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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on May 20, 2024, 03:10:35 PM
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Lock your keys in the top case or under the seat!
(https://i.postimg.cc/wMpKPtbh/20240520-065211.jpg)
I leave the keys in the Liberty's top case. The seat is never fully closed - so that's no worry.....but that top case! You don't need the key to lock it!
The LIKE's top case requires the key to close~! ...so I'm safe there. I'm rarely messing under the seat - but it would snap closed on my keys if I wasn't careful.
I do have a seat/ignition key hidden on the LIKE after I scared myself one winter's day, miles form home!
Stig
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One advantage of keyless ignition I guess Stig, it's now always in my jeans' pocket! (Must check to see if my Shad box will snap locked - 99% of the time mine is unlocked!)
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One advantage of keyless ignition I guess Stig, it's now always in my jeans' pocket! (Must check to see if my Shad box will snap locked - 99% of the time mine is unlocked!)
Until the fob battery goes dead
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Until the fob battery goes dead
Is it a key with fob attached?
Fob battery quits - put key in and turn it?!
Stig
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Is it a key with fob attached?
Fob battery quits - put key in and turn it?!
Stig
No key, just the remote control gizmo, like the wife’s new Landy!
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No key, just the remote control gizmo, like the wife’s new Landy!
luckily my fob battery died when I was home, but unknown till after I replaced the bike battery for no reason
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Another thing you don't need is when you're riding in sunshine (OK rare occurrence here in the UK) then ride into shade and spot the low fuel lamp flashing! Wonders to self, "how long has that been on?" Checks trip to see 182 miles - I normally fill up around 165-170 :o Then paranoid low speed ride home to conserve fuel and pick up the fuel can before further, vicar-like, ride to the petrol station to fill up. Life's little dramas eh?
Well that was my day yesterday, how was yours?
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OK, update on my last post just to let you know how things turned out. I didn't need to use the fuel can, yay! Stopped for the Kodak moment about half a mile from the petrol station and the top picture records the 190.9 trip so by the time I rolled onto the forecourt it achieved over 191 miles without running out. Dare I go for 200?...
(https://i.postimg.cc/GpHrXtDd/Trip.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HJDfxp3h)
This second photo shows the curious flicker rate that the dash has and which shows so often on YouTube road tests. It's invisible to the naked eye, but cameras almost always show it.
(https://i.postimg.cc/YSwf3GZm/Fuel-Gauge.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4YB94dJJ)
PS Getting the hang of this picture posting lark eh Stig? Thanks for the tutorial.
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OK, update on my last post just to let you know how things turned out. I didn't need to use the fuel can, yay! Stopped for the Kodak moment about half a mile from the petrol station and the top picture records the 190.9 trip so by the time I rolled onto the forecourt it achieved over 191 miles without running out. Dare I go for 200?...
This second photo shows the curious flicker rate that the dash has and which shows so often on YouTube road tests. It's invisible to the naked eye, but cameras almost always show it.
PS Getting the hang of this picture posting lark eh Stig? Thanks for the tutorial.
An exemplary post!
Technical and informative!
High tension (will he have to walk?) fine grasp of foreign languages and their weird spelling.
Leaves door open for a possible sequel! (will he go for 200 miles!?)
Just really good work Neil!
Seriously.
And, for those of us who lose the plot after a sentence or 5 - photographs to help us understand the theories, the logarithms... to keep our interest!
Good photographs.
Keep them coming Neil!
I might skip a paragraph or 3 but I never do not look at photos!
I wish others will try to do as Neil has....post some photos of a scooter, or bits of it - or whatever!
I frequently try to post a scooter photo whether it's germane to the post or not!
(https://i.postimg.cc/dDPVMnFB/LIKEclutch-6.jpg)
Stig
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Thanks for the chuckle Stig!
Any sequel may have to wait, it's raining cats & dogs here today and I only just washed the scooter!
Edit: Getting close. I’ve decided to see if I can crack 200 miles on a tankfull. Watch this space.
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Edit: Getting close. I’ve decided to see if I can crack 200 miles on a tankfull. Watch this space.
OK folks, here's the update. I rolled the old girl out of the garage at home with 191 miles showing on the last tankfull - see pic below.
(https://i.postimg.cc/KvVFM2NC/DTX360-set-off.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Vdj2x22F)
At the point where I'd just breached the 200 mark I was close to a fuel station and I'll admit it, I bottled it (to use a Brit colloquialism) and pulled in to fill up - see pic 2
(https://i.postimg.cc/J7ZdqWM9/DTX360-refuel.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Th29dFy9)
Now this is where it gets interesting. On my UK-spec bike the fuel tank size is given as 12.5l yet all I could squeeze in after brimming it was 10.7l, so, theoretically another 1.8l had been left in the tank at 200 miles or, by my reckoning at least another 20 miles.
I don't think I'll run it to 220 any time soon, but it's good to know a 200 mile tank range seems a perfectly feasible working assumption!
EDIT: OK, I know I said I wouldn't, but I'm approaching the end of this tankful so I'm going for 220! Any bets on it out there?
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That's the one thing I dislike about my new ('23) People S 150. The fuel tank is only 1.6 gallons. Supposed to get 80+ MPG, but it's still not broken in yet. I'm always topping it off way before the gage is that low.
