I must be going crazy or blind.....or both!! Was doing some "tinkering" to the bike Friday night getting it ready for a ride Saturday and discovered (much to my surprise!!) that my needle setting wasn't what I thought it was. And I'm the one that set it up!

Instead of the clip being in the 3rd groove like I thought, it was in the 4th. So I tried a little experiment and moved it to the 3rd, since that's where I thought it was to begin with. Wrong!!! Bike wouldn't hardly run. Took everything apart and added a washer under the spacer; better but still not right. Bike started and idled fine, but when I ran it above 40 mph it starved for fuel and drained the float bowl and ran out of gas, so to speak. (With both these trial runs I didn't move the PMS; still at 3 1/2 turns out.) So I did it all again. Now I'm back to where I started; Clip in 4th groove, spacer and no washer. But this time I turned the PMS in a half turn. Rode the bike and everything seemed okay. And this is where it gets really good!! Seriously....

On the ride Saturday, which was a mix of interstate, state and county highways fighting headwinds, tailwinds and crosswinds with gusts up to 30 mph along with "in-town" stop-and-go traffic, I got 46.5 MPG!!!!!! That's the best I've ever gotten with this bike, except in extreme situations, riding 30-40 mph for extended periods, like in Yellowstone. So now I'll monitor the next few tanks (of gas) and see what kind of numbers it puts up.... and hope that the 46.5 wasn't a fluke.

Thanks again for all the input and I appologize for the bum scoop on my settings.

In The Wind,
Aaron