RE: [Honda-C70] Re: Suffering Fuel Economy

Hi : I had another train of thought on your fuel economy . When the mileage was 90+ had you just gotten the bike & were riding gently ? Like I did when my 81 was new & needed to be broken in . I got 125 mpg the first 600 miles . After that mileage dropped to 75 mpg in part because" I ride it like I stole it" most of the time, full throttle until I need to back off. One day with the tank full I plan to go for a 27/28 mph ride to see if it is me or the bike to blame. Baby Huey

To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
From: bader_ct@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:39:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [Honda-C70] Re: Suffering Fuel Economy

Hi,

The worst fuel mileage mistake I made was to install the W clip incorrectly in the throttle cable on top
of carb. Besides fouling the plug and making the idle go crazy at times, it lowered the mileage to around
50 mpg.

Thanks,

Chris

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From: adam <ambrunner@gmail.com>
To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2011 10:47 AM
Subject: [Honda-C70] Re: Suffering Fuel Economy

thanks for the ideas. I'll check out the timing. Anyone have advice for how to inspect / adjust the valves? An explanation of how these parts work, what they're supposed to do, and how problems can create lower fuel economy would be especially helpful here.

I put a new chain on and adjusted it toward the end of last year, so I'm putting that pretty low on the list.

Put new Gazelles on this spring and adjusted the brakes at that time, so I'm doubting the brake hang/drag theory as well.

thanks!

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