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slowed to ~55-65mph & holy crap that's good for 5-7mpg
43-45mpg vs. 38-40
she must be an oil/gas burner for sure around the rings. Don't want this to be my problem after summer....I'll just keep topping it off, drop the price, and disclose it to the next buyer. By then I'm guessing I'll be at 50,000+ miles anywho so I can't imagine it's worth too much by then...hopefully with all hard cases + new tires + madstad + sargent seat will be worth something to someone.
tried a wee bit of dirty on the street shinkos
to be honest, it felt about the same as the 85/15ish Metzeler Tourance
I figure in the range the bike is being used (hard pack fire road), they are fine. Unless I was doing more steep/technical stuff that required the traction of a knobby (think TKC) I can keep riding on these. A buddy told me the bikes are fine off road...just need to visualize where you want it to be and not be afraid to practice until it's there. Still afraid to drop it though...
otherwise, I think I'm ~1,500 on the new rear tire...budgeting to replace this within a few months before touring + selling
Read up on emulators and fork seals here:
Replacing Front Fork Oil Seals | Black Lab Adventures
Made me think:
1.) I'd never pull out an emulator after installation to fiddle with it - not worth buying
2.) maybe I can do the fork seals myself. Mostly just looks like a "take everything apart, swap pieces, put it all back together"
maybe
it's been high 40's/low 50's at night. Rain suit + under armor base layer + madstad + OEM hand guards = mostly toasty except hands. Need heated grips.