XR250 fully laden with two full panneirs, tools and spares, topbox full plus tent on back seat on the motorway (M25, M3, M4): tried and tested maintains 105km/h (60mph) and on a downhill catching a truck slipstream 115km/h. Fast enough to keep up with the trucks. Cars just drive past you. The argument that a slow vehicle is no good on a motorway is irrelevant...they have two more lanes to pass you. The problem comes on the smaller non-motorway roads when they can't pass you easily and then out of frustration they take chances on blind corners etc.
oh yes...fully laden....just over 4lt/100km. With my 22lt acerbis I consistently changed to reserve at 485km
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