Re: We're Back . . .
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:22 am
Adjust the accelerator cable to have too much slack and drive it "floored" like ChloeAmskeptic wrote: If I can bear it, I should run a tank at 55 mph.
Colin
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Adjust the accelerator cable to have too much slack and drive it "floored" like ChloeAmskeptic wrote: If I can bear it, I should run a tank at 55 mph.
Colin
Very good idea.asiab3 wrote:Adjust the accelerator cable to have too much slack and drive it "floored" like ChloeAmskeptic wrote: If I can bear it, I should run a tank at 55 mph.
Colin
I shall pop some 'ludes and toke up, settle back with with my throttle cable flopping, and let you know how we do on my trip to Miami.airkooledchris wrote:is the BobD doing the tour out west as well?
back in 2001 when I took my 76 Westy from SF to the Grand Canyon and back, I drove 55 the entire way through the desert. (which sucked since the speed limit was 75 and everyone went 10+ that)
22MPG for one full tank at that pace. that motor had 190K miles on it at that time... (it eventually threw a rod through the case, which was probably my own doing in my novice days.)
Amskeptic wrote:. . . in the saddle:
I like that sign. It is Good to see humor sprinkled about . . . :asiab3 wrote: I've been waiting for a picture of those two beauties together.
Somewhere in the middle of Arizona