Author Topic: Finally got my bike back. First ride of the Season! (Read 7866 times)

interfuse · « **Reply #15 on:** June 15, 2005, 11:55:03 PM »

Quote from: "Red01"

Don't want to marry that gal!

It's probably my fault. Whenever I take her out I tend to be a little heavy on the throttle. I'm sure if I cruised around doing 20 km/h (12.5 mph, hey I learn something new everyday) she'd probably like it. Its probably better that she doesn't want to come out. If I'm going out with the boys, I don't want a ball and chain tagging along.

Quote from: "Red01"

Wassamatta wit you? Stormi knows how far a mile is and how much fuel is in a gallon and she's a Canuck, too. At 65 MPG, I'm guessing she's using an Imperial gallon (like Canada used in the pre-metric days) and not a US gallon.

Its not me its the education system (or lack of it). All we were taught was the metric system. The teachers claimed it's the wave of the future.

I've mastered inches and feet only because we use those for all our building supplies.

interfuse · « **Reply #16 on:** June 16, 2005, 12:12:50 AM »

Quote from: "stormi"

I didn't like them either. But now I ride both dirt and street. Give her time to come around. If you're meant to be together, she'll accept them or even start riding, eventually. Maybe start her on a dirtbike. Then she'll learn to deal with the emergency situations ( since it's pretty much all emergency on the dirt ;)) , and feel more comfortable on a streetbike,.. then tell her if ya ride gently,.. she can get 65mpg :)

I live downtown and there isn't much dirt around (kinda rules out the dirtbike). Maybe for her birthday I'll get her the YSR80 I've been wanting.

Quote from: "stormi"

Ok,.. for round numbers so that it's easy to do in your head :)
1.6km = 1 mile
3.78 litres = 1 gallon ( I believe this makes it the US system ;))

therefore as an example:
72.2kms /2.57litres = approx 45 miles to .68 gallons = 65 miles per 1 gallon.

otherwise known as 28.09 kms / litre or 100kms/ 3.5litres

How's that for nerdy!

I think I usually get somewhere around 15-20 km's to the litre.
Low (15 x 3.78) = 56.7 km's to the gallon
56.7/1.6 = 35.4 mpg

High (20 x 3.78) = 75.6 km's to the gallon
75.6/1.6 = 47.25 mpg

Math makes my brain hurt...

interfuse · « **Reply #17 on:** June 16, 2005, 12:23:36 AM »

Quote from: "stormi"

Yeah! I was reading the mpg post from a while back here. It wasn't a big test,.. only a few litres, but it should be fairly accurate. I did it in my head the first time, and was positive I was wrong, so came home and did it again. I guess that shows what you can do at 4 - 5000 rpm for the most part. I do rev her up a fair bit, and can be hard off the line, but most of that was stop and go, with a little nasty crosswinds and a little highway.

That's probably the secret, keeping the RPMs down. My bike seems sluggish at 5000. It doesn't really kick in until around 8000. But I can live with that.

Red01 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2005, 12:49:26 AM »

Quote from: "interfuse"

Maybe for her birthday I'll get her the YSR80 I've been wanting.

Those YSR's are cool, but your Bandit may feel more at home sharing parking space with a GSXR50.

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #19 on:** June 16, 2005, 01:34:58 AM »

Quote from: "Red01"

Quote from: "interfuse"
Maybe for her birthday I'll get her the YSR80 I've been wanting.

Those YSR's are cool, but your Bandit may feel more at home sharing parking space with a GSXR50.

FOOK I WANT THAT BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

interfuse · « **Reply #20 on:** June 16, 2005, 08:31:03 AM »

Quote from: "Red01"

Those YSR's are cool, but your Bandit may feel more at home sharing parking space with a GSXR50.

I'd much rather have the GSXR50. I've always wanted a GSXR that was good on insurance. But I've never seen one for sale here (or even seen one period).

