05-04-12, 07:55 AM
(04-04-12, 06:18 PM)dazza link Wrote:Have got to say towards the end it felt so light and flickable it felt like a different bike. You really must try this.
I had my bike Ivanised last year and it as brought out more of the hooligan in me resulting in noticeably less MPG, before I used to average 160 miles until the light came on now it's more like 140, I am a big bloke though which doesn't help. However I went out last weekend when finding petrol was scarce and purposefully kept the revs down, probably averaging 3-4k, I still had good fun through the twisties, the relaxed pace meant I could take in more of the scenery, and I managed around 55mpg over 105 miles.
The comment about the bike feeling more flickable on an empty tank makes me wander if you've not yet done anything with your steering geometry to help with this such as drop the forks through the yoke or fit a jack-up kit. Coming from sportsbikes I really disliked the slow handling of my Gen1 on standard settings, a £15 jack-up kit and dropping the forks through the yoke made it feel like a different bike, now I have a Nitron shock and have raised the ride height a bit more the bike is easily as responsive as my earlier sportsbikes.