i'm getting a little annoyed with the tiny tank on the zxr. Last weekend i had to do a 160 mile journey followed two hours later by a 240 mile journey. Having gone up one tooth on the front sproket the revs were a little more sedate around the ton mark, and fuel economy at speed was a surprisingly consistent 44mpg. At one point my speedo seemed to *ahem* malfunction on a long straight on the m1, reading 140mph, a new record for my little zxr
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But dispite the concrete seat making my bum feel like it had been ravaged by a randy rhino, what irritated the most was the 120 mile tank range. On the motorway the meant stopping almost every hour.
To put it into perspective, I passed a r1200rt will panniers and pillion on m25 (him at 80, me doing 100), 20 mins before stopping for a fill up. I then passed him & her 40 mins later, after which i had to stop again... then guess what? yup, i passed them again 20 mins after that! Talk about tortoise and the hare!
So, to finally get to the point...
WHERE CAN I GET A BIGGER TANK?!?! :smt013
I do 700 miles a week in all weathers including snow, that's roughly 35,000 miles a year, and some weekend warrior biker has the nerve to get out of his Audi at work to tell me to I was riding far too fast in the wet (over taking at 50... fast eh?).
