I knew it was just a matter of time

deacon · #1 08-29-2009, 08:42 PM

The latest claim i see is 40mph and 100 mpg... wonder how long the nose is on the person who wrote that.

I guess if I wait long enough I will see 100mph and 1000mpg...

GearNut · #2 08-29-2009, 09:14 PM

I get 15 MPH and 100,000,000, miles to the gallon.
When the engine is turned off......

Kevlarr · #3 08-29-2009, 09:38 PM

I only get around 60 mpg and 30 mph

a_dam · #4 08-30-2009, 02:49 AM

It could be true. The bike could do 40mph and 100mpg. Just not at the same time.

deacon · #5 08-30-2009, 01:11 PM

I'm gonna be honest here. I do not know for a fact but I seriously doubt that any of these bikes will do 40mph stock out of the box. I built one and it out of the box did about 25mph on a slight incline. on the flat it might have hit thirty but I sorta doubt it.

Best i ever did mileage was about 90. I think honestly to say thirty mph and 90 mpg is pretty generous but not unrealistic. They have always said a hundred cause it's dramatic and who is really gonna sweat the extra ten mpg. It's that 40mph that makes no sense. That makes the darn thing a motorcycle. You need to register it and insure it in this state.

I know some of the guys have goosed these things but, but out of the box unmodified I just don't believe it.

**2door** · #6 08-30-2009, 07:43 PM

Deacon is right on. These claims of 40 plus are just that, claims. I can make my bike do anything I want to 'claim' just by reprogramming my speedo to a larger wheel size. I've seen the 'claim' that he gets 40mph on a 41T sprocket and 100+ mpg. Bull hockey. Why is it that some people can't be satisfied with reality and feel it necessary to try feeding us a line of poop when we all know that's what it is? Buy a motorcycle and be done done with it. Motorized bicycles are not for everyone. Especially those unsatisfied with 25/30mph, top speed.
Tom

foureasy · #7 08-30-2009, 08:51 PM

i can do 40 with a 36t sprocket. my motor is very far from stock. my speedo didn't last long enough to check the mileage, but its probably about 30-40mpg. i like passing cars on my bicycle.

Pablo · #8 08-30-2009, 09:39 PM

My bike will do 40+ mph on a decent long straight and I did that exactly once. Too scary. 35 mph is just right.

And at that 40 mph speed, my tank was WAY more empty than 100mpg. Probably 50 mpg IF I was lucky. Suckin' fuel like iced tea!

deacon · #9 08-30-2009, 10:11 PM

but was the bike right out of the box... that's pretty much what the ads want us to believe.

foureasy · #10 08-30-2009, 10:35 PM

exactly deacon. do people still believe what they hear in advertisements.

this is my first bike, but i knew a few people that had them. i always asked them how fast they were, i always get the same answer, "about 40". so i build mine with quality american bicycle parts, do some serious port work, carb, several handmade pipes, and a squish type combustion chamber, then i let daryl and his other brother daryl ride it (with an f'n speedo on it) and they come back saying they never got it over 36. what i always say is dont talk about it, be about it