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