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That's the one thing I dislike about my new ('23) People S 150. The fuel tank is only 1.6 gallons. Supposed to get 80+ MPG, but it's still not broken in yet. I'm always topping it off way before the gage is that low.
My experience with new Kymco engines is that you need to reach c3,000 miles before you hit peak mpg?
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My experience with new Kymco engines is that you need to reach c3,000 miles before you hit peak mpg?
No idea what my MPG's are.
I quit checking years ago.
I guess if my mail box was in Wyoming - that'd be a problem here in Ohio.
Too often I found myself out riding before quality (Top-Tier) gas stations were open.
I top up before or after every ride from gas can at home - kept full of SHELL Nitro 93.
Stig
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Bit OCD about it I suppose, but I do like to keep track, using the Fuelly App.
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That's the one thing I dislike about my new ('23) People S 150. The fuel tank is only 1.6 gallons. Supposed to get 80+ MPG, but it's still not broken in yet. I'm always topping it off way before the gage is that low.
that's 50% (½gal) more than the K-Pipe's 1.1 gallon, it is tiny even for the 125cc that sips about a gallon every hundred miles.
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Worse bike I ever came across for range was a pal's Suzuki TL1000S which had a tank range of 90 miles max when used spiritedly! We quickly learned where all the fuel stations were in remote areas.
BTW, when googling for the exact model number, I was reminded of the fact it became known as the "Widow maker": The Suzuki TL1000S was introduced by Suzuki in 1997 in order to compete with the Ducati 916 in World Superbike Championship. A prominent journalist was killed on a TLS during a tank-slapping incident with his wife as a witness. This earned the bike its reputation of a widow maker.
(In a circular twist of fate, it was a Ducati 748 which my pal died on.)
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Worse bike I ever came across for range was a pal's Suzuki TL1000S which had a tank range of 90 miles max when used spiritedly! We quickly learned where all the fuel stations were in remote areas.
BTW, when googling for the exact model number, I was reminded of the fact it became known as the "Widow maker": The Suzuki TL1000S was introduced by Suzuki in 1997 in order to compete with the Ducati 916 in World Superbike Championship. A prominent journalist was killed on a TLS during a tank-slapping incident with his wife as a witness. This earned the bike its reputation of a widow maker.
(In a circular twist of fate, it was a Ducati 748 which my pal died on.)
I have a friend that used to have a TLS, lot of helium in the front tire, He ran out of gas in 75 miles once.
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That does not surprise me one bit Randy.
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OK, I know I said I wouldn't, but I'm approaching the end of this tankful so I'm going for 220! Any bets on it out there? Should be able to let you know in about a week.
(I'm a wuss though so I've stashed a litre of fuel in the top case!)
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a buddy and I used to see how far we could go in our old Company vans we used to drive. There's a special kind of thrill to see the needle pegged into the red zone below Empty! Go for it, Neil!
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Hawk, you're a baaad influence!
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Hawk, you're a baaad influence!
Wasn't there a caution about running an EFI until empty?
Plus, overheating an in-tank fuel pump?
Mom
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I'll take advice on that!
Academic at the moment as I'm taking advantage of good weather to give the Triumph a few runs...
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OK, I know I said I wouldn't, but I'm approaching the end of this tankful so I'm going for 220! Any bets on it out there? Should be able to let you know in about a week.
Final Update: I pulled onto the station forecourt after the engine had begun stuttering (or was that my imagination?) with 211.1 miles on the odometer and it took 12.11 litres to brim it on the centre stand. So, 0.39l left in the tank ish! Indicates I could have cracked the 220 mark, maybe, but that was close enough for my nerves. I now know that a 200 mile range is a workable assumption and my experiments on determining absolute range are hereby ended. It's been informative though.
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Final Update: I pulled onto the station forecourt after the engine had begun stuttering (or was that my imagination?) with 211.1 miles on the odometer and it took 12.11 litres to brim it on the centre stand. So, 0.39l left in the tank ish! Indicates I could have cracked the 220 mark, maybe, but that was close enough for my nerves. I now know that a 200 mile range is a workable assumption and my experiments on determining absolute range are hereby ended. It's been informative though.
Ran out of gas one time, only. ( I was just getting used to a VW that had lousy gas mileage - like 14-16mpg sometimes)
New 1980 Vanagon. Slow lane 1-70.
Exit ramp right there, in front of me!
Took it out of gear and coasted, and there was a Shell station at the bottom of the ramp!
Rolled in there in Stealth Mode!
Stig
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Ran out of gas one time, only. ( I was just getting used to a VW that had lousy gas mileage - like 14-16mpg sometimes)
New 1980 Vanagon. Slow lane 1-70.
Exit ramp right there, in front of me!
Took it out of gear and coasted, and there was a Shell station at the bottom of the ramp!
Rolled in there in Stealth Mode!
Stig
I ran out of gas in my Vanagon once, bout a mile from a gas station, had about a half gallon of 50:1 mix chainsaw gas, smoked but got me to the gas station
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I ran out of gas in my Vanagon once, bout a mile from a gas station, had about a half gallon of 50:1 mix chainsaw gas, smoked but got me to the gas station
Funny you mention that Randy. My litre bottle of fuel was old 20:1 2T dirt bike mix which I emptied in before topping it back up with clean new unleaded. Figured it would make the DTX smell nice!