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193 miles today. Look who came with. 
Where did you ride today?
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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.It was a really nice Sunday so I went for a Sunday ride. Rode out to the locally famous tree farm where many still buy their Christmas trees and other landscaping stuff. Rode 77 miles today.
Started the ride with 97 miles on the tank of gas. I have a 3.7 gallon tank. I decided to wait until the end to fill the tank just to see how far I would go. Ended up with 173 miles on that tank of gas and only put in 3.1 gal. Doing a bit of math shows that I had another 33 miles to go... or a total of 206 miles for the tank. I think that's the best so far since I brought the bike home new a little more than a month ago. I expect the mpg to go up from what it starts out with when new. I calculated 55.7 mpg.
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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!
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.
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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I rode up to a local car show. Only about forty entries, I never even got off the bike.
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...
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Short ride today. 63 miles Spearfish Canyon Hwy. 
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 .
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 .
174 miles yesterday bumming around Toledo, OH 
Try not to look so happy.....Short ride today. 63 miles Spearfish Canyon Hwy.
Just out for a quick ride before dinner, went out on Favorite highway to Delta Port and the Ferry terminal, which just unloaded as I was getting close. So pulled over a the lock out spot.
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Left WI yesterday rode to Oneonta NY then today rode back roads through the Catskills and Berkshires on my way to Buzzards Bay, MA. Sorry no pictures.
Rode the ST to work and home in the boiling heat. Display said it was 100 until I got outside 270, then it quickly cooled off to 98! 
ChucksKLRST
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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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3506-3468 S Tower Rd to 3506-3468 S Tower Rd
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They all left from NatStoc. You all might want to change the dates on this event. Whatever. We had a great time riding with Deuce.
ChucksKLRST
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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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