Ride to Eureka Saturday

[steveinutah]

Wife and I plan to ride to Eureka from Highland. SHe wants to see if 100+ is comfortable on her Harley in prep for the Polar Bear ride.

Call 763-1419 and leave a message if you're going that way.

Steve

[ILuv_UMan]

Steve:

If you go down the Faust Way (Pony Express Trail, just past 5 Mile Canyon is the turn off), I'll hook up and ride down to Eureka with you. Than we can come back through the Mountains, up the West Side of Utah Lake and I'll cut back by 5 Mile Canyon and come back to Tooele.

Or if you insist, I could meet you at Chevron or Smith's, on Way South Redwood Road and Highway 73. And we could do the above loop just the opposite way.

Noonish, would be a good time to meet. Gets warm about than.

Let me know.

Any others, more than welcome. If you want to come through Tooele way, we can hook up here.

801-755-8777

[ILuv_UMan]

Anyone reading these Posts and wants to come along:

Steve, his wife, who drives a Harley Softail, and myself, will be meeting at the Chevron, explained above at 12:30 P.M.

Come and join us if you dare. :shock:

[Wilsondude]

Sorry I missed ya, but I had some stuff to do around the house. How was the ride?

[ILuv_UMan]

Sorry I missed ya, but I had some stuff to do around the house. How was the ride?


Hey Mark: Ride was great. Lots of bikes out on the road too, mostly Harleys. Steve reminds me a lot of you. Retro, tall, options starting to pile up, more options on the way, etc. Steve's wife is great too. She drives a nice Softail Harley, with Ape Hangers and she can drive that scoot too. :)

To bad we missed ya.

As a side note: In driving to meet them at the Chevron my Reseve Fuel Reserve Light came on just as I hit Stockton. I set me odometer at zero. Almost stopped at Cedar Fort (I had gone 29 miles) and thought the Chevron was less than 10 miles away. Well to make a long story short, I made it to the Chevron after going 41.1 Miles with my Low Fuel Light on. Don't think I'd want to find out, if my scoot would go any further, but thought this might be of interest to others, when they wonder how far they can go with their low fuel light on. I think 40 miles (about a gallon) is max and that's on the Highway, going like 65-70 MPH. :shock:

[Wilsondude]

That is good to know. I got to 175 miles last week, and it looks like I still had a little left. My light typically goes on around 125 miles. I don't know if I want to ride with anyone who has ape-hangers, though. I've wanted those since I was a kid and I'm afraid if I see them, I'll have to get some!
Dang it, Darn it, Damn it, Flippin', Fletchin', Freakin' Frak. And to think I told my wife I was almost done! Glad you guys had fun :D

[ILuv_UMan]

That is good to know. I got to 175 miles last week, and it looks like I still had a little left. My light typically goes on around 125 miles. I don't know if I want to ride with anyone who has ape-hangers, though. I've wanted those since I was a kid and I'm afraid if I see them, I'll have to get some!
Dang it, Darn it, Damn it, Flippin', Fletchin', Freakin' Frak. And to think I told my wife I was almost done! Glad you guys had fun :D

Just heading out the door to go for another ride :D when I saw your post. Just to gorgeous today, have to do it.

My light usually goes on at 120 too. That's strange however. My tank only holds 4.3 gallons, the C Model. The Retro tank holds 5.3 gallons. The Reserve is suppose to be the same for both bikes. Thus I'm getting much better gas mileage.

The consensus on these boards, and from what I've been able to determine, when the low fuel light comes on we have just over a gallon. Getting 40+ MPG, I must have been close to fumes. When I filled up at the Chevron, I didn't stand my bike up (get the maximum amount of fuel in) and my scoot took 4 gallons on the nose. If I stand my bike up straight, I think I am able to put in about another .3 -.5 gallons. Thus, I was way to close for comfort.

Did you put a Fuel Injection Manager on your Scoot? If so which one?

I have a TFi, but leaned it down, due to our high altitude here in Utah. I get right about 40+ consistantly. If your light is coming on at 125, your probably getting 30-34ish MPG. Might be running a little rich. Neither the TFi nor the Cobra can lean a VTX, only the Power Commander III. A real heavy right hand or perhaps an over abundance of accessories weighing down your scoot could hurt the mileage too. :shock: :lol: :lol:

Reason, I didn't know where I was on how much gas in my tank, was I had been wrenching on my bike and accidently set odometer back to zero a couple weeks ago. So wasn't sure how much fuel I had. No gas stations in Stockton, so I just decided, I'd go for it. Probably wasn't smart not stopping in Cedar Fort and throwing a $1 or $2 in, but was running a little late.

Well, I'm outta here, going riddin. 8)

[Wilsondude]

I think I'm a little heavy handed on the throttle, and no, I don't have a fuel manager. How do I know if it's running rich, lean?

[ILuv_UMan]

How do I know if it's running rich, lean?

Running Rich:
Poor Fuel Mileage.
Pulling your plugs and looking at them.
Not having accessories, which make your bike more free flowing (exhausts, muffler, K&N Filter, opening up your air box/air cover).
Smell of gas when starting and idling.
Smell of gas in exhaust, and dark smoke on acceleration.

Running Lean:
Excessive Decal Popping
Surging
Really, really good gas mileage LOL :) (when I first got my scoot before putting on my TFI, I would get 46 on the Road).
Pulling plugs and inspecting them.

Most bikes (well over 99+%) are set from the factory to run lean. Emissions Controls and Better Gas Mileage create such factory settings. Occasionally however, a bike will be set up rich, however I've never seen one. Every bike that I've ever seen running rich has a Fuel Manager, and whoever installed it, is adding to much fuel for their scoots setup. Remember each and every bike runs a little differently. And obviously us here in Utah, at 5k+ feet, don't need as much fuel as Sea Level Bikes.

I cut and pasted a Q&A from Techlusions's website http://www.techlusion.com regarding the above paragraph, since some may disagree with my statement posted in the preceeding paragraph.

Q: I hear your product only adds fuel. Some people say you need to remove fuel?
A: It is true that our product only adds fuel. We designed it that way to keep it simple and affordable. Our belief is that in almost every situation, addition of fuel is what fuel injected bikes need. Fuel systems are mapped by the factory to be lean in cruise and everyday driving conditions in order to meet emission standards. If you decide to change your fuel system, most aftermarket exhaust systems tend to reduce back pressure, which leans out the fuel even more. There are a few exceptions to this, and one that comes to mind is the Honda CBR929/959 when the exhaust power valve is removed. Honda designed their engine specs around that feature (specifically the exhaust cam timing) and when you remove that valve, volumetric efficiency in the motor is lost causing a bottom end bog. You can mask that bog by pulling out fuel around that area, and for that, you may have to go to another product. However, our product performs well with all aftermarket exhausts. We keep in mind that the exhaust must at least match the flow of the stock system that is being removed or modified in order to maintain maximum volumetric efficiency.