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rodenbach Touring Scooter Rider
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Number of posts : 321 Age : 67 Location : Belgium Points : 4734 Registration date : 2012-08-30
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| For those who know about darts, the phrase 'one hundred and eighty' is the ultimate one, usually shouted in delight.
I took my SWing out for a ride this afternoon, and rode her to the 'caps' in Northern France (about 50 Miles from where I live)
It was chilly (7°C = 44°F), but dry, although quite windy. (5 Bft) Despite the head-on breeze, the little Honda purred me to Calais at a steady 130 Kph. (80 Mph)
After riding my favourite stretch along the coast -with a view to kill for- we went back on the motorway and had the wind pushing in the back.
Before I knew, I was doing well over 150 Kph (93 Mph) and in 'no-man's land' (between the French-Belgian border and the first exit) I briefly gunned it, hitting the magical "180" with less than full-throttle! (180 Kph = 112 Mph)
I can assure you that '180' is more exciting on a Silverwing, than in a pub, throwing little arrows ;-) |
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Number of posts : 1099 Age : 70 Location : Cleveleys, Lancashire, England Points : 6416 Registration date : 2010-03-27
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Nowun Super Scooter Rider
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Number of posts : 288 Age : 71 Location : Hampshire, England Points : 4601 Registration date : 2012-10-13
![One hundred and eighty! Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: One hundred and eighty! Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:50 pm | |
| Sounds like a great ride out! 7C sounds pretty warm! |
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![One hundred and eighty! Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: One hundred and eighty! Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:56 pm | |
| I too did about 50 miles yesterday.
Nice day on the south coast. (It was dry). First time in a few weeks.
I used the ride to free up the grey cells. I lost my Kindle, (put it down somewhere and forget where I left it), after the ride came back and put my hands straight on it. |
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Number of posts : 288 Age : 71 Location : Hampshire, England Points : 4601 Registration date : 2012-10-13
![One hundred and eighty! Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: One hundred and eighty! Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:29 pm | |
| Did you lose the page you were on? Hoping it is not icy in the morning cos I'm working in Romsey for the day - that'll be a 50 mile round trip. |
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Number of posts : 2592 Age : 71 Location : Bullhead City, AZ Points : 7360 Registration date : 2012-05-17
![One hundred and eighty! Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: One hundred and eighty! Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:48 am | |
| I put 90+ miles or 148 KM on my SWing yesterday! But here in Arizona the temps were in the 71F or 22C range. In fact i switched from my winter jacket to my mesh-armor jacket for the ride!!! Plus averaged almost 55 MPG. |
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Nowun Super Scooter Rider
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Number of posts : 288 Age : 71 Location : Hampshire, England Points : 4601 Registration date : 2012-10-13
![One hundred and eighty! Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: One hundred and eighty! Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:37 pm | |
| No ice, temp was +3 or so, but the winds were gusting to about 30mph from the north, which made it interesting on the exposed sections.
Glenn - is that 55mpg - US gallons? |
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![One hundred and eighty! Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: One hundred and eighty! Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:12 pm | |
| - Nowun wrote:
Glenn - is that 55mpg - US gallons? Yes it is. For some reason this 2012 does very well on fuel economy. It probably averages in the 53-55 range had a couple of tanks at 58. Lowest was about 48. |
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Number of posts : 288 Age : 71 Location : Hampshire, England Points : 4601 Registration date : 2012-10-13
![One hundred and eighty! Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: One hundred and eighty! Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:23 pm | |
| I've just returned 58 mpg Imperial (UK) on a reasonable few days commuting in traffic. I'm gonna have to do a gentle cruise up the motorway (freeway) to Basingstoke tomorrow to see if I can improve. (about 90mile roundtrip) - I reckon your 55US is worth 66UK.
That's real good! |
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| - GHM-PM wrote:
- Nowun wrote:
Glenn - is that 55mpg - US gallons? Yes it is. For some reason this 2012 does very well on fuel economy. It probably averages in the 53-55 range had a couple of tanks at 58. Lowest was about 48. I have a 2012 and I am getting around 52-55 Mpg It's all level ground here so that helps also. |
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| The best that I ever got was 317 kl with 12.5 liters at fill up , 73.77 mpg, 90 klph riding in perfect condition. My average is 66 mpg. |
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