OK I said I'd take Mrs merv's Dr out for a blat and measure the fuel use carefully. I didn't have time to do too much in the end I blatted up and down all sorts of roads inlcuding Paekak Hill in our typical gentle wind - yeah right - requiring quite a bit of throttle. Gave it a few fast bursts too - up to 150km/hr - on closed roads under controlled conditions of course. In the end I went 91.4km between fuel stops - absolutely filled it to the brim both times which when I put the cap on made it spill a bit so probably lost a few kms if you know what I mean. All I could get in the tank was 4.22 litres - so that is 21.66km/litre. Like I'd said earlier I knew it does better than 20/litre even two up it does something like that.
Mrs merv's DR is stock standard bar the 1 tooth less on the front sprocket and it runs like a charm so we have no problems with it being as lean as it is except you have to warm it well before you shut the choke off.
Anyway when I got to the top of Paekak Hill there were a few bikers there - most looked a bit vague when I said I'd put some photos up on KiwiBiker except one who came forward to let me know he was crazybigal. There was an old VF Honda there looking in very good nick too.
Enjoy the pics. Always have my camera eh, that's the beauty of having a Ventura bag to carry stuff in ... and no that's not my VFR.
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