Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: MPH & Fuel Economy

 

I may well get rid of my Honda CT90's.......71 and 73.

Henry

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From: "max_stemple" <max_stemple@yahoo.com>
To: <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:54 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: MPH & Fuel Economy

I want one. Or at least a scooter. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
>
> I saw a Vespa toodling down a main drag today, and I thought - if everyone
> used
> such a thing for around town trips (say 10 mile radius from home base), we
> would
> decrease our need for gasoline by 90%. My wife is not excited about riding
> one
> to work, but it could be a great Christmas Gift for her.
>
> brian from la verne, ca
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Aleph93 <aleph93@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 7:02:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] MPH & Fuel Economy
>
>
> Lately, I've been looking at my BMW moto '80 R100RT, and thinking I
> should ride this more often with the fuel prices as they are. I don't
> know what it exactly gets for mileage, as I always steal gas from it to
> run the wood chipper et al, yet obviously a lot better then the MB.
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
> ==
>
> On 5/5/11 1:13 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > Re: Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> > Posted by: "Mark in Lakewood CO"beeser750@... beeser750
> > Date: Wed May 4, 2011 6:57 am ((PDT))
> >
> >
> > Yeah, it's an irontop. XLS "Speedster". '83, first year after The
> > Motor
> >Company bought themselves back from AMF.
> >
> > It's leaky, noisy, greasy, the seat is torn and you have to beat it with
> > a
> >stick to get it around a corner. But, you know what happens when you
> >push the
> >"Start" button? It starts, runs and gets 45 mpg on fuel (gas) that costs
> >$3.55
> >a gallon.
> >
> > Wouldn't mind a panhead or even pre-Evo shovelhead.
> >
> > Mark in Lakewood, CO
> > (Where diesel fuel just topped $4 a gallon this past week)
> >
> > To:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > From:vwnate1@...
> > Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 03:07:49 +0000
> > Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> >
> >
> >
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Back in Good Hands

 


Glad to hear it's coming home , be ready to wail in anguish when you see all the damage done to it....

If you look in my older posts , I wrote a detailed how to easily find leaks and to know what system it is with the leak..

i'll give it a go again if you want , might take me some time though .

-Nate
Chip wrote:
>
> My MB turbo coupe is on it's way from NC to Texas on the back of a big truck. I was surprised I could get it shipped from there to here for $550 bucks. I doubt I could have driven it from there to here for that price.
>
> After many months in the hands of a really good every other kind of car mechanic, he ultimately failed at finding a vacuum leak. His last suggestion was to put on a vacuum pump and it was at that point I said we will quit here.
>
> It should be in Houston first of next week. Prepare to answer many questions for me as I work to sort out this issue. In the end, you guys were right with the advise to get it our of his hands and back into mine.
>
> Chip
> Soon to not be turboless in Houston
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Brian's Suicide

 


Hell Brian , go buy it now and give it to her Sunday , it being Mother's Day and all.......

I get first dibs on the tools & parts on your trunk...=8-)

-Nate
Brian wrote:
>
> I saw a Vespa toodling down a main drag today, and I thought - if everyone used
> such a thing for around town trips (say 10 mile radius from home base), we would
> decrease our need for gasoline by 90%. My wife is not excited about riding one
> to work, but it could be a great Christmas Gift for her.
>
> brian from la verne, ca
>
>
>
>
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Antenna Fiddles

 



It all depends on the traffic ~ this morning @ 04:30 I was held up getting on near the Northern terminus of the I-110 freeway but as soon as I got to the bottom of the ramp , I pulled out and passed the new Mercedes and the racer-ricky truck , spooled it up to 85 and was in down town in a *very* brief time .

The antenna , differes ~ if there's a hexoganal nut at the base , you need to loosen this and then have SWMBO turn the key on whilst you pull on it and it'll spool all the way out before the motor stops running ,in about 12 seconds.

If you just pull the antenna shaft out after unscrewing the base nut , about 1/2 the time it'll break the internal drive & ruin the whole thing .

If , OTOH , there's a funny looking black rubber grommet / ball thing in the fender where the antenna pokes through , you can just dismount it inside the trunk & work it down & out for service , replace the grommet as it's cheap but it'll still leak into the trunk anyways .

-Nate
(who loves brute force & ignorance)

Nate, how far up the I 110 can you get in 15 minutes?????
But really my radio has quit, the antenna is at half mast and stuck, I do have a
new pap antenna, what are the odds that it is the antenna at fault. & how does
the trunk liner come out do I use brute force and ignorance, or can I finness
it?

