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scissorhands
10th February 2010, 10:12
heres a link to a guy getting world beating economy from a 125cc bike.

http://ecomodder.com/blog/diy-aero-fairings-honda-125cc-motorcycle-214-mpg/

Last year I spent some time at ecomodder.com and learnt a bit about economy. I was getting 80mpg from my wee Citroen AX. Thats with 55psi in the tyres, kill switch on the shifter and a grill block. it weighs only 640kg with a CD of 0.29 so fairly easy ti get great economy

Bikers in a cage? I suppose safety would be greatly improved. My fav is still the 750bhp 340mph Acabion


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLV8WA-5PKo
rphenix
10th February 2010, 10:16
Good luck filtering in that.
mashman
10th February 2010, 10:20
Good luck filtering in that.

Filtering??? doesn't it fly???
McWild
10th February 2010, 10:24
I finished reading the post that the guy with the ninja 250 made. He got 100mpg out of it.

Seriously. What a waste of a bike.
avgas
10th February 2010, 10:35
Yeah its not impossible. Even the bloody hack work gave me gives me over 1000km on a shitty 50L tank. Not too bad suppose as it is 1.8T.
Likewise most scoots give ya 50km/L
scissorhands
11th February 2010, 19:43
I finished reading the post that the guy with the ninja 250 made. He got 100mpg out of it.

Seriously. What a waste of a bike.

Most people dont realize that with improved aero's YOU LOSE DRAG AND GO FASTER as well as using less fuel

Most top speeds would be increased by 35-40% with a low drag aero body and smaller rear sprocket IN ADDITION to similar gains in economy

Some home conversions are shocking... but the potential to change the face of biking is huge, especially in cold climates and for users of high speed cruising