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Wow, I feel better about running out of gas now...nice to know that others have made the same mistake. The MTS has a notoriously rotten gas guage and light. My Triumph light always came on when I had about a gallon left. The MTS guage goes to empty when there are still 2 or 3 gallons left, and the light comes on soon afterwards. I figured I'd just go by mileage, but underestimated how much more fuel I was using doing 85mph into strong head/crosswinds. Live and learn...now when I'm at 100 miles into a tank, I stop to fill up.
Nothing else done to the bike other than the Termis. Huge difference...the stock pipes are way too quiet. These roar nicely. I need to change the bars out for something with a bit more sweep though...these are a bit tough on my wrists.
My back is killing me this am. I think from 8 hours in the saddle somewhat hunched over trying to stay relatively dry and also fighting the winds in semi-panic mode when it was wet with semis around me. To be honest I was damn scared on the grapevine segment...riding at night in the wet when you can't see is not a fun time. I almost packed it in for the night in Gorman, but I figured that if I could make it a few more miles it would clear up. So I cracked my visor to try and get some more visibility and forged on. Sure enough about 4 miles out of Gorman it was clear skies and dry roads.
Adventure...yes. I seem to be having a few of those as of late.
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