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Average 35 MPG ? (How to increase fuel MPG)
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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 7729" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>eric thats the atf .....cars of the past ,when there modulator valve gose bad the vacume from the mortor would susk the atf in and put it in the motor and white smoke would come out like a miseeto truck from the sixties ....people would just freak out thinking that there car was trashed....just needed a new valve.....this is why i went to hotter plugs this will burn more cleanly....i wouldnt be worried at all .....especaly on start up its cold and its just showing you whats going on .....just keep riding your bike will be fine .......check the air intake filter and maybe make a new top for the air filter that exposes all around intake of air this will make the combustion cleaner to ....my bike acts like this when cold on a cool day ......if i had an 1100 i would open the air up and put in the hotter plug thats listed for your bike this will raise the efficency of the atf ....dont get scaired off by a little smoke when your bike is running fine.....over time your bike will be demanding the mix mine sure did .....i had one leaky carb that completly stop leaking and all kinds of running benifits ...more low end power ,real smooth and strong mid range and high end power with no let down that had to be watched as to not go to far in rpm ....</p><p></p><p>some of the comments about imagining things like lugging power and smoothness and quietness all happen to me to ....it made me laugh....its not imagination its real......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 7729, member: 98"] eric thats the atf .....cars of the past ,when there modulator valve gose bad the vacume from the mortor would susk the atf in and put it in the motor and white smoke would come out like a miseeto truck from the sixties ....people would just freak out thinking that there car was trashed....just needed a new valve.....this is why i went to hotter plugs this will burn more cleanly....i wouldnt be worried at all .....especaly on start up its cold and its just showing you whats going on .....just keep riding your bike will be fine .......check the air intake filter and maybe make a new top for the air filter that exposes all around intake of air this will make the combustion cleaner to ....my bike acts like this when cold on a cool day ......if i had an 1100 i would open the air up and put in the hotter plug thats listed for your bike this will raise the efficency of the atf ....dont get scaired off by a little smoke when your bike is running fine.....over time your bike will be demanding the mix mine sure did .....i had one leaky carb that completly stop leaking and all kinds of running benifits ...more low end power ,real smooth and strong mid range and high end power with no let down that had to be watched as to not go to far in rpm .... some of the comments about imagining things like lugging power and smoothness and quietness all happen to me to ....it made me laugh....its not imagination its real...... [/QUOTE]
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