allen@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (04/18/86)
25 mpg!?! I have a Honda CX500 and I get from 40 to 60. I thought the SR500 was a much lighter bike and should easily do as well. Of course ones riding style can have some effect on those figures. BTW, my roommate has a Honda CRX and gets over 60mph. And a CRX has twice as many wheels.
dob@ihlpa.UUCP (Daniel M. O'Brien) (04/19/86)
> > 25 mpg!?! I have a Honda CX500 and I get from 40 to 60. I thought > the SR500 was a much lighter bike and should easily do as well. As I replied to the original poster, my '80 SR500 gets ~49 MPG. His/hers must be broken or out of adjustment. Rings? Valves? maybe. Cheers, -- Daniel M. O'Brien (ihnp4!ihlpa!dob) AT&T Bell Laboratories IH 4A-257, x 4782 Naperville-Wheaton Road Naperville, IL 60566
gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly) (04/21/86)
-- > 25 mpg!?! I have a Honda CX500 and I get from 40 to 60. I thought > the SR500 was a much lighter bike and should easily do as well. Of > course ones riding style can have some effect on those figures. > > > BTW, my roommate has a Honda CRX and gets over 60mph. And a CRX has twice > as many wheels. Yeah, it's a bug. I got about 70mpg on my (now net.cyclist Dan Obrien's) SR500*G*. That last letter represents the year of manufacture (they couldn't have started with A, but this is the explanation in the Yamaha Factory manual). Mine was an '80 (I think), so that puts yours at '78. That's good news because the early (pre-80) models had points and a carb you could play around with (the later models had timing elements put together with "torx" fasteners and non-adjustable jets). From the hip diagnosis: Check your compression. The compression- release may have gotten stuck, causing the exhaust valve to remain slightly open. Which may be moot by now, because riding any distance under such a situation could easily fry the valve so that it no longer seats properly. ("The" valve. Yep, just one. What a joy to work on.) -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 21 Apr 86 [2 Floreal An CXCIV] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7753 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***