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#11 Unread post by Apollofrost »

Me thinks I'll learn to do my own oil changes before taking a bike apart, also I would need space and tools to do it. But some day...
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#12 Unread post by Shorts »

joe, good read, thanks for sharing.

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#13 Unread post by jonnythan »

paul246 wrote:Mine would hit 53mph in a no wind situation and deliver 175mpg.
No way. Ever.
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#14 Unread post by mgdavis »

Heh, my parents have a barely running Trail 90 in the garage. Almost makes me want to drag it out in my spare time. I need to get the CB going first though.
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#15 Unread post by Sev »

You're my hero.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#16 Unread post by paul246 »

jonnythan wrote:
paul246 wrote:Mine would hit 53mph in a no wind situation and deliver 175mpg.
No way. Ever.
Are you calling me a liar or just trying to be funny?
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#17 Unread post by Nibblet99 »

jonnythan wrote:
paul246 wrote:Mine would hit 53mph in a no wind situation and deliver 175mpg.
No way. Ever.
I don't see why not, my old Yamaha SR125 would get 66mph from an 80's bike. My '05 Varadero 125cc I had up to 80mph.

Why don't you believe an older bike with near twice the engine capacity can do 53mph?
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#18 Unread post by paul246 »

Nibblet99... just to keep things straight... the Honda C200 had an 87cc engine.
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#19 Unread post by Nibblet99 »

ooop, sorry
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#20 Unread post by Nalian »

Obviously I can't speak for him, but my bet would be he was saying that to the 175 mpg rather than the top speed. ;)

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