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Originally Posted by markharf
Gallons don't do much for you in South America. 5 liters is a reasonable size to carry. I hardly ever used my extra fuel--the only real issue was headwinds in Patagonia, which sometimes halved my mileage. Oh, plus one of the Andean passes--Paso de San Francisco, I think.
The real question is what are you doing to that poor Strom to get such miserable mileage? I've never gone below 50 on mine, and I've definitely hit 70 (miles/US gallon). Unless you're burning high-ethanol fuel, like what's sold in Brazil, I'd be thinking about maintenance issues.
This advice worth precisely what you paid me for it, but in no case in excess of US$0.02.
Mark
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That's helpful; I was thinking Bolivia was pretty crazy.
I think it's probably a combination of:
* a motor that already has 43K miles on it
* me loading the sucker down with two happy trails panniers, top case, and full camping gear as well as some climbing gear
* the fact i'm 6'6" and im sure I increase drag quite a bit.
* stock sprocket
* i like to accelerate
I wish I did get 50+MPG average but sadly its not happening.
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