Kawasaki Concours Forum
Riding => Rides and Stories => Topic started by: JoeRau on July 08, 2014, 09:32:14 AM
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Last weekend I was visiting my parents to help around their farm in NW WI. With the wife and kid off elsewhere I took the C14 for the 4 hour (one way) ride from SE MN.
Sunday evening on my way home I stopped for gas and cleaned my shield in Minong, WI. 209.5 miles later parked in my garage my helmet looked like this.....
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f109/dcso3009/IMG_20140707_113454_462_zpswyrpvqdm.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/dcso3009/media/IMG_20140707_113454_462_zpswyrpvqdm.jpg.html)
The front of the bike is no better!
Also the 209.5 miles was without a stop. No stop sign, stop light, or stop in traffic... which was amazing with holiday weekend traffic on I35 into MSP. Average 52.9 MPG for the trip & had a high of 54.9 for the last tank on the way home! Never expected that with the speeds on the slab.
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Similar experience riding through west Texas on Sunday. Could hardly see through the windshield at all.
Amazed at your gas mileage. I averaged 46 for the whole trip and but when I was on the 80 mph speed limit slab in TX I only got about 34.
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I had to double check my math! I think the gas may have played a part. I always run 91+ octane and whenever possible avoid ethanol. Even a 10% ethanol blend will cost me 5-8 MPG. My average over the past year has been 44. Mostly commuting with a few longer trips.
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I had to double check my math! I think the gas may have played a part. I always run 91+ octane and whenever possible avoid ethanol. Even a 10% ethanol blend will cost me 5-8 MPG. My average over the past year has been 44. Mostly commuting with a few longer trips.
+1 on that! But nearly impossible on a trip or even here in Austin. It's rare to find no ethanol.
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Also the 209.5 miles was without a stop. No stop sign, stop light, or stop in traffic... which was amazing with holiday weekend traffic on I35 into MSP. Average 52.9 MPG for the trip & had a high of 54.9 for the last tank on the way home! Never expected that with the speeds on the slab.
Good thing that you weren't traveling on I-90 or I-43. Freakin traffic backed up for miles! I hate that :censored: !!! Unfortunately I was in the cage. >:(
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Had to pull over and dig one out of my left eye, had the visor up and windshield down. Qualified as a mass murderer after this ride. ;D