Don in Lodi said:
Right at 45mpg, awesome. 260 miles would have been fun with a liter of fuel in a saddlebag. What did your dash say you were getting?
My theory on engine braking is that it's the compression of the mostly empty spaces in the combustion chambers as you decelerate with the throttles closed that cause the feeling of engine braking, or decel. Me, I'd like a little more engine braking, I guess you could ramp up the advance to just short of pre-ignition to get more load on decel.
Anyway, under acceleration, friction and enertia are pretty much the biggies for slowing a motor down, no braking per-say. All the empty spaces are filled with a 14.7 to 1 ratio of air to fuel just waiting to go boom.
That is a better theory.
Could be now that all the factory restricting programs have been dumped I am pulling a few extra miles out of the tank?
Highway speed 70 to 75 mph Dash is showing AVG 49 to 50 mpg, reserve hits at 204 miles now.
Before the flash it would show 39 to 45 mpg, reserve would pop on at 177 180 miles.
It dose not need much twist of the right hand to get it to move along now, in S mode if I wanted to and hit it from a dead stop I can feel it would easily pull the front end off the ground.
After over 30k on the bike I need to change my riding habits, it is like another bike now needing to use the front pads more. I am glad I have a new set of EBC's hanging on the wall..
I have to admit I miss a little engine break, but she sure is smooth in T mode on flat road S mode pulling up hills in the mountains is stunning.
I am running stock I can only imagine what it would do if it had unrestricted flow!
Now we will see how this changes next week (if Mr weather is forgiving) when I load it up with all my travel gear and hit the super slab, planing on Ouray 550 then Grand Junction I-70 to 128 to Moab. :-\