Tony

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: MPH & Fuel Economy

 

At the Post Office yesterday, found a golf car parked in front, owner came out as I was dismounting.  I smiled an asked him if that was one of those new Chevy Volts, he said no, it was a Yamaha.  Looks just like a golf cart, is powered by some kind of minute Yamaha single, maybe 125 or 250cc.  Guy said he was on the seme gallon of gas for the last three weeks, didn't mention distance driven.  Still...

bk

--- On Thu, 5/5/11, max_stemple <max_stemple@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: max_stemple <max_stemple@yahoo.com>
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: MPH & Fuel Economy
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 10:54 AM

 


I want one. Or at least a scooter. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
>
> I saw a Vespa toodling down a main drag today, and I thought - if everyone used
> such a thing for around town trips (say 10 mile radius from home base), we would
> decrease our need for gasoline by 90%. My wife is not excited about riding one
> to work, but it could be a great Christmas Gift for her.
>
> brian from la verne, ca
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Aleph93 <aleph93@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 7:02:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] MPH & Fuel Economy
>
>
> Lately, I've been looking at my BMW moto '80 R100RT, and thinking I
> should ride this more often with the fuel prices as they are. I don't
> know what it exactly gets for mileage, as I always steal gas from it to
> run the wood chipper et al, yet obviously a lot better then the MB.
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
> ==
>
> On 5/5/11 1:13 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > Re: Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> > Posted by: "Mark in Lakewood CO"beeser750@... beeser750
> > Date: Wed May 4, 2011 6:57 am ((PDT))
> >
> >
> > Yeah, it's an irontop. XLS "Speedster". '83, first year after The Motor
> >Company bought themselves back from AMF.
> >
> > It's leaky, noisy, greasy, the seat is torn and you have to beat it with a
> >stick to get it around a corner. But, you know what happens when you push the
> >"Start" button? It starts, runs and gets 45 mpg on fuel (gas) that costs $3.55
> >a gallon.
> >
> > Wouldn't mind a panhead or even pre-Evo shovelhead.
> >
> > Mark in Lakewood, CO
> > (Where diesel fuel just topped $4 a gallon this past week)
> >
> > To:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > From:vwnate1@...
> > Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 03:07:49 +0000
> > Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> >
> >
> >
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: MPH & Fuel Economy

 

On 5/5/2011 10:54 AM, max_stemple wrote:
> I saw a Vespa toodling down a main drag today, and I thought - if
> everyone used
> > such a thing for around town trips (say 10 mile radius from home
> base), we would
> > decrease our need for gasoline by 90%

I resurrected my 1978 Motobecane moped. 120 mpg or more. Problem is
legal maximum speed is 30 mph but with tweaking I can get 38 mph on the
flat. Would be great around town but I live in rural area where speed
limit is generally 45 mph. Economically it is not practical after
paying registration and insurance. It makes you feel like you are doing
something to save gas but at a cost.

--
Stan George Portland <<

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: MPH & Fuel Economy

 

I'm selling my 1996 Honda Helix.... 70MPH/60-65MPG.... but this isn't a little Vespa.... 249cc  4 stroke, water cooled motor.  This has been called, "the cadillac of motorscooters".  Personally, I look at it as the MB of motorscooters.  I have (nervously) ridden this on the Interstates, but I don't recommend it.  Wichita, Ks.   listen to what the owner's have to say.
 
In a message dated 5/5/2011 12:54:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time, max_stemple@yahoo.com writes:
I saw a Vespa toodling down a main drag today, and I thought - if everyone used
> such a thing for around town trips (say 10 mile radius from home base), we would
> decrease our need for gasoline by 90%. My wife is not excited about riding one
> to work, but it could be a great Christmas Gift for her.

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[diesel_mercedes] Back in Good Hands

 

My MB turbo coupe is on it's way from NC to Texas on the back of a big truck. I was surprised I could get it shipped from there to here for $550 bucks. I doubt I could have driven it from there to here for that price.

After many months in the hands of a really good every other kind of car mechanic, he ultimately failed at finding a vacuum leak. His last suggestion was to put on a vacuum pump and it was at that point I said we will quit here.

It should be in Houston first of next week. Prepare to answer many questions for me as I work to sort out this issue. In the end, you guys were right with the advise to get it our of his hands and back into mine.

