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35 mpg city.what's "normal"?!
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smearny
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PostPosted: September 12, 2009, 10:27 pm    Post subject: 35 mpg city.what's "normal"?!
is that bad?! i have the cv38 carbs,original on '72,pod filters and megaphones.what is your city mpg?!
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xs1961
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PostPosted: September 13, 2009, 3:20 am    Post subject: Re: 35 mpg city.what's "normal"?!
Thats about what I was getting with my 38's around town & short journeys..Rose up to 50+ on longer runs...
At the moment Im running with 34mm VM roundslides and getting 30 around town , 40 ish on longer trips Sad
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PostPosted: September 13, 2009, 4:12 am    Post subject: Re: 35 mpg city.what's "normal"?!
As you run the bike and get more used to the bike it will improve a bit.
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PostPosted: September 13, 2009, 10:43 am    Post subject: Re: 35 mpg city.what's "normal"?!
What do the plugs look like around town ........like after 10 miles or so... all that sounds rich to me.......... xsjohn
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PostPosted: September 13, 2009, 2:14 pm    Post subject: Re: 35 mpg city.what's "normal"?!
i am going to look after the sparkplug as soon as i got this motor running.that was with my old original '72 engine
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