Where did you ride today?

Nitesail said:
Nice. I have a 3.3 gallon tank on the ‘96 Magna. At 97 miles I’m nervously watching the rpm’s, waiting for them to start dropping, so I can switch to the reserve tank mid-flight. I wish I could get your gas mileage, but I guess with 4 cylinders, and carbureted, that’s what I get lol.
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Plus an older bike as well. My second bike was a Vulcan 750 with a 3.6 gal tank. I never got the MPG on that bike as I do on my new bike.

On the 750 I did have a Petcock to manually switch over for reserve. On the Vulcan S it is more like many new bikes where there is no manual Petcock. Instead the last bar or E on the gas gauge starts to flash when into the reserve. I was surprised how far I could go on that last bar before it started flashing... and then to know now I can go about another 40+ miles when it does. On that ride it started flashing with a little more than 12 miles before I stopped for gas. That makes it a little more than 45 miles on reserve!
 
rjs987 said:
Plus an older bike as well. My second bike was a Vulcan 750 with a 3.6 gal tank. I never got the MPG on that bike as I do on my new bike.

On the 750 I did have a Petcock to manually switch over for reserve. On the Vulcan S it is more like many new bikes where there is no manual Petcock. Instead the last bar or E on the gas gauge starts to flash when into the reserve. I was surprised how far I could go on that last bar before it started flashing... and then to know now I can go about another 40+ miles when it does. On that ride it started flashing with a little more than 12 miles before I stopped for gas. That makes it a little more than 45 miles on reserve!
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Yeah, it’s older, and definitely a much different bike from the ST which does the long distance stuff for me. But man, the Magna is such a fun bike and it’s really the only thing I can fault it for. Congrats on your new ride. I always enjoy the bonding period with a new bike. Ride safe!
 
Did a Saddlesore 1000 ride last week which ended at 1130 miles in 24 hours, then I got a hotel and in the A.M. rode 200 more miles home. I haven't been on the bike since then!!

But I'm riding to a motorcycle group meeting tomorrow morning, which will probably be followed by a couple hours of pleasure riding.
 
Must be the weekend, lots of rain but managed to get out a couple times during the week; caught up with the owner of a 1969 BMW as a Wednesday night gathering was winding down. Looks like this one. Quite an interesting bike, shaft drive front and rear wheels are interchangeable the guy explained how the bike is sort of built for side car configuration and how the front geometry works to keep things stable.
 

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Been doing mundane stuff like riding to the gym, or riding to work. Haven't taken a ride just to ride. If things go sideways in the Persian Gulf I'm guessing there will be a whole lot of bikes on the road...
 
went riding about 200 miles with a friend --we went from the Atlanta area into Alabama, spent maybe a 70 or miles in Alabama, and then came back towards Atlanta.

For about 30 of those miles on one of the US highways we traded motorcycles!

So he got a ride a ST 1300 because he's interested in buying one of those (but not mine) and I got to ride a type of bike I've never been on before: a very tall but lightweight Yamaha Tracer 900 .

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just an EMR before it got too hot and humid
 

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Well it has been a month and I ran out of German rolls, so I needed to make another German Bakery run to the Springs. For this mission the FJR got the call. Left around 07:00 and was back home at 11:00. Rode down Highway 83 and then 12 miles of I-25 to Wimberger's Old World Bakery & Deli. Acquired the goods and then back up the Freeway to Monument, Colorado to pick up Highway 105 north back to Aurora.

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Rode down to Deckers Corner and then along the North Fork of the South Platte River. Took the NT1100. 120 miles round trip. Left the house at 7:45 and was home by 11:15 before the noon and afternoon heat was upon us. Going to be over 90 in the City today.


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I got the notrun out for the first time in a year and a half for a 155 mile ride. I went through the carbs and gave it a new battery last week. Went up 80 and stoped at the brige ove th holston river than over hayters gap than to saltville for some hydration. From there i went 91 to freestone valley rd to 16. I took a left on 16. Stopped at the north end overlook for a picture. From there i went south to the overlook at the south end for another picture. I continued on through marion to chilhoue for gas. From there i took whitetop rd for another picture stop at the skulls gap overlook. Than on to konnorock and 58 to Damascus and home.
 

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