Subj : Re: Gas Crunch
To   : richardw
From : Finnigann
Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 23:32:00

-=> richardw wrote to Tiny <=-

 ri>   Re: Gas Crunch
 ri>   By: Tiny to richardw on Mon Aug 29 2005 12:10 pm

 >  > My commute is about 1 hour each way.  I bought a motorcycle to ease the
 >  > pain.  It works nicely.  :-)
 >
 >   I ride to work as much as I can as well.  The problem with my job is I am
 > sometimes forced to go work at a customers location, which is fine unless it
 > rains and then I look bad showing up drenched.  (I do keep a change a clothe
 > in my office for this reason, so it's okay coming back).
 >
 >   Even on my bike which is a full sized touring (1986 Yamaha Venture 1300cc)
 > I can ride to work and back, plus service calls, plus driivng my kid
 > /girlfriend around on a single $20 tank of fuel for about a week!

 ri> I love it.  I bought my bike about 1 month ago... I've already put
 ri> about 2500 miles on it.

 ri> I'm about to add a backrest, saddlebags, a "trunk" bag, and put new
 ri> tires on it.  Then it will suffice as a nice touring bike.

 ri> I get about 45mpg with it.

You may have different figures with all of the add-ons. I just put a windshield
on my bike (350 Honda) and it lost about 25% of it's proformance.

.... I am Elmer of Borg:  Wesistance is usewess huh huh huh huh
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