Claviger
Aspiring Student
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2014
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- Location
- Olympia Washington
- Ride
- '21 Z H2, '14 R3R, '02 Daytona 955i
So I figure I'd start a thread to post random whim trips in.
To start here's my first time in Centralia.
Learning the PWN while learning a whole new Rocket build is fun! The bike must be quite the weird sight on the freeway right now, 43f when I left today, still balling down the road like its summer and the Avon's haven't given any reason to doubt them in 40s weather. Granted I haven't been pushing cornering at all yet, but they've not slipped one bit.
Strange how much faster people drive between Olympia and Centralia than between JBLM and Olympia, most were going 80ish instead of 65ish. Somewhere at some point, I managed to turn 6k in 5th gear, I think that's 160ish. Bike was quite happy to do it and gets there MUCH faster than ever before with no sign of being anywhere near done, I let off because it was windy out.
On another note, my tune I built off a guess and a little bit of education was about 8% off from 3500-6000 at 100% throttle. I'm pretty stoked about that and can't wait until Nels gets his hands on her in a couple weeks! While many of the Carpenter guys have been touting the incredible mileage it gets, I am seeing the exact opposite, not because it's not capable, but I can't keep my hand from turning the throttle to feel the incredible rush of power. Getting about 22 MPG LMAO, but I don't care at all, its so much fun!
To start here's my first time in Centralia.
Learning the PWN while learning a whole new Rocket build is fun! The bike must be quite the weird sight on the freeway right now, 43f when I left today, still balling down the road like its summer and the Avon's haven't given any reason to doubt them in 40s weather. Granted I haven't been pushing cornering at all yet, but they've not slipped one bit.
Strange how much faster people drive between Olympia and Centralia than between JBLM and Olympia, most were going 80ish instead of 65ish. Somewhere at some point, I managed to turn 6k in 5th gear, I think that's 160ish. Bike was quite happy to do it and gets there MUCH faster than ever before with no sign of being anywhere near done, I let off because it was windy out.
On another note, my tune I built off a guess and a little bit of education was about 8% off from 3500-6000 at 100% throttle. I'm pretty stoked about that and can't wait until Nels gets his hands on her in a couple weeks! While many of the Carpenter guys have been touting the incredible mileage it gets, I am seeing the exact opposite, not because it's not capable, but I can't keep my hand from turning the throttle to feel the incredible rush of power. Getting about 22 MPG LMAO, but I don't care at all, its so much fun!
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