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Originally Posted by marmaladeboy (Post 38780)

The Superhawk has a pitiful range, so long-distance commuting/traveling requires careful planning of gas-stops. That's from my experience; others say their SHawks are capable of 130+ miles on a tank, but I never got past 100.

now that i have tuned my system properly, i think i can go way over 140 on a tank. I fueled up today at 110 and i think i had a full gallon left in her. i fueled up 3.6 gallons. I ran out of gas at 86 miles before i tuned the bike though, if you aren't getting around 30, then you have a problem and you need to clean the carbs or adjust the fuel mixture.

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Originally Posted by superbling (Post 38796)

Assume stopping every 100 miles to fill up= 985/100= 9.8 stop= 10 stops

10 mins per stop (optimistic) at 10 stops= 100 minutes= 1 and 1/2+ hours

add another 30 minutes for eating the entire day (very optimistic)= 2 hours of stops

13 hours-2 hours stops =11 hrs

985miles/11 hrs=89.5mph avg

90mph avg. steady throttle on a VTR won't net 100/tank but if you did for 11 hours straight, well you rock dude!

Ok, that was impressive and creative! :)