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ktd001
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Fuel use

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Ok, now I'm REALLY bored 8O

So, to keep my little grey cells twinkling, what's the LOWEST mileage any has ever got from their Storm?

Mine was 78 miles before red light. Nothing unusual, just loads of cold mornings and shitty traffic :evil:

Anyone top that?

Oh, and has anyone out there had an Aprilia Falco before? Thinking it's time for a change :?
I ride way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
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Post by Bink »

74 mls ... multiple inner city journey's....

I like the Falco - It's faster ... but doesn't have the same appeal as the Storm...
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Post by Stormin Ben »

63 miles
Nurburgring 8:41 lap (10th ever lap - stick that in yer hat and smoke it Clarkson ya big girls blouse!!)

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Bloody hell! Did you take it above second? 8O
I ride way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
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Post by RAINMAKER »

Come on, clarkson was in a big diesal, and really did quite well.
So hes a Richard when it comes to bikes.........but life should be about fun...............lets face it he's got a great job.
it may be clever, but its not big.
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Stormin Ben wrote:63 miles
Nurburgring 8:41 lap (10th ever lap - stick that in yer hat and smoke it Clarkson ya big girls blouse!!)

Ben
I've got a vid on my pc at home of some flash git doing a 7.56 on the new bm k12rs i think. If i remember where i found the link i'll post it on here. Looks bloody scary 8O

I must ride like a girl, I got 110 without the light coming on once. And thats with a 16l tank so that makes it even worse :roll:
Rich.

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68mls (fuel light) on my last storm on the way back from Paris at 4am I don't think I came off the throttle stop between one fillup and took about 25 mins!

Warren
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Post by Fireman on a Storm »

Worst 72
Best 128 before the light, London to Birmingham
16l tank
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Here you go Ben, should bring back a few memories. 18 meg, hope you have broadband.

http://www.bmw-motorrad.com/com/en/spec ... deo_1.html
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Post by Stormin Ben »

I'm not knocking Clarksons time, its the fact he took the best part of 2 whole days to do it!!
He did 10:30 1st lap when he hadn't got a clue what was over crests etc and only managed to get 31 seconds off that in umpteen thousand subsequent laps


Cheers for the BMW thing, I had seen it before.
Dunno if its just the sceptic in me but I think its been speeded up slightly.
Reasons:
1 - The timer clock is added on afterwards, not attached to the bike
2 - In most of the left right sections the flick is too fast
3 - The rate at which the bike accellerates seems too quick (not so much on the slow bits, more noticeable on the high speed 120-150 range)
4 - Some of the sections the speed on the clock doesn't seem right to the speed into corners

Or maybe its just me being an anorak 8O

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