Be safe and have fun Fuzzy!!!
S0 this morning I was throwing last minute stuff into the trike before I hit the road ... plenty of room for the laptop, so, I brought it.
Left early, like 6 am, was 46*, but the electrics were doing their job, I was pretty toasty.
Set the cruise on 73 mph and headed for Utah.
Got to Green River Utah, and filled. not much between Grand Junction and Green River and less between teen River and Salina. 107 miles of Utah desert.
So first fill in Green River I had gone 111 miles and needed 3.198 Gallons = 34.71 mpg.
Next fill, Richfield, Ut. 124 miles and needed 3.590 gallons = 34.54 mpg.
Next fill Cedar City, Ut. 107 miles and needed 2.981 gallons = 35.89 mpg.
Last fill for the day, Mesquite, NV. 94 miles and needed 2.288 gallons = 41.08 mpg.
Except for a few miles near St. George where there was construction, I had the cruise set ayt 73 mph, which put the tack right at 3k.
So far for the trip I'm averaging 36.69 mpg.
About the Mighty Mites, at 73 mph and ambient temp at 66 from about 8am until noon when I came down from Cedar City, the ET as read by the power Vision never got over 211* and that was on a pretty long climb just outside St. George. Mod=st of the time it hung around 205*.
As soon as i left St. George and was in Arizona, the ambient temp climbed rapidly to 94*. Still set at 73 mph, except for a few miles in the Virgin River Canyon, the ET as read by the Power Vision never got over 218*. I was a tad warm, but, the trike was cool as cool be.
My air deflectors came yesterday, but, not the Tank Lift. My plan is to do the two installs at the same time. Kind of weird, I ordered the tank lift before the air deflectors. i'm guessing since the cnc cut tank lifts are new, maybe they are back ordered???
i'm guessing with the tank lift and the air deflectors, the Fat Bottom Girl will run really cool.
I did the air hawk swap every other tank ... worked well, did the 436 miles with hardly a pain or cramp. All in all, considering it was mostly highway ... pretty fun trip.
Tomorrow i'm planning to do the Extra Terrestrial Highway. Gonna leave early, and be back to the hotel between noon and one .... gonna hang around the pool awhile then go gamble some.
Not sure what the days after that will have in store ... gonna play it by ear.
The Fat Bottom Girl is filthy, but, no sense cleaning her now ... this is bug season. I'll get some pictures of her before i wash her .. gonna be a good test of the ceramic stuff.
Glad to see the trip is off to great start and the trike is running so well. Still enjoying those E Series pipes? I loved’em because I couldn’t hear them going down the highway.
Is the Dog on the trip too?
Alan, did you take note of the engine temp when the EITMS kicked on?
I leave mine activated all the time for stop and go heat here in Florida