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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Hoopeston, IL
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Re: 8000 miles
Yep, filled the tank and stabilizer. I think I did that twice, but not sure.
Did not change the oil, I know you are supposed to, but I have always done it when I get back. I should post some pictures, I have a friend that takes a lot of pictures. I always have to borrow the wife's camera for that. Then when sotmething goes wrong or doesn't work I get blamed for it. So I have avoided the pictures for that reason. I hear about how I screwed her camera up for years. Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Hoopeston, IL
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Re: 8000 miles
Won't be to long before leaving AZ and heading back to Illinois. Hope the 250 starts fairly easy. Rather ride than fiddle.
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Location: Hoopeston, IL
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Getting close to turning over 10,000 miles.
Hard to get many miles as I have 4 different bikes I ride regularly. 2 yamaha TW200 with around 9000 on each, and a Kawasaki with over 5000 miles. Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Franklin VA
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I have a 2005 GZ I rode yesterday 126 miles and filled up and the gas price went even lower today.
It was $3.129 the day before NOW its $3.079/ gal! There are 6 pumps at this station and there are people waiting all around in line. Other stations nearby are $3.27 or $3.30's in Franklin, VA In Chesapeake its 3.30-3.40's and VA beach its much higher. I'm at around 9,100 miles and I get 60 mpg riding 60-65mph highway and 16 tooth sprocket. I stay in 5th gear too unless I need to accelerate quicker. Been thinking of trying a 15 tooth sprocket again, but I KNOW the gas mileage will suffer. I'm heavy at 250 pounds and 6' 3'' and best gas mileage I got was 65mpg. Worst was 51 mpg in heavy traffic riding 60 miles and in a 4 miles stretch it took 25 minutes.
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You're lucky. At $3.079 per gallon, that's 81 cents per litre. We're paying the equivalent of $1.45 per litre, and in England it's much much higher.
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How do you like the TW200? I like the looks and style....might want one some point |
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Location: Franklin VA
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In the USA the average is anywhere from $3.00-4.10 a gallon. Now that I think of it, I didn't think of the currency cost of different countries. I know a Canadian dollar is a little more than an American dollar and a Euro is at least twice as much and more. So that's a factor too. Where I live its probably the cheapest gas prices I just looked on Gasbuddy.com for franklin VA and man its always more in Virginia beach city 30+ cents more usually. The gas prices vary from city to city and state to state due to local taxes are different.
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