One hundred and eighty!

For those who know about darts, the phrase 'one hundred and eighty' is the ultimate one, usually shouted in delight.

I took my SWing out for a ride this afternoon, and rode her to the 'caps' in Northern France (about 50 Miles from where I live)

It was chilly (7°C = 44°F), but dry, although quite windy. (5 Bft) Despite the head-on breeze, the little Honda purred me to Calais at a steady 130 Kph. (80 Mph)

After riding my favourite stretch along the coast -with a view to kill for- we went back on the motorway and had the wind pushing in the back.

Before I knew, I was doing well over 150 Kph (93 Mph) and in 'no-man's land' (between the French-Belgian border and the first exit) I briefly gunned it, hitting the magical "180" with less than full-throttle! (180 Kph = 112 Mph)

I can assure you that '180' is more exciting on a Silverwing, than in a pub, throwing little arrows ;-)

"Good Arrows"

Cheers,

:lol!:

Sounds like a great ride out! 7C sounds pretty warm!

I too did about 50 miles yesterday.

Nice day on the south coast. (It was dry). First time in a few weeks.

I used the ride to free up the grey cells. I lost my Kindle, (put it down somewhere and forget where I left it), after the ride came back and put my hands straight on it.

Did you lose the page you were on?
Hoping it is not icy in the morning cos I'm working in Romsey for the day - that'll be a 50 mile round trip.

I put 90+ miles or 148 KM on my SWing yesterday! But here in Arizona the temps were in the 71F or 22C range. In fact i switched from my winter jacket to my mesh-armor jacket for the ride!!! Plus averaged almost 55 MPG.

No ice, temp was +3 or so, but the winds were gusting to about 30mph from the north, which made it interesting on the exposed sections.

Glenn - is that 55mpg - US gallons?

Nowun wrote:

Glenn - is that 55mpg - US gallons?

Yes it is. For some reason this 2012 does very well on fuel economy. It probably averages in the 53-55 range had a couple of tanks at 58. Lowest was about 48.

I've just returned 58 mpg Imperial (UK) on a reasonable few days commuting in traffic. I'm gonna have to do a gentle cruise up the motorway (freeway) to Basingstoke tomorrow to see if I can improve. (about 90mile roundtrip) - I reckon your 55US is worth 66UK.

That's real good!

GHM-PM wrote:

Nowun wrote:

Glenn - is that 55mpg - US gallons?

Yes it is. For some reason this 2012 does very well on fuel economy. It probably averages in the 53-55 range had a couple of tanks at 58. Lowest was about 48.

I have a 2012 and I am getting around 52-55 Mpg
It's all level ground here so that helps also.

The best that I ever got was 317 kl with 12.5 liters at fill up , 73.77 mpg, 90 klph riding in perfect condition. My average is 66 mpg.