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Drove 90 miles round trip. Was going to a dentist by my Wife's office so I decided to ride.


I hit a bunch of stop and go traffic on the way up (Rush Hour) and the people on the Garden State Parkway I swear are trying to kill you.

But all in all a good ride. I did notice I seem to go through a lot of gas. i'd be surprised if I got 40 mpg
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hell that not even long enough for a good lunch ride.

for me a bakery ride is 200 mile loop.
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I am still new to this. Most of my rides have been local around the shore area in Jersey.

Working up to bigger longer rides.
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Finn wrote:
I am still new to this. Most of my rides have been local around the shore area in Jersey.

Working up to bigger longer rides.
Good luck and keep at it. Yeah 90 miles is nothing especially with a CVT... But a good starting point. A good test is to just go out for a good ride until you almost run out of gas then fill up and turn around. It's pretty much what I do with new bikes to get used to them. 500 CC's should give you plenty of power to move with the freeway crowd. Hell I just did the freeway for 2 hours today in a 750CC Russian sidecar rig and I can guarantee your bike is faster and handles better...
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I notice your bike is a 2019 so it's probably still not broken in properly. You may know, but your engine will still be 'tight' and won't give it's best mpg or power just yet. It takes around 5-10k miles (depending on how it's ridden) before it's properly conformed, that's the process that occurs after the initial break in period. So don't worry about gas mileage just yet. It'll be fine.
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Finn wrote:
I am still new to this. Most of my rides have been local around the shore area in Jersey.

Working up to bigger longer rides.
Good to see you getting out and riding, the more you ride the more you will want to ride!

As for the car drivers being out to get you just keep that in mind and watch out.

Besides may dad always said the cars with Jersey plate on them were the ones to keep an eye one up here in Central NY!
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Sounds great, Finn!

Stop-and-go freeway riding is rough on mileage. During the "stop" part you are getting zero miles to the gallon. It's too bad you can't split lanes in New Jersey.
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Sounds great, Finn!

Stop-and-go freeway riding is rough on mileage. During the "stop" part you are getting zero miles to the gallon. It's too bad you can't split lanes in New Jersey.
Cars seem to think they can split lanes. But that is a different story.
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miss lane-sharing...
My first two fill-ups on my MP3 500 sport hpe have come out to 55 mpg, as advertised. This is doing street stop and go plus regional highways to 65 mph. I have not yet done the extended interstate driving I plan to do in the future since the engine is still being broken in and going 80 mph for ~20 miles is probably not the best choice. I may try that once before the first service and oil change at ~650 miles, just to check for other issues. I ride to spice up my long commute, so I typically drive or ride about 75 miles per day.

I had my first MP3 and put most of its miles on in it CA. I miss lane sharing so much in the midwest, I almost didn't get another ride. I wish it were legal everywhere.
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Re: miss lane-sharing...
slomo_scooterbabe wrote:
My first two fill-ups on my MP3 500 sport hpe have come out to 55 mpg, as advertised. This is doing street stop and go plus regional highways to 65 mph. I have not yet done the extended interstate driving I plan to do in the future since the engine is still being broken in and going 80 mph for ~20 miles is probably not the best choice. I may try that once before the first service and oil change at ~650 miles, just to check for other issues. I ride to spice up my long commute, so I typically drive or ride about 75 miles per day.

I had my first MP3 and put most of its miles on in it CA. I miss lane sharing so much in the midwest, I almost didn't get another ride. I wish it were legal everywhere.
you can throttle it up to 80+ just don't hold it there, keep the speed variable at any speed for the first couple hundred miles, run it up and down.
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San Diego to Twenty Nine Palms and back. Left at 5am got home at 9pm. 550mile day.
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San Diego to Twenty Nine Palms and back. Left at 5am got home at 9pm. 550mile day.
that's a good days ride, plus
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