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James asked:
I’ve had my sv for 1 season now. I get about 124 miles on my tank or 200 km (I’m from Canada). when I bought the bike it had Power commander . 2 brothers exaust and k and n air filter. is this normal.. I deffinitely dont think so… what should I do to see what is wrong
There are far too many factors involved for me to give you a definite answer.
Some things to consider:
My take? If you’re into riding two wheels for the fuel mileage, get a scooter. During the winter months, I’m lucky to get 35 MPG when I use my SV to commute daily. If I were smart, I’d ride the DR200 for its 70 MPG.
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I’ve been reading Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why, a book about those who live to make it home — and those who don’t.
It’s a book that attempts to explain why reasonable people do unreasonable things. Things like riding a snowmobile straight up a snow-laden hillside under a severe avalanche warning. Or choosing to raft down a river swollen with floodwater. Things that never seem to end well.
It’s a thought-provoking book, particularly for those of us who enjoy some of life’s more adventurous pursuits, like carving up mountain corners or riding fully-loaded bikes across rain-slicked precipices.
And, it even has some sections directly relevant to my interests:
Now, as we accelerated above [the land], touching it but lightly, it was soft as angora. But if my motion was disturbed, then this delicous frothy blanket would erupt into a thousand shards of rock and scalding sand, and all would resolve at once into the harsh reality of this lifeless lake. That’s what falling was all about. Riding was transcendental; it was rolling the karmic wheel in order to ascend with angels out of the temporal hell of the flesh. Falling was to reenter the world as it was, the low world. Falling, we were all fallen angels.
It’s a good book. I recommend it.
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