Well my ride to Bike week got rained out .   Tomorrow would have been the day to ride home and its predicted to be Cold and Wet !  So I'm glad I didn't go.

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The original tire on the Super Meter 650 had a little over 10k miles on it and didn't have enough miles left on it for a safe 2500 mile round trip to Daytona ... so I put a new tire on for the Bike Week Ride ... so ... I'm ready for what ever we do this summer now.  
The RE-650's fuel millage had dropped down into the high 50's mpg (dirty filter ?) , so I ordered the DNA Air intake kit to open up the air-way and I got that put on today.  I expect an open air-way and warm weather will get me back into the 60's mpg again ?

Yall remember I converted to BELT DRIVE on the 650cc bike ?  So I'm locked into the gearing I have.  Well it feels like it's geared too low compared to ridding a Savage with the 25 tooth front pulley so in an effort to raise the gearing I put a taller rear tire on it while I had to get a new tire anyway.  That had the unintended result of raising the seat height a bit.  
So , I ordered a pair of shorter shocks made for this bike from a place over in England (Hitchcock's)https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/accessory-shop/cylind
er-head/48439
It might have been cheaper to go to Florida for a week ?  
But maybe the bike will handle better ?  








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Hay I found something about the Anti Lock Brake system.  
Mine is Dual channel , the front and rear have to agree on how fast we're going.
Well , my front brake got to pulsing really bad as I got slower .  I thought the rotor was warped it was so bad.   So I put a new rotor and pads on $$$ didn't fix it.  
What did fix it was I took the sensors (front and rear) out ... and ... Cleaned them.   The rear had it the worse , there was (for lack of a better term) a metal paste stuck to the end of the magnetic sensor.   I'm guessing here but it looked and felt like a mixture of metal particles , chain lube , and road grit , leave out the chain lube for the front.

So come oil change time I'll be removing the sensors for a cleaning.  

The taller tire was only 150/80-16  to  140/90-16 , and I wanted to lower it before , but now I HAVE to lower it !  
That nice  BLESSED WIDE SEAT  seems to push the ground futher away !  

Dave the speedometer was showing 62 when the GPS was showing 60 , so it's a step in the right direction !  

 What drives your speedometer/odometer?  

I think it's the front speed sensor but I don't know for sure ?  

In warm weather I'm getting 200 miles on a tank full as the fuel light comes on and the 4 gallon tank still has a little less than a gallon left  so I'm still happy with it.
I put the DNA air intake thingie on it yesterday and took it for a ride today... Its plain that the air hole is different , I open it up in second gear and hit 50 just about as quick as I opened the throttle (I think this tank of fuel's millage might not be as good as it should be ?)