Thread: gz250 mileage
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Old 06-02-2010, 08:32 PM   #14
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Re: gz250 mileage

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Originally Posted by mrlmd1
244 miles on that 2.6 gal would be 93.8 mpg. Nobody gets that except coasting downhill in neutral.
Likely that he is already on reserve and doesn't realize it.

It has been a LONG time since we mentioned how the petcock lever is mis-leading.
I suspect that when he is out, there will be no recovery.

There is a tiny arrow on the lever that points to the active position; it is also the long part of the handle, which should "cover" the label for the position you are on.

[NOTE: the above has been corrected to avoid giving out bad information to future readers of this thread. That will make some of the following posts seem rather strange. Sorry for the confusion. ]
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