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Another fun ride on the A1

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Another fun ride on the A1

1 week 4 days ago - 1 week 4 days ago
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Closing in on 1,000 miles since declaring her 'a runner'.
Discovering the foot pegs are way to high, causing some sciatia pain.
And the bike is geared way to low. Almost 5k rpm at 70 mph seems way high by modern standards.

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Re: Another fun ride on the A1

1 week 2 days ago
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Nice photos again.
On the subject of the RPM vs MPH, I think this was a topic of conversation on this forum a long time ago.  I guess there isn’t an off the shelf way of altering the gearing, though I wonder if ZN1300 Voyager was different - either a taller top gear, or higher final drive ratio.

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Re: Another fun ride on the A1

5 days 17 hours ago
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Your marks on the fuel gauge are both funny and shameful on the part of Kawasaki.  Fuel gauges have been engineered long enough that there's no excuse for that degree of inaccuracy.  I once owned an '83 Honda Interceptor whose fuel gauge was so off that when it read 1/2, you were down to 1/3.  By the time you were near the red, you could see the gauge move.
1981 KZ1300, '98 Suzuki GSF1200S, '80 Honda CT110, '11 Honda CBR250, '75 Honda CL360, '00 Honda XR100R
Speak softly and mount a fast bike.
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