The Knight Saber Fuel-up Log

2007 Honda VFR800 Interceptor
Property of revengel. Added Jun 4 2010

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Jun 14 2010

Progress report: All things considered the last tank may have actually been my best. I fuelled up right after getting stuck in a traffic jam for about 30 minutes (during which I traveled 1.2 miles) and I still averaged over 40. Performance so far is nominal and The Knight Saber is beginning to warm up faster. Her temperature remains stable & predictable - the fan comes on at 224 & shuts off at 208 like clockwork. She hasn't gone over 225 at all, which brings me to the subject of cooling fans. I'm running the stock fan setup, so it draws in air from the outside across the radiator. Some VFR owners have switched to the VTR fan which blows heat out of the engine because that provides better cooling *at speeds of 30+*. As I'm a commuter & get caught in stop & go traffic the stock fan setup is ideal...and my temp range proves it. Summer here in the D.C. area is hot & humid so I need to run a cool bike. Related to this is that I've kept a record of how warm she runs - and what the coolest stable running temp has been (after warmup of course). So far the normal temp range is 189 - 205 in medium traffic, 200-225 in stop & go (such as K Street after work) and a low of 173. That low was when I took a loop around the beltway a few nights ago. Last bit on the report - mile 1,000 came right by where I grew up. She hasn't had too many rain miles yet, but that should change fairly soon. I should have another fuel up in a couple days - time/weather allowing.

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Added by revengel on Jun 15 2010 at 1:21 am