Chip
Soon to not be turboless in Houston

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: MPH & Fuel Economy

 


I want one. Or at least a scooter. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
>
> I saw a Vespa toodling down a main drag today, and I thought - if everyone used
> such a thing for around town trips (say 10 mile radius from home base), we would
> decrease our need for gasoline by 90%. My wife is not excited about riding one
> to work, but it could be a great Christmas Gift for her.
>
> brian from la verne, ca
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Aleph93 <aleph93@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 7:02:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] MPH & Fuel Economy
>
>
> Lately, I've been looking at my BMW moto '80 R100RT, and thinking I
> should ride this more often with the fuel prices as they are. I don't
> know what it exactly gets for mileage, as I always steal gas from it to
> run the wood chipper et al, yet obviously a lot better then the MB.
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
> ==
>
> On 5/5/11 1:13 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > Re: Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> > Posted by: "Mark in Lakewood CO"beeser750@... beeser750
> > Date: Wed May 4, 2011 6:57 am ((PDT))
> >
> >
> > Yeah, it's an irontop. XLS "Speedster". '83, first year after The Motor
> >Company bought themselves back from AMF.
> >
> > It's leaky, noisy, greasy, the seat is torn and you have to beat it with a
> >stick to get it around a corner. But, you know what happens when you push the
> >"Start" button? It starts, runs and gets 45 mpg on fuel (gas) that costs $3.55
> >a gallon.
> >
> > Wouldn't mind a panhead or even pre-Evo shovelhead.
> >
> > Mark in Lakewood, CO
> > (Where diesel fuel just topped $4 a gallon this past week)
> >
> > To:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > From:vwnate1@...
> > Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 03:07:49 +0000
> > Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> >
> >
> >
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] MPH & Fuel Economy

 

I saw a Vespa toodling down a main drag today, and I thought - if everyone used such a thing for around town trips (say 10 mile radius from home base), we would decrease our need for gasoline by 90%. My wife is not excited about riding one to work, but it could be a great Christmas Gift for her.
 
brian from la verne, ca


From: Aleph93 <aleph93@ca.rr.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 7:02:18 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] MPH & Fuel Economy

 

Lately, I've been looking at my BMW moto '80 R100RT, and thinking I
should ride this more often with the fuel prices as they are. I don't
know what it exactly gets for mileage, as I always steal gas from it to
run the wood chipper et al, yet obviously a lot better then the MB.

Rob
'85 300D
Garden Grove, CA
==

On 5/5/11 1:13 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> Posted by: "Mark in Lakewood CO"beeser750@q.com beeser750
> Date: Wed May 4, 2011 6:57 am ((PDT))
>
>
> Yeah, it's an irontop. XLS "Speedster". '83, first year after The Motor Company bought themselves back from AMF.
>
> It's leaky, noisy, greasy, the seat is torn and you have to beat it with a stick to get it around a corner. But, you know what happens when you push the "Start" button? It starts, runs and gets 45 mpg on fuel (gas) that costs $3.55 a gallon.
>
> Wouldn't mind a panhead or even pre-Evo shovelhead.
>
> Mark in Lakewood, CO
> (Where diesel fuel just topped $4 a gallon this past week)
>
> To:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> From:vwnate1@yahoo.com
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 03:07:49 +0000
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
>
>
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Tires and fuel economy

 

I have 17" AMG wheels on my '92 300D which never managed to get better than 28.5 mpg either on stock wheels or on the 225/45 17 Toyo Proxess 4 tires that were recently on it. I switched to Nokian Entyres in 225/50 17 for a 3.51% increase in rolling diameter 2 weeks ago and took a road trip from Everett WA to Portland. After correcting the odometer error for the slightly larger tires I computed 35.5mpg. Now I know that part of that 25% increase is due to the greater rolling diameter (3.51%) but I find it hard to swallow that the rest came from the lower rolling resistance of the tires. They do coast much further and the amount of accelerator pedal needed to move the car is palpably less.

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : MPH & Fuel Economy

 

My '69 slabside Shovel bobber gets 45mpg, handles "OK" with the girder front end and starts within 3 kicks.

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] MPH & Fuel Economy

 

Lately, I've been looking at my BMW moto '80 R100RT, and thinking I
should ride this more often with the fuel prices as they are. I don't
know what it exactly gets for mileage, as I always steal gas from it to
run the wood chipper et al, yet obviously a lot better then the MB.

Rob
'85 300D
Garden Grove, CA
==

On 5/5/11 1:13 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
> Posted by: "Mark in Lakewood CO"beeser750@q.com beeser750
> Date: Wed May 4, 2011 6:57 am ((PDT))
>
>
> Yeah, it's an irontop. XLS "Speedster". '83, first year after The Motor Company bought themselves back from AMF.
>
> It's leaky, noisy, greasy, the seat is torn and you have to beat it with a stick to get it around a corner. But, you know what happens when you push the "Start" button? It starts, runs and gets 45 mpg on fuel (gas) that costs $3.55 a gallon.
>
> Wouldn't mind a panhead or even pre-Evo shovelhead.
>
> Mark in Lakewood, CO
> (Where diesel fuel just topped $4 a gallon this past week)
>
> To:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> From:vwnate1@yahoo.com
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 03:07:49 +0000
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : MPH& Fuel Economy
>
>
>

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