improving my mileage

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Horton Oliphant
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improving my mileage

Post by Horton Oliphant » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:32 am

Hmmm. Have you checked valve clearances lately, that will have an adverse effect also. You might want to make sure your cams are timed correctly. Let us know what you find. Alan A13 Iowa cold and drizzly but the flowers are coming up. Some of the early flowers in protected areas have bloomed. Tom Dudones wrote:
> Good point @ the air filter - will check it just as soon as it stops > snowing! Carb is bone stock, as is the rest of the bike. I run IRC > dual-sport tires - great sticking power on the pavement and very > adaptable in the soft stuff. As to my riding habits - I'm pretty > mush in "old, slow-guy" mode most of the time - generally staying > w/in 5mph of the posted limit, modest acceleration, etc. Best > mileage I've gotten has been @ 48mpg. >

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