Berk By The Numbers..
Now that the car is on it's feet, I wanted to document where things are with some data/ stats..
PUT IN SERVICE ON MAY 15, 2021, with the odometer reading 38,800 (these are the actual miles on this bike motor).. The car was actually running and driving a bit before that date, but on 5-15-21, I took it on a 250 shakedown run with very minor issues.. I'm certainly still working on it, but since that date, I have not hesitated to take the car wherever I wish.. I've been driving it to work (64 miles round trip) for the last 3 weeks.. my students do in fact laugh at me..
As of today (6-3-21), the ODO shows 39,555.MILEAGE; I've only calculated a few times, but
she seems to get about 25 miles per gallon- I've seen 23 up to 27 depending on how I drive.. The tank holds 5.5 gallons, so I'm learning that
my range is about 120-130 miles. Surely I could stretch this out a bit, but I drive it pretty aggressively, because it's fun to drive a slow car fast
WEIGHT; I finally did it- I took it to a local scale yesterday (6-2-21) and learned that with a half tank of fuel and no driver,
it weighs exactly 1,000 pounds. The clerk wasn't sure, but she thought the scale was accurate to within 10 pounds, so I'll take her word for it. I'm both happy and sad learning of this weight, because my goal was to keep it sub 900 pounds, and I've missed that by a lot. In just this last day I'm obsessing, thinking of where I can cut weight, and I'm now trying to be sure not to add any more (like the silencer I was planning to add to the exhaust).. I think I need to get over myself though, as any car that comes in at 1K# is pretty damn light.. I like the way she drives and handles, and so far, I haven't felt the need for more power.. At 1,000 lbs and aprox 110 hp, I have a 9:1 power-to-weight ratio, which is proving to be really fun
--ccrunner
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Dean
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