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Old 08-27-2008, 10:55 PM
zymurgy@technologist.com
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Default Re: Economical bike for a tall person



Krusty wrote:

> BGN On Tour wrote:
>
> > As pretty much all of my trips are now commuting I'm getting fed up of
> > paying for 20 littes of fuel to cover 150 miles. Expensive.
> >
> > So I am looking at either buying another, more wallet friendly bike or
> > getting rid of my Triumph Tiger 955i and just using said replacement.
> > So there will be an '04 Tiger for sale soon.

>
> If you're only getting 34mpg, either your Tiger's fucked or you're
> ragging the arse off it. I get over 55mpg from my '03 when in 'commuting' mode.


The thing that pisses me off about the tiger is the lying bastard of a
fuel gauge.

The needle drops like a stone after half full, and I panic and pull in
to fuel up as soon as it hits the red. I then have difficulty
squeezing 18 litres into my 24 litre tank :/

P.

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