dogncatboy |
09-26-2007 06:04 PM |
My 03 Honda Shadow Spirit 750
I use this bike to ride to school on nice days [about 120rt]. When I first got her I got about 45mpg. I've really only done 2 performance mods. One was to put on some custom pipes that really reduced back pressure. Only real tweak with that mod was that I had to rich up the idle mix screws for each carb. The other performance mod was to go from a 42 tooth rear sprocket to a 38 toother. It cut down a bit of the speed from a dead start, but its a cruiser nota rocket so who cares. Upside is that it really lowers the rpms on the highway. I no longer feel like I'm riding a chainsaw and I'm getting 58+mpg on the highway. This is despite the fact that I I swapped the stock 180 rear tire on the stock rim for a 200 tire on a vtx rim which is an inch wider I think. Yeah, I know its prolly hurting mpg, but I get a lot of comments on my fat rear end so it does catch people's eyes. Here's some pics of how the bike looked last year.
https://www.fuelly.com/attachments/fo...17371aa0c0.jpg
https://www.fuelly.com/attachments/fo...da9b7b06e8.jpg
Since then I've put on some different bars, but I thin I'm gonna go back to the stockers in the pics because they're less of a reach. I've also changed the seat to a mustang saddle. The one in the pics is a stock seat that I had shaved down and gel padded. More comfy than the stocker, but not as good on a long ride as the mustang. I'll see if I can get some new pics in the next few days.
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