|
A late update to this thread. I made the trip- 650 miles round trip. Many miles at 80mph cleaned the carbs out nicely!! No more rough takeoffs until the bike is warmed up. I also kept track of every mile ad gallon of gas. At high steady speeds, rpms running 8-10,000 for long stretches. I got 70-74 mpg out of the tanks! I stopped once at about 145 miles expecting to put in 3+ gallon and barely put in over 2. I saved the logs and locations of stops if anyone is interested. I did this first long trip solo- my riding buddy backed out. I had a lot of fun. The total of 8 hours each way (6.5 moving, @1.5 stopped) never felt like that long. I learned riding in 30-40mph wind gusts was way worse than truck turbulance. Thanks for all the input I received. I can't wait to do it again next summer!!
|