They changed it. I have the old one. And they used my comment and have back the remaining litre or half litre. The fellow (Eric) reported original coolant looked very clean. No visible problems with chipping paint or corrosion were visible.
I hope you are making some progress on your fuel mileage issues ? I just returned from a decently long trip of 500km to destination and the same for return. Getting started,, I already had about 40km on the clock and a cold start that morning, as I had fueled up the night before. There was a tail wind that worked mostly for me, and I hoped to make it without adding fuel. I rolled into a Toledo Sunoco with just over 540km on the clock. And refilling showed I had burned 24 liters in total,, so approx. 5 liters left onboard. This was way better than I expected. I had spent most of the trip at about 4500rpm on highways. So I was impressed,,, to get above 20km/L. Coming home,, I got off the beaten path,,, and had a ton of fun on the twistiest roads I could find. Winds were on the beam (sailor know what that means). And although I didn't get precise measures,,, but I rode further and harder,, and it would be about 17-18km/L. Still really good,,, all things considered. This was riding my 2012, ThunderSTruck,, which has a couple of aero mod's,,, but otherwise is pretty much stock. Btw,,, the bags were loaded with new to me bike parts, and I even had a new sporty shorty windscreen strapped on behind me,, which now looks and performs great on Blue STar ! (inspired by @Blackpearl). So I hope you find this report encouraging,,, that the ST13 is indeed capable of some really good numbers. It certainly earned it's Pan-euro stars on this trip,,, cheers,,, CAt'
At that speed your going to suck gas. Triumph Trophy is a different animal but look how the MPG's change with speed
I will double check again today. But as I recall,,, 4500rpm is 108kph as measured on gps. cheers,, CAt'
At 75 mph, I was the slowest on that stretch of highway.
About the same for me Kevin.
I was on the highway yesterday for a fairly long run and turned on my MPG gauge as I was curious. At 4500 rpms, I was near 85 mph and my read out was 39.6 mpg. I slowed to 75 and ran steady then checked again a few miles down the road and saw 44 mpg's
I didn't check it at 68 mph though, which is the speed limit there.
Maybe my choice of oil helped? lol
There is something that is causing your increased fuel consumption. It is not the gear ratios. Every ST1300 has the same gear ratios and they all consume much less fuel than what you are reporting. You can change gears ratios if you like, but it should be because you want lower RPM, not to fix your fuel consumption problem as that is treating the symptom. The cause of the increased fuel consumption needs to be found and dealt with.
The wording is backwards but the example is correct. With no speedo healer the factory ST1300 speedometer indicates higher than true speed, not lower.
