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A day in the RIDE of Ryan Can
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hi all- so today was definitely an interesting ride day- I live in Stowe Vermont and work in Burlington- decided since it was going to be 60 and sunny Id do the 1.5 hour ride eaach way- I definitely learned a ton of lessons- its just amazing how little you can teach but must learn by doing- first I realized I needed to layer up more- and that mesh gloves are great in the summer- but this aint summer
I had a turkey cross in front of me at 40- I got behind a truck and couldnt see the traffic lights up ahead- then I understood what a truck on a two lane road can prodcue as far as wind current- beware all its a gust that will take you for a ride if you dont anticipate- I had on jeans with another layer under them and I cuffed the jeans- so at a light the cuff got caught on the foot peg- another lesson! I also figured out that you cant always cover the brake and clutch with yuor fingers as you really NEED TO HANG ON at higher speeds
It was great to feel like I was learning so much- it definitely was a beautiful ride on the way home I watched the sunset over the mountains on some nice new fresh blacktop and even jumped on the highway for a spell but 70 isnt as fun for me as a nice 45 road
anyway thought Id share and hope you find these lessons helpful too
Ride on…Ryagree totally and the last one is Key!2 today I got lost in the mountains and along streams it was amazing! much more at ease and boy does that wind take you by surprise no covering unless in tight traffic or youll fly off Id say
still trying to figure how much gas I have left- I guess Ill have to go down to the reserve and record the miles to get an idea as I thought I needed it today and only took 1.7 gallons on a 4.2 tankYou don’t need to go all the way down to reserve to know how far you can get before needing reserve.
Next time you fill up, reset your trip odometer (I do this everytime, my trip odo is my fuel gauge).
Go for a good long ride (or several rides) in typical conditions for you (if you’re normally heavy on the gas, stay heavy on the gas, if you normally visit route with lots of hills, go on a route with lots of hills).
Once you’ve got a good amount of miles on your odometere (you want to use in the realm of half your tank).Then, when you’ve fill up, check how many gallons it took. If it used 2 gallons for 100 miles, then A) you can brag about your 50mpg motorcycle and
you know with a 4.2 gallon tank you can easily cruise for 150 miles before worrying about looking for a gas station (that leaves you roughly a 1/4 tank left).Me, I find I’m getting about 60mpg on my 250. I usually fill up at 200km because it is convinent (I’m still at half a tank at that point).
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Awesome to hear about the mountain ride with the streams. I went for a ride in the local hills last evening. Bright sunny, long sweeping turns, and some specatcular views. Such a treat.
matt- thanks that will be helpful- of course today I learned that I am making 48- as I ran out (to the reserve tank that is- and I too have a 4.2 galloner so assuming 1 of those is still in there I calculated on 3.2 and got my 48, not bad since I do alot of start and stop stuff- thanks again- today I learned that the bike is accepted here
a group of harley guys, real ones, with the look, gear bikes etc, gave me the thumbs up as they passed me that did feel good yeah- thats good advice- I am still working on remembering to be extra careful at low speeds too- hell thats when I mostly do things just like [email protected] Ive taken to passing my driveway and turning around to enter form the other side cause the dip and angle are all wrong at 5mph!
and looking through my turns is always a challenge gotta remember that
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