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Whenever I do a dumb thing I call it a Delbert as that is my real first name. Well, today I did a Delbert again (3rd one this week). I got gas at 87 miles. I then divided 87 by 3.79 and got only 22.9 MPG. My wife said that is terrible gas mileage on the 78XS 1100E. She than said how many gallon on the pump meter; she said 2.1. Then I got the right MPG of over 41. If you do something like this, call it a Delbert.
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Thank you for giving it a name
Si Parker
'81 XS1100H
Tkat brace, new coils/wires/plugs, refurbed carbs (thanks 81 xsproject), recon'd top end, windshield (thanks dpotter58), resprayed tank and panels, 4-1 exhaust, sweet xs pod filters, in line fuel filters, progressive springs, thick hand grips, jumped headlight relay. -
When I have one of those pre-senior moments I just ask "if anybody smells brains, 'cause I just farted."
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another delbert
Can you play the guitar?2H7 (79) owned since '89
3H3 owned since '06
"If it ain't broke, modify it"
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My dad and I are both a little scatter-brained. So, we refer to it as pulling a Cahill, or a Cahill move.
'81 XS1100 SH
Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire
Sep. 12th 2015
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Whenever we do something dumb we like to ask.. Did your head and your butt have a date?1979 XS11SF (Shiny Red Sled)
1982 XJ11 (winter project- Black Beauty)
1992 XT225 (yard sale find)
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i made 140 miles on my last tank of gas........not too sure if that is accurate or not since i didnt remember the last time i had put gas in if i reset the odometer. but this time i am watching it closely and get my MPG. i remember when i first got the bike i would make it to 86 miles or so before i had to refuel, but that was with one cylnder running on pure oil and some bad seating in the valves....so no it should be a new animal...... i will go and ride it the rest of the tank to figure up a true number.1979 XS1100 SF "Black Goblin"
-Pod Filters
-4-1 pipe
-larger jets for carbs
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