13,000 miles later,...

[DarrinGT]

Lori and I have put on 13,000 miles on the Scoot since the Makeover this winter:

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56020

 

It has been a great riding season, and we are heading out on a trip this weekend as well, and hope a few more.

 

The bike has been basically Flawless. The only problems that we have had are the Driving Lights like to flash once in a while, and my autio input fell inside the fairing last week.

 

with 13K miles it was time for new tires, front and rear so I decided to go with White Walls. I found some Avon Venoms, so far I have agout 200 miles on them and they are very smooth!

I also decided to try the 130 on the front instead of the 150. Seems to respond quicker and easier to turn.

 

Here are a couple of pics:

 

http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/46756/2576194990101950171S600x600Q85.jpg

 

http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/47064/2273397730101950171S600x600Q85.jpg

 

I also had some larger lowers made last week, They are about 1.5" wider than the stock ones. They took a lot of wind off of our legs.

 

http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/45838/2549347030101950171S600x600Q85.jpg

 

 

http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/45988/2429408350101950171S600x600Q85.jpg

 

 

So we are very happy with the bike and look forward to many more miles on it. Our only complaint is the relatively poor 32-35 MPG, but we are dealing with that.

 

Ride Safe!

[FreezyRider]

Darrin,

 

That is one PURDY bike you have. Good job on it!

 

It doesn't seem like you are getting the mileage that you should. Does your right wrist have a problem? :whistling:

[RandyR]

That mileage is really poor unless all your riding is at 80mph.

 

Nice looking bike though, and sounds like you had a good riding season.

[DarrinGT]

Thanks Guys,

 

Yes the mileage is poor, however it does have the Barons Big Air Kit, and the Nasty boys exhaust. The Big Air Kit puts bigger needles in the carbs with K&N Filters.

 

This is the only reason that I can see why my mileage is so poor. I do have a tendency to use the right wrist more than I need to however even when I do a fuel mileage tank run and take it easy, I might get 37 tops,..but that's about it.

 

It does have new plugs, cleaned the Air Filters and had the carbs synced. I will probably look more into it this winter and see if I can put different needles in the carbs to see if that helps for next year. I just dont know what i am doing on that front but am willing to learn.

 

thanks again!

 

Darrin

[flb_78]

It also has the smaller carbs on it, so with the lowers and the fairing, the throttle is probably being wrung pretty hard.

[DarrinGT]

It also has the smaller carbs on it, so with the lowers and the fairing, the throttle is probably being wrung pretty hard.

 

 

 

Yea, I was wondering that also and since I had no almost no miles on the bike to test for fuel mileage before the fairing, I have nothing to compare it to. The larger lowers were just installed about 100 miles ago.

 

My Brother in law installed a fairing this winter on his VTX, along with lowers on his forks as well as his engine guards, He has had no drop in his fuel mileage, still gets 48 with it.

 

I was wondering if I installed a set of Venture Carbs this winter if that would help with performance, and/or fuel mileage, But I really don't need any more "performance"

 

In fact I would be willing to loose a little if I knew my mileage would jump up to 40, but not expecting that.

 

 

Thanks for the input!