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Old May 13th, 2008, 11:26 AM   #1
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Has anybody used this yet. It saves gas.
Play the video !


Pay Less For Gas With Ethos FR
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Old May 13th, 2008, 07:50 PM   #2
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No but I have been checking into this:
Acetone In Fuel Said to Increase Mileage

From the sites and tests I have read up on, it seems to be on the level. Just filled up today and will add 6 oz of Acetone to the tank.
Just gotta keep it off of the paint!!!!

Forgot to add this link also:
Fuel saving gadgets - a professional engineer's view: Acetone

I'll let you know...

Here is something on Ethos
Fuel saving gadgets - a professional engineer's view: Ethos FR

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Old May 13th, 2008, 09:07 PM   #3
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thanks for trying this out cd........i for one will be awating your unbiased results!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
been doing any fishing lately???? i went bass fishing a few weeks ago...had a blast!!!!!!!
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Chuck, Red Rider posted something about an accident. Were you hurt, or was it a different Chuck he was referring to?

I'm looking forward to hearing more about extending MPG.
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No but I have been checking into this:
Acetone In Fuel Said to Increase Mileage

From the sites and tests I have read up on, it seems to be on the level. Just filled up today and will add 6 oz of Acetone to the tank.
Just gotta keep it off of the paint!!!!

Forgot to add this link also:
Fuel saving gadgets - a professional engineer's view: Acetone

I'll let you know...

Here is something on Ethos
Fuel saving gadgets - a professional engineer's view: Ethos FR
Did God change the Laws of Physics when we weren't looking? The Acetone deal was tested on Sportsters & it doesn't work - doesn't hurt anything (other than wipe your paint off) & is a good fuel system cleaner, but that's about all.

Does Ethos work because people on videos say so? Interesting theory (I'm an engineer), but I reckon I should have been born in Missouri - the "Show Me State" ;-)} Let's go to the dyno, let's go to Maxton, NC & let's go to Bonneville & then we'll see.

Be great to run from New York City to San Diego & back too, but the dyno & the tracks will make what works & what doesn't show up real quick.
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Chuck, Red Rider posted something about an accident. Were you hurt, or was it a different Chuck he was referring to?

I'm looking forward to hearing more about extending MPG.
well i still kickin!!!!!!!! i feel bad for the "other" chuck tho...............no wrecks yet!!!!!!!!!
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Old May 14th, 2008, 09:42 AM   #7
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With gas prices going up we're going to get more spam, bogus claims and increased mileage devices than they had in the Carter Days of rationing!
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Old May 14th, 2008, 01:16 PM   #8
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About the only thing I know to help mileage is keeping your tires inflated properly and slow down (hard to do, though I'm doing it in my Dodge PU and am getting 10-15% better mileage doing 60-65 mph versus 70-75 mph on the freeway). I'm not in a hurry around this damn town anyway as I'm look out for the idiots on the road.
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Old May 14th, 2008, 01:27 PM   #9
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" I'm not in a hurry around this damn town anyway as I'm look out for the idiots on the road."

Ditto bro!
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Did God change the Laws of Physics when we weren't looking? The Acetone deal was tested on Sportsters & it doesn't work -
Well, that explains it! Nothing helps a Sportster.....
Just funnin...
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If these things worked the big boys would have them, one of them would buy it up patent it and either sell it to the others or keep it to themselves, the auto manuf need anything they can get to improve mileage.

Nobody is hiding anything, of course rumors abound about the guy with the 100 mpg carb being bought out by: (Pick one) Arabs, GM, Ford, Mafia, who knows.

Slow down
clean and wax the vehicle
clean air filter
tune it up
good tires with proper air inflation

Thats the ticket.
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dam hrk, ya mean i have to wash my bike???????????
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Old May 14th, 2008, 09:10 PM   #13
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LMAO chuck I just washed my bike last week I think , but it was a few months before that , My daughter & her husband gave me some cleaneing stuff from A detailer shop for christmas & I just got around to trying it , works real good
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Just funnin...
Oh I love it when BT guys tease us Sportster guys.

Have a look @ the photos I posted in the Gallery. The street bikes will dust a BT, #506 has already run 167 mph in a different configuration & #4007 ran 180.025 the way you see it. And 14 mph faster than Carl's Speed Shop's 119" Softail on the same track on the same day.

We're not done yet - I just haven't found that tree $$$ grows on
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Pssssttt, Art I was just pulling your leg...
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I dunno why all these sporty guys