PDX GSX1300R
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No handed.....why?
It is nice to rest the wrists and back
Never rode a bike (even a bicycle) like that....always had at least one hand on the bars as sometimes things happen and happen fast.....
Agree with Six, it is a welcome break sometimes. I do it driving cars and flying helicopters, as well.
What?!
You read my typing.....I always have one hand on the bars......
When I was a kid I would sometimes ride my bicycle with no hands...I hit a crack in the pavement that I didn't see once and by the time I reached to grab my handlebars I was in a ditch...never did that again...ever......
I ride side saddle through the country roads with no hands for as long as possible...just to see how far that I can go, lol
And now with cruise control on my Goldwing, no hands on the highway is relaxing.
But I do keep a hand on around traffic.
I always have a hand on my steering wheel while driving and have never flown a helicopter although I have lots of flight hours in one as a passenger...
I'd imagine that once a helicopter is on auto pilot it would make sense to not have hands on anything....if you were off auto pilot, I'm sure your hands, feet and eyes were completely busy....
There's an old adage I live by...."it's all good until it isn't"
There's a time and a place. Lots of things going on in a helicopter from changing radio frequencies, changing checkpoints, and manipulating switches while maintaining heading, airspeed and altitude. Flying single pilot added a significant level of complexity and cyclic manipulation with the knees was practical to get it all done. Again, time and place.
At higher speeds I typically ride leaned over the tank bag, hand under my chin, elbow on my knee, heal of my foot lifted slightly to get the angle. This also lets me slide back to the wider part of the seat.
At stops I keep one hand on the tiller, then rotate my back, reaching my other hand around toward the rear of the machine. Then do the opposite side.
No handed was kind of something to pass the time. I usually have a hand rested across the top of a grip. But on a long straight road, it was a fun diversion.
My posture is not great. My neck was getting sore yesterday. It's better today.
At stops I keep one hand on the tiller, then rotate my back, reaching my other hand around toward the rear of the machine. Then do the opposite side.
No handed was kind of something to pass the time. I usually have a hand rested across the top of a grip. But on a long straight road, it was a fun diversion.
My posture is not great. My neck was getting sore yesterday. It's better today.
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Alot of magic seems to happen on FakeBook, but I really don't think that 55 mpg is possible.
Myself and quite a few here have gotten about 49 to 50 mpg max, bone stock, but with low 40's average cruising, and low 30's ripping about.
Your bike's average mpg sounds like most every other Busas, and right about where it should be.
Obviously he was riding "no handed..."
I do know that a Busa won't coast very far in 6th gear, or go very fast at idle rpms...I'll just go with 'he's bad at math'
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Idled for 100 miles? Let’s say it can idle @ 10 mph in 6th for 100 miles on level ground. Despite being the most boring and tedious ride in motorcycling history, 10 mph for 100 miles would take 10 hours! Is my math correct?
I wouldn’t count on getting over 200 miles per tank on an Hayabusa unless you can see a gas station up ahead. What would you do if the next station was 15-20 miles farther? Twice on tour I stretched my mpg across NV (haulin azz) believing I could gas up where I had the last time I rode thru. The gas station had burned to the ground and the next station was 40 miles away. I (nearly) idled around 50 mph trying to cover that 40 miles and luckily the first gas station was on my edge of town. My CA tank holds 5 gallons. I took on 5.1 according to the pump. Another time was on my old 82 CBX. The station I’d counted on had gone out of business and was closed down. I ran out at dusk in view of the lights of the next town. A passerby went to a farm house, got a gas can and went into town and brought me back some gas. How was that for luck? Now, 175 is all I’ll risk and even then I usually know where the next station is.
Real adventure! Love it. What does the CBX do for MPG?
My dual sport XR went quiet on the way home in Arizona once. Thankfully it was in front of a fire station. The lads got a good laugh.
With the Wayz app and the trip meter, one can get very close to a zero on fuel. Unless of course the place burned down the week before...
What did California do with your extra 1/2 gallon? 175 sounds like a reasonable range for that. I'll be sticking closer to a 200 mile max going forward with my 49 state tank. Nice to know it will go 18 more. Probably...
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