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Re: [St] 410 and Idaho fuel additives



My 01 Sprint routinely delivers mileage similar to Jim Crate's.
otoh, my 00 Trophy 1200 rarely goes 200 miles without taking 5+ on refill.

Jim Crate wrote:

>>I stopped for gas.
>>After 210 miles it was pretty empty.  Filled it up and calculated  
>>about 57
>>mpg.  Not bad but I doubt I filled it up to the same level each  
>>time.  I
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>I find this pretty confusing.  My Sprint is pretty empty after 210  
>miles too, but it takes ~ 5 gallons of gas to fill it up, which is  
>about 40 mpg.  At 57 mpg, you would have only used 3.7 gallons, which  
>means the fuel gauge (according to what seems standard on Sprints)  
>would only be just below half, and you'd have a little more than a  
>full gallon still to burn before the fuel light came on.   I can see  
>some variation between fill-ups, but that should account for maybe a  
>quart, and we've got either 15+ mpg, 1+ gallon, or 70+ miles out of  
>wack with these figures.  Does the 04 Sprint have a much smaller gas  
>tank?
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>>I did learn something interesting on SR 167.  I can lock up the  
>>front brake
>>at 70 mph and not crash.  I think my next bike will have ABS for the
>>freeways around here.
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>I learned this once upon a time too, although it was definitely a big  
>moment.  I'd rather not repeat that one.  For just a very momentary  
>lockup, the bike shook hard enough to toss my left foot off the peg.
>
>Jim
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