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Old 07-20-07, 10:00 AM
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Glowing praise for the new Concours


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Originally Posted by bigred875 View Post
looks sweet...what kinda mpg would that thing get? any ideas?
Thinking high 30s, low 40s. My old Conc gets 41 but it's got carbs.

One thing that bothers me about this bike, it's gonna eat tires unless you are really gentle with the throttle. Pushing 850 lbs of bike and rider with the kinda torque that thing makes will just murder the rear tire. Stopping that thing with ABS (I know I'm gonna make the ABS kick in all the time just to stay used to it) is gonna put huge stress on the front tire.

My 9R gets 47 MPG if anyone cares.
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