Got back from a trial overnight. Now I know that I can plan on taking this bike for the longer haul tours. I've determined the following things:
I find the vibration between 7-8,000 rpms to be the most annoying. Happily once I got just over 8,000 rpms the tingling from the handgrips melts away as whatever is resonating, stops doing it. Happily that happens at about 75 mph, just about the speed that one would be doing on the interstate.
When doing the 75mph freeway thing, the gas mileage drops into the 55 mpg range.
I did one tank on nothing but backroads in the 30-60 mph range, the gas mileage went into the 80s. whoa.
According to the speed monitors at numerous construction zones that I passed, the bike's speedometer, with the newish not-really-worn stock rear tire, is very accurate. That was a big surprise. To see the roadside speed monitor say '53', then look at my speedometer and see '53' !
I had just installed a rake adjustable Saeng 'Wing-Tip' wind deflector on the top edge of the stock windscreen. This takes all the blast off of the head and allowed me to sit there upright with a relatively relaxed neck at all speeds up to 80mph (which was a fast as I went). It would be too tiring to ride back to back long days with just the stock shield.
Nice bike. I see a long partnership ahead !
I find the vibration between 7-8,000 rpms to be the most annoying. Happily once I got just over 8,000 rpms the tingling from the handgrips melts away as whatever is resonating, stops doing it. Happily that happens at about 75 mph, just about the speed that one would be doing on the interstate.
When doing the 75mph freeway thing, the gas mileage drops into the 55 mpg range.
I did one tank on nothing but backroads in the 30-60 mph range, the gas mileage went into the 80s. whoa.
According to the speed monitors at numerous construction zones that I passed, the bike's speedometer, with the newish not-really-worn stock rear tire, is very accurate. That was a big surprise. To see the roadside speed monitor say '53', then look at my speedometer and see '53' !
I had just installed a rake adjustable Saeng 'Wing-Tip' wind deflector on the top edge of the stock windscreen. This takes all the blast off of the head and allowed me to sit there upright with a relatively relaxed neck at all speeds up to 80mph (which was a fast as I went). It would be too tiring to ride back to back long days with just the stock shield.
Nice bike. I see a long partnership ahead !