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Posted by Bob Nixon on July 5, 2008, 2:08 am
ws:1ijgzkg.12ev23phfunajN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk...> Lew <no...@not=
mindspring.invalid.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Any big bike will do 50mpg if you ride it slowly enough.
>
> > --
> > BMW K1100LT =A0Ducati 750SS =A0Yamaha XT600E =A0Honda CB400F & SH50
> > chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
> > "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
> > and hassle for no tangible benefit."
>
> That 1979 CBX I own, gets about 27 mpg, yet it runs perfect. Perhaps a ta=
d
> rich. The carbs are something I don't want to fuck with until I have to.
> And, no matter what, I don't think I could ever get 50mph out of it.
>
> --
> Rev. Thumper Rabbitt
>
> Minister and Prophet,
> Church of Rec.Motorcycles=AE.
I rode the old CBX-6's (a friends) even at the drags but damed if I
can remember the range or mikeage, However a four would more easily
make 50MPG than a six (my 78 GS-1000 would do 50MPG) just due to six
carbs and higher friction, Not to mention they were a bit more high
strung than the fours in the late seventies, "Suzuki GS-1000, Kawasaki
1000 & Yamaha SX1100".My guess is 40MPG at normal SOCAL freeway
speeds. I have a collector acquaintance that has one but rarely ever
runs it He also has one of those Kwak sporty inline sixes and a
Benneli SI with twin 430 drive chains.The engine on the Benneli Six
looks like it was modeled from an old Honda CBR 550 with two extra
cylinders.
Bob Nixon..
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