Quote: (03-09-2019 02:49 PM)911 Wrote:
Great post Cortes, glad you've been living it up in the South Am. backroads. And yeah, you would have been better off with a Japanese big 4 used dual/trail bike, nearly maintenance free, just clean/lube the chain and change your motor oil, with some light yearly work, and no problem going up any mountain even with a 250cc.
Was your loss of power due to the steepness, or did altitude/air density factor in even on flat terrain at high altitude? Maybe that would be fixed with a carburetor tuneup.
If i had to guess Its a mix of both. When im in higher altitude cities riding on flat road i dont top out at the same speed as sea level. Popayan which is at about 6000ft I topped 75km/h on open road. Going up a hill at that altitude i never went above 4th gear because the bike would decelerate pretty quickly going uphill. Going uphill at sea level the bike decelerates, but at a lesser extent.
As ive broken the bike in a bit more recently, as well as replaced the chain, the top speed on flat road is slightly higher. Maybe i wont have as many issues at high altitude as i did at first. Gonna put it to the test tommorow
tommorow im gonna be climbing the atacama desert to cross into argentina. Reaches over 17000ft above sea level. pray for me
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