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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 163748" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>going to go top off the gas today too ...there was a 110 mile trip home last night too....had fun visit with jerry and penny ...she was very nice and the first time i met her ....should brought camera but that requires fore thought LOL......</p><p></p><p>im rather blown away by it all 5.50 spent ...gas 1.99.9 a gallon ....2.o49 gallons put in hooch ....120.4 miles .....as far as correct odomiter and speedo...i check it all out when finally got it all together ...its a 1000 speedo ...hooked up to a 1200 front wheel and speedo gear ....checking mile markers constantly for awhile it appears to 1/20th short ....which isn't much ....closer than a stock 1000 set up ....</p><p></p><p></p><p>there was also quite a bit of town traffic or moderately stop and go ...lots of small towns strung together for about 25 or thirty miles .....</p><p></p><p>this was the first time i checked mileage since finalizing the carb carb mod i did ...to me this is solid proof of the efficiency of a well dialed in carb ....this seems to be better mpg than FI ...stock carbs ...super or turbo charged .....i must have stared at the pump figures for 5 minutes in disbelief ...but it was all right there ...i for sure went on a 3 hr ride of 120.4 miles ...and it took 2.040 gallons of gas ...and spent only 5.50$ for it </p><p></p><p>maybe jerry will chime in he was saying it sure does run well and actually seen the odometer ...cause he wanted to see how far away my house is from his ...and i told him when i left i was going to stop and check mileage after i left his place ....which was about 10 miles down the road from his place .....</p><p></p><p>what a nice ride it was ...one of those cloudy days of no sun but the temp was nice ...got drizzled on some but not bad ...and the night trip home was super nice ride with lots of moonlight ...great time and great figures all in one</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 163748, member: 98"] going to go top off the gas today too ...there was a 110 mile trip home last night too....had fun visit with jerry and penny ...she was very nice and the first time i met her ....should brought camera but that requires fore thought LOL...... im rather blown away by it all 5.50 spent ...gas 1.99.9 a gallon ....2.o49 gallons put in hooch ....120.4 miles .....as far as correct odomiter and speedo...i check it all out when finally got it all together ...its a 1000 speedo ...hooked up to a 1200 front wheel and speedo gear ....checking mile markers constantly for awhile it appears to 1/20th short ....which isn't much ....closer than a stock 1000 set up .... there was also quite a bit of town traffic or moderately stop and go ...lots of small towns strung together for about 25 or thirty miles ..... this was the first time i checked mileage since finalizing the carb carb mod i did ...to me this is solid proof of the efficiency of a well dialed in carb ....this seems to be better mpg than FI ...stock carbs ...super or turbo charged .....i must have stared at the pump figures for 5 minutes in disbelief ...but it was all right there ...i for sure went on a 3 hr ride of 120.4 miles ...and it took 2.040 gallons of gas ...and spent only 5.50$ for it maybe jerry will chime in he was saying it sure does run well and actually seen the odometer ...cause he wanted to see how far away my house is from his ...and i told him when i left i was going to stop and check mileage after i left his place ....which was about 10 miles down the road from his place ..... what a nice ride it was ...one of those cloudy days of no sun but the temp was nice ...got drizzled on some but not bad ...and the night trip home was super nice ride with lots of moonlight ...great time and great figures all in one [/QUOTE]
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