Hi there, as some of you know i only recently passed my bike test and my first bike (ever) is a '07 Triumph America.
Anyway, i've been out and about on it, no long rides yet apart from a pants wetting trip to Stratford upon Avon, most of my journeying being in or around Birmingham (which is nightmarish enough).
So i have a couple of questions that i'd rather find out the easy way rather than the tarmac way.
The key one being, how far can i lean before the bike decides to dump me?
One of my big weaknesses has been my ability to lean into corners, on this kind of bike at least - i was fine on the practise bike which was much smaller and a more 'standard' setup.
It'd be really useful for me to know what it's capable of both at slow speeds and mid speeds (40mph) as i've been fairly conservative with it so far and thats caused me to either take corners too wide or be too cautious on slow speeds (for fear of dropping it on mini roundabouts).
My other question is a bit simpler : (ballpark figure) how far can i go before i run out of petrol? First time i went out i ran out of fuel at 70 miles (on a duel carrageway in fact) before i had to switch to the reserve. Second time was slightly longer but not much more.
I'm aware i probably had the choke partly out for my first runs (don't ask) but i've been cautious to go over 70 miles before refueling and i reckon (looking at stats at least) that it should have another 15 - 20 miles in it before i need to switch to reserve.
am i wrong? (probably)
cheers for any help you can offer
