Re: [ST] Gas Mileage

["Jeremy Witt" <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's a mildly funny story on that (which I might have already
shared).  My pal Marcus and I were returning from a Hawk Rally in NE
Georgia, to NH, on the BRP.  My stock Hawk got about 50mpg, his Hawk
with a modified race engine, a bit less.  

Darkness is falling as we reach Milepost 1 on the BRP and we decide to
continue on Skyline Drive, not realizing the one and only gas station
isn't open late.  Partway through that 100+ mile stretch, Marcus runs
out his main tank.  Switching to reserve still won't allow a
restart...for quite a while.  We pass the closed gas station and start
to get real worried.  

So, as you suggested, we shut the bikes off on the downhill runs...in
the dark...amid deer...and even a small brown bear.  Fortunately, the
last half of SD is mostly downhill (go figure) and we coast into Front
Royal, right into the first gas station we see.  I still had more than a
quarter gallon left in the tank, Marcus puts 3.06 gal in his 3.10 gal
tank.  

We laugh nervously...and go find our hotel for the night.  

I will be sure to look you up, when next I manage to attend a late
September GA rally.  Haven't been on the BRP since 04 and I miss it.  

Jeremy Witt
Newbury Partners
(o) 603-893-3022
(c) 603-475-4228


-----Original Message-----
From: sprint_st@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sprint_st@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 9:48 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Jeremy Witt
Subject: Re: [ST] Gas Mileage

Jeremy,
Why limit yourself, shoot for one tank!  If you think of it
statistically, half the time you are going uphill and the other down on
the BRP, so switch that puppy off on the downhill and save that second
tank :-)   

I ride the BRP quite a bit because it is a shortcut for me into the
Robbinsville - Franklin areas of NC and TN.  Everytime I ride the
twisties, keeping the revs up and gears down my mileage is in the low
forties, but if for whatever reason I can keep the rpms below 4K, I'm
always pushing 50 mpg, if not above it.

If you are ever going from south of Boone to the Smokies on the BRP, let
me know if you want some company.
Rod
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