Arctic, brown moose, 60mpg

[Bungie]

Went for a follow your nose ride on a sunny Sunday after 3 days of rain.

Well, not quite the arctic, but the water knows which way to go.

I finally saw a brown moose. I've seen perhaps a hundred mooses.. er.. moosii.. uh.. moose. Not one has been brown like the ones you see in pictures. Usually black for very dark gray. Well I finally saw a brown one! Must'a been on its way to the Sunday night moose dances in Gogama.

The bike, after the tune up, is getting incredible gas mileage. Last weekend I rode back from the UpperCan 400 avg about 70mph. Got 57mpg! Today, I'm at 375km and STILL have 3 bars showing. Extrapolating it out to say, 425km for the tank (conservative guess) that's 60mpg! Sweet!

But it's making it extremely hard to justify buying a little two-fitty something something for better gas mileage!

Now back to the IBR coverage.

 

[wheatonFJR]

So...looking at that bilingual sign...

...is "bear" the French word for "moose"?

 

[charismaticmegafauna]

I finally saw a brown moose. I've seen perhaps a hundred mooses.. er.. moosii.. uh.. moose. Not one has been brown like the ones you see in pictures. Usually black for very dark gray. Well I finally saw a brown one! Must'a been on its way to the Sunday night moose dances in Gogama.

Moose/s live in packs/families/groups (there must be a name?) in diverse areas -- rocky mountain moose, western plains moose, boundary waters moose, etc. -- and never the twain shall meet (mostly).

I heard a naturalist give a talk on the subject... :huh:

The bike, after the tune up, is getting incredible gas mileage. Last weekend I rode back from the UpperCan 400 avg about 70mph. Got 57mpg! Today, I'm at 375km and STILL have 3 bars showing. Extrapolating it out to say, 425km for the tank (conservative guess) that's 60mpg! Sweet!
But it's making it extremely hard to justify buying a little two-fitty something something for better gas mileage!

What-ever-ya-do, don't use a pencil & paper and real numbers (like mathematics...) -- that may take all the fun out of it?

 

[Bungie]

Moose/s live in packs/families/groups (there must be a name?) in diverse areas -- rocky mountain moose, western plains moose, boundary waters moose, etc. -- and never the twain shall meet (mostly).

I heard a naturalist give a talk on the subject... :huh:

I'll tell you something that naturalist didn't tell you about moose. They get *PISSED* when you try to carve your name in their antlers.

 

[BikerGeek99]

I'll tell you something that naturalist didn't tell you about moose. They get *PISSED* when you try to carve your name in their antlers.

So is that the Canadian version of cow-tipping or something?

 

[Bungie]

What-ever-ya-do, don't use a pencil & paper and real numbers (like mathematics...) -- that may take all the fun out of it?

Okay, topped up the tank tonight, took 17.7 liters (tank holds 25L) at 392km. Thats 22.15km/l, or in American, 62mpg! (UK gallon!)

BTW, www.onlineconversion.com is great for calc'ing/converting anything, including gas mileage.

Have I mentioned how much I love my bike

 

[Zorlac]

What is this secret "tune up" recipe? :dribble:

I rode to Lake George NY with Harley's & Cruisers once and almost got 50MPG, almost fell asleep a couple times.

I only get #'s like yours on my DL650, never the FJR.

 

[Bungie]

What is this secret "tune up" recipe? :dribble:

I rode to Lake George NY with Harley's & Cruisers once and almost got 50MPG, almost fell asleep a couple times.

I only get #'s like yours on my DL650, never the FJR.

I wish I new. New plugs and air filter and redid the FI sync. Mine was WAY f'd up. One of them was only out about a quarter turn. I reset all the mixture screw out 1 turn, then adjusted from their, just a little nudge on each screw after that. Today's ride was a sedate pace (avg about 55mph), but last weekend I ran 70mph all the way back from the UpperCan 400 and got 57mpg.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Moose/s live in packs/families/groups (there must be a name?)

I looked it up (you'll never guess). Herd. Herd of moose. Herd of moose? Hell, yes. Of course I've herd of moose.

Saw one in Wyoming, one just outside Nakusp. I dunno what the hell color they were. And they were both alone.

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