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C&D Motorsports is a great place to buy a bike or get parts. Craig seems to get me parts for my bikes that others say are no longer available. Fair prices, above and beyond customer service. When I buy a new bike, you bet he'll get the sale.
We need more dogs with girls pics Yeah , that color does it for me also Bipper , congratulations Dusty
damnyoudamnyoudamnyoudamnyoudamnyoudamnyoudamnyoudamnyoudamnyoudamnyouThat is exactly the bike I've been thinking of for a second/lighter bike. Awesome color. You need to get some weathered brown leather saddlebags and a scabbard for a Thompson.
Very cool. But you got to get those stickers off the tank/fender!
Bike is proving to be full of nice little surprises. Tank range is phenomenal. I don't know how I missed this in earlier reports by Kev M and others but it's seriously ridiculous in a good way. At around 121 on the odo I stopped to put in some gas, thinking I'd probably see the light in the next 20-30 miles. Bike only took 2.5 gallons (48mpg) meaning I basically had another 121 or more to go in the tank.
Well I dunno whether it was those bikes or my riding preferences/tastes that have changed, but I can certainly and honestly say this '15 Stone is smooth as silk at 5 grand and 80-83mph. At those speeds I have not yet felt the urge to slow down per se nor the slightest bit of intruding buzz.
OP:Congrats on the new scoot! Glad to see you're loving this bike.I wonder how tall you are and how much do you weight. A lot of people complain about suspension, but you don't seem to have any issues. So I'm curious.
LOL. Yeah, you missed it, probably because of my long-windedness But here was one such discussionhttp://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=68237.0;nowapAnd here comes another long-winded post. I'll be curious to hear when your low fuel light comes on.For me, it tends to come on with only about 3.3 gallons used give or take (meaning leaving a theoretical 2.5 gallons left, but maybe a realistic TWO full gallons usable).So when it comes on I've got anywhere from 50-70+ miles left before I even have to start LOOKING for fuel (and that's leaving myself at LEAST a 40 mile cushion to find it).On this particular bike I've worked out a metric based on when the low fuel light comes on (which is an indication of the mpg I'm getting on that particular tank). I rounded the numbers a bit to make it easier to remember.If the light comes on at 150, 160, 170, or 180 miles, I START LOOKING for fuel at 200, 210, 225, or 250 miles respectively.SoLight on at 150 = ~45 mpg, so I look for fuel at 200, but I SHOULD be good to 240 based on that consumption (still leaving 1/2 gallon in the tank unusable).Light on at 160 = ~48 mpg, so I look for fuel at 210, but I SHOULD be good to 257 based on that consumption (still leaving 1/2 gallon in the tank unusable).Light on at 170 = ~52 mpg, so I look for fuel at 225, but I SHOULD be good to 273 based on that consumption (still leaving 1/2 gallon in the tank unusable).Light on at 180 = ~55 mpg, so I look for fuel at 250, but I SHOULD be good to 289 based on that consumption (still leaving 1/2 gallon in the tank unusable).I guess I could probably adjust that upward... maybe add another 20 miles to each of the looking for fuel points.150, 160, 170, 180 means 220, 230, 245, 270or maybe simplify150, 160, 170, 180 means 220, 230, 250, 260But I found it easier to pick more easily remembered start points of 150 and 200 for the number runs.And considering I try to keep this in my head, along with similar fill/range points for the Sporty (4.5 gallon tank, light at 3.4 around 150 miles, means ~44 mpg, fill by 175ish) and the Ducati (3.96 gallon tank, light at 2.8, around 150 miles, means ~ 54 mpg, refuel by 180ish, but theoretically can go over 200 miles, ESPECIALLY when Jenn is on it cause she's no stranger to nearly 60 mpg on that thing).I don't try to remember multiple fill points on the Sporty or Duc... though I do have them in notes on my phone for the Duc. It seems that the Duc and V7 are more sensitive to how they are ridden, as I regularly see 5-10 mpg swings in tank average mileage, but the Sporty varies much less, usually only by couple of mpg. So I only have the one reference point for the Sporty in my head and maybe only one other on my phone.THIS is really interesting to me.I'm wondering what the difference is because on my V7 Stone there was a PRONOUNCED feeling of maybe it was low end vibration or something that made me feel like I didn't want to be on the highway at 70 mph even for the first thousand or two thousand miles. That feeling changed by the second service for sure. Now I have to admit, I also had some seriously crappy old AGV helmets that were not helping the experience, and my new Arai (Defiant FF) and Shark (Heritage 3/4) fit MUCH better and have honestly changed the experience a bit as well. So maybe part of my reluctant feel at first on the V7 wasn't the bike but was ME... but even if that was part of the experience, I'm sure it wasn't all of it. Because even then I rode Jay's V7C back-to-back (swapping off with him that day as he rode the Stone) and even he felt differences. Like the V7C was just a little "looser" and more willing to rev.
I'm left with the idea that .......... the bike could really be ridden far and well beyond the city. ......... I mean it could really do this in a fine and accomplished way.