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Old 20-08-12, 11:44
WeskusKlong WeskusKlong is offline
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Langebaan
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My Ten's first 700km.

After I refueled the Ten twice I am a bit disappointed with its consumption. I never gave it the sticks, in fact took it very cautiously. First tank was 30% in town and the rest open roads @ +/- 4000 rpm. I got 18.93 km/l (44.5 mpg).

I thought that was a bit rough so on Saturday did a 300km round trip - mainly highway at 4000 - 4500 rpm. The result was still disappointing @ 20.6 km/l (48.45 mpg).

I spoke to the dealer this morning, he said it could be that the Ten is running a bit rich, that it will be checked on the 1000km service, scheduled for next week. Even though I know the motor is still stiff, I expected at least 20 km/l.

And then the wind buffeting... bad to the point where I thought it will be better to remove the screen. I searched on the net for replacement screens, found a 8 cm higher screen at OTR Germany, which I ordered. Hope that will improve the ride comfort. Afterwards I saw the same product advertised in the UK by Skidmarx. Anybody tried it?

Enough moaned. For the rest I'm impressed. Power is more than enough, as I said in my newbie intro post, the Ten handles cross-winds better than what I expected. I suppose this may get worse with the taller screen.

Cheers!
 

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