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Originally Posted by BigDaddyT
Tires tires tires. A train weighs a lot but has a small contact area so resistance is relatively low. We all know those big fat tires lower mileage but Im not sure everyone knows why. I took off the softer mud tire and went to a much higher presser street tire.
When I was a kid I rode bicycles a lot. I started to get arthritis in my hands from riding dirt bikes so much I had to stop riding dirt. When I switched from a dirt tire to a high pressure street tire the difference was night and day. The street tire had so much less resistance. The hypermillers are overinflating to lower resistance even more.
Remove all unnecessary weight from your vehicle(even if it means your going on a diet). Racers know 100 lbs cost you a tenth in the quarter mile because
your wasting hp to get motivate the extra weight. I took a peek around my car and tire pressure is good and only about 20lbs extra weight in the trunk.
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Until you mentioned personal diet.....
Correct BTW but don't po me!
Actually on a motorcycle weights, think of this a bike like a new ninja weighs 500 pounds give or take. Now put a chunky guy like me on a diet and say I lose 50 pounds......that's 10% of the bikes weight, think that doesn't count a lot?
You also mentioned rolling resistance.......tire pressure, tire pressure also a big help.
