"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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:
: oh, yeah, and the cute little stuffed animal to strap to the trunk<g>
: What's with that, anyway?
: --

Those misfits were on a toy-ride and got lost... the clowns with the cards
between the spokes are poker-run participants that put the map in their
fancy tank mounted map holder upside down.
-Brian

 

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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:
: oh, yeah, and the cute little stuffed animal to strap to the trunk<g>
: What's with that, anyway?
: --

Those misfits were on a toy-ride and got lost... the clowns with the cards
between the spokes are poker-run participants that put the map in their
fancy tank mounted map holder upside down.
-Brian

 

I don't recall the tank volume on my GL1000 but as soon as I hit 100 miles
it was time to panic
-Brian

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:46:24 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
: <----------@***.net> wrote:
:
: > I'll swear up and down on a stack of bibles I only got about
: >eighteen on my '72 sportster.
: > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
:
: My wife rode her '72 for 14 years until she got the Superglide. I had
: my '74 for 6 years until I bought the Shovelhead. Both Sporty's
: always ran in the 40-45 range. I had installed 4 gal tanks on both
: bikes and they would run at least 150 miles before hitting
: reserve(which was about .6 gal). Lessee 150/3.4=? Hmmm, my
: calculator says 44+.
:
: Oh, and niether one of us is adverse to dragging ---- in the turns
: either...even on the bigger bikes<g>.
:
: --
: Old Crow
: '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
: '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
: ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
: TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

 

I don't recall the tank volume on my GL1000 but as soon as I hit 100 miles
it was time to panic
-Brian

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:tl5m4014ru4j2lrrmvvshrgc7v96vf63vq@4ax.com...
: On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:46:24 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
: <----------@***.net> wrote:
:
: > I'll swear up and down on a stack of bibles I only got about
: >eighteen on my '72 sportster.
: > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
:
: My wife rode her '72 for 14 years until she got the Superglide. I had
: my '74 for 6 years until I bought the Shovelhead. Both Sporty's
: always ran in the 40-45 range. I had installed 4 gal tanks on both
: bikes and they would run at least 150 miles before hitting
: reserve(which was about .6 gal). Lessee 150/3.4=? Hmmm, my
: calculator says 44+.
:
: Oh, and niether one of us is adverse to dragging ---- in the turns
: either...even on the bigger bikes<g>.
:
: --
: Old Crow
: '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
: '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
: ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
: TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

 

I don't recall the tank volume on my GL1000 but as soon as I hit 100 miles
it was time to panic
-Brian

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:tl5m4014ru4j2lrrmvvshrgc7v96vf63vq@4ax.com...
: On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:46:24 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
: <----------@***.net> wrote:
:
: > I'll swear up and down on a stack of bibles I only got about
: >eighteen on my '72 sportster.
: > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
:
: My wife rode her '72 for 14 years until she got the Superglide. I had
: my '74 for 6 years until I bought the Shovelhead. Both Sporty's
: always ran in the 40-45 range. I had installed 4 gal tanks on both
: bikes and they would run at least 150 miles before hitting
: reserve(which was about .6 gal). Lessee 150/3.4=? Hmmm, my
: calculator says 44+.
:
: Oh, and niether one of us is adverse to dragging ---- in the turns
: either...even on the bigger bikes<g>.
:
: --
: Old Crow
: '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
: '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
: ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
: TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 06:43:27 -0600, the following appeared
in rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, posted by Old Crow
<walliscrow@hotmail.com>:

>On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:46:24 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
><----------@***.net> wrote:
>
>> I'll swear up and down on a stack of bibles I only got about
>>eighteen on my '72 sportster.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
>My wife rode her '72 for 14 years until she got the Superglide. I had
>my '74 for 6 years until I bought the Shovelhead. Both Sporty's
>always ran in the 40-45 range. I had installed 4 gal tanks on both
>bikes and they would run at least 150 miles before hitting
>reserve(which was about .6 gal). Lessee 150/3.4=? Hmmm, my
>calculator says 44+.

The road test on the two varieties of Sportster in the
latest Rider showed similar results - low-to-mid 40's. And
every test I've seen for bikes in the same general
displacement range showed the same - mid-30's for the bigger
bikes (1200-1500) to mid-40's for the smaller ones
(750-1000). My 750 Yamaha triple only gets around 40 (if I
don't flog it too much), but it uses considerably older
technology. Now if I could get the 140 to 150 I got with a
125 Gilera back in the '60's... ;-)

>Oh, and niether one of us is adverse to dragging ---- in the turns
>either...even on the bigger bikes<g>.

--

Bob C.

Reply to Bob-Casanova @ worldnet.att.net
(without the spaces, of course)

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov

 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 06:43:27 -0600, the following appeared
in rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, posted by Old Crow
<walliscrow@hotmail.com>:

>On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:46:24 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
><----------@***.net> wrote:
>
>> I'll swear up and down on a stack of bibles I only got about
>>eighteen on my '72 sportster.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
>My wife rode her '72 for 14 years until she got the Superglide. I had
>my '74 for 6 years until I bought the Shovelhead. Both Sporty's
>always ran in the 40-45 range. I had installed 4 gal tanks on both
>bikes and they would run at least 150 miles before hitting
>reserve(which was about .6 gal). Lessee 150/3.4=? Hmmm, my
>calculator says 44+.

The road test on the two varieties of Sportster in the
latest Rider showed similar results - low-to-mid 40's. And
every test I've seen for bikes in the same general
displacement range showed the same - mid-30's for the bigger
bikes (1200-1500) to mid-40's for the smaller ones
(750-1000). My 750 Yamaha triple only gets around 40 (if I
don't flog it too much), but it uses considerably older
technology. Now if I could get the 140 to 150 I got with a
125 Gilera back in the '60's... ;-)

>Oh, and niether one of us is adverse to dragging ---- in the turns
>either...even on the bigger bikes<g>.

--

Bob C.

Reply to Bob-Casanova @ worldnet.att.net
(without the spaces, of course)

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov

 

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 06:43:27 -0600, the following appeared
in rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, posted by Old Crow
<walliscrow@hotmail.com>:

>On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:46:24 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
><----------@***.net> wrote:
>
>> I'll swear up and down on a stack of bibles I only got about
>>eighteen on my '72 sportster.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
>My wife rode her '72 for 14 years until she got the Superglide. I had
>my '74 for 6 years until I bought the Shovelhead. Both Sporty's
>always ran in the 40-45 range. I had installed 4 gal tanks on both
>bikes and they would run at least 150 miles before hitting
>reserve(which was about .6 gal). Lessee 150/3.4=? Hmmm, my
>calculator says 44+.

The road test on the two varieties of Sportster in the
latest Rider showed similar results - low-to-mid 40's. And
every test I've seen for bikes in the same general
displacement range showed the same - mid-30's for the bigger
bikes (1200-1500) to mid-40's for the smaller ones
(750-1000). My 750 Yamaha triple only gets around 40 (if I
don't flog it too much), but it uses considerably older
technology. Now if I could get the 140 to 150 I got with a
125 Gilera back in the '60's... ;-)

>Oh, and niether one of us is adverse to dragging ---- in the turns
>either...even on the bigger bikes<g>.

--

Bob C.

Reply to Bob-Casanova @ worldnet.att.net
(without the spaces, of course)

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov