Arizuno
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Aw jeez. My Raptor installation has turned into a flawed mileage experiment. Mileage on two laps of a favorite loop on first tank since installation has improved from about 62 to about 68 mpg. Same gas station, same pump. First part of the loop is, slow, twisty (beautiful, fun).
The "flawed" part comes from having added SeaFoam to that tank, which I did because my bike had very low odometer mileage when I bought it - thus had sat idle a lot - and because the bike will get relatively intermittent use over the winter. I wasn't looking for a mileage bump from the Raptor or the SeaFoam, so I never even thought to isolate the changes. But the improvement is striking.
Since the vac. hose was wet with gasoline when I removed it during the Raptor installation I'm wondering if it was wasting gas and fouling the spark plug (which I didn't check at the time and which now may be cleaner thanks to the SeaFoam). ? I can also report that although I ride pretty conservatively, there appears to be a low-end power improvement. Most importantly, however, my bike's willingness to spontaneously silence itself has not recurred.
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White '07, OEM wind screen, 1" seat lift, re-shaped OEM seat, seat beads, TKat, Dyna muffler (Serowbot), Raptor petcock, seat pins (Verslagen1), Big Crank.
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