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From: T i m on 6 Sep 2008 15:56
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:10:51 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The
Older Gentleman) wrote:

>T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Oh, I have the R100RT Mono (but have only had a R90S clone for a short
>> time before that) and it's seems about right (for me). New enough to
>> have reasonable bits but old enough not to have computers etc?
>
>The 100's probably OK.

I think they say the 80 is smoother and not much less powerful
(especially against the low compression 100's).

> I had a naked R80, fitted with an S cockpit
>fairing and the extra clocks. Looked lovely.

I think the looks are like Marmite. I don't 'like' the sticky out
cylinders but they are part of make it so recognizable.
>
>Trouble was the fuel consumption. It was an effort to get more than
>40mpg out of it.

That isn't good. I was getting 50's out of my 35k 100 even towing the
trailer (but was riding more gently then etc).

>And the speedo was ludicrously inaccurate - I saw 130
>on the clock once, and it was definitely not that bloody fast.

My GPS has shown up a load of inaccurate speedos. ;-)
>
>My old heavy-flywheel R100RS (1978 model) was the one to have: smooth,
>reliable, decent fuel consumption....

That would have been the high(er) compression model wouldn't it? Also
dual-plugging seems to make quite a difference ... fuel economy or
performance, depending on how you wanna use em?

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