A couple of hours away there's a shop that imports all sorts of old bikes from japan. A lot of rare stuff. I should check with them.

magicGoose · « **Reply #21 on:** June 16, 2005, 11:21:27 AM »

Quote from: "interfuse"

A couple of hours away there's a shop that imports all sorts of old bikes from japan. A lot of rare stuff. I should check with them.

Where is this shop? It sounds like a place I need to go.

If you want to get your GF riding, maybe you should try the scooter route. Much less intimidating for a first time rider, and very, very fashionable right now. ( the fact that I have one for sale has NOTHING to do with this recommendation)

Also, I don't want one of those GSXR50s... I NEED one.

stormi · « **Reply #22 on:** June 16, 2005, 01:25:11 PM »

Quote from: "interfuse"

That's probably the secret, keeping the RPMs down. My bike seems sluggish at 5000. It doesn't really kick in until around 8000. But I can live with that.

Could be. I know a lot of people have mentioned a flat or even dead spot in and around there,.. I've never noticed so much as a stumble. Guess I just hit it lucky? That's why I don't find it a problem to be in that range most of the time. It's all smooth power through there.

stormi · « **Reply #23 on:** June 16, 2005, 01:27:21 PM »

Quote from: "interfuse"

I live downtown and there isn't much dirt around (kinda rules out the dirtbike). Maybe for her birthday I'll get her the YSR80 I've been wanting.

I think she might know, when she sees how much time you spend on it. There's green space in surrounding areas of Toronto, tons of people ride dirt there. Is it just a matter of not being able to get it out to the outskirts?

stormi · « **Reply #24 on:** June 16, 2005, 01:30:12 PM »

Quote from: "magicGoose"

If you want to get your GF riding, maybe you should try the scooter route. Much less intimidating for a first time rider, and very, very fashionable right now.

See now scooters terrify me,.. cos in an accident situation, they often can't get out of their own way, nevermind someone else's. And they're not highly respected by the bike community, at least not here. I could tell ya a story or two!

interfuse · « **Reply #25 on:** June 16, 2005, 11:34:07 PM »

Quote from: "magicGoose"

Where is this shop? It sounds like a place I need to go.

Their website is http://www.workstrading.com/racer.html but it doesn't work very well. I'm planning on making a trip soon to see what they've got.

Quote from: "magicGoose"

If you want to get your GF riding, maybe you should try the scooter route. Much less intimidating for a first time rider, and very, very fashionable right now. ( the fact that I have one for sale has NOTHING to do with this recommendation)

But I wouldn't want to ride a scooter.

Only reason I'd want her to ride I so I could take her wheels for a spin.

interfuse · « **Reply #26 on:** June 16, 2005, 11:42:55 PM »

Quote from: "stormi"

I think she might know, when she sees how much time you spend on it. There's green space in surrounding areas of Toronto, tons of people ride dirt there. Is it just a matter of not being able to get it out to the outskirts?

Yeah, you're right I'd be dead if I pulled a stunt like that. For so many different reasons. If I had a truck I'd get a dirt bike. But without a truck there isn't much point. Maybe next year.

TheKillerB · « **Reply #27 on:** June 17, 2005, 02:17:34 AM »

This place has a GSXR50 for $3499. Yowzers! Nice, clean example.

http://www.jayroot.com/

interfuse · « **Reply #28 on:** June 17, 2005, 12:44:55 PM »

Quote from: "TheKillerB"

This place has a GSXR50 for $3499. Yowzers! Nice, clean example.

http://www.jayroot.com/

That's an expensive toy. YSR's around here usually go for $2,500 cdn ($1875 usd).

magicGoose · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2005, 09:02:08 AM »

Quote from: "interfuse"

Their website is http://www.workstrading.com/racer.html but it doesn't work very well. I'm planning on making a trip soon to see what they've got.

Cool looking place. If I'm not mistaken. it looks like they have a 250 bandit in the streetbike section. If you make it there, let us know what you find.
Regards,
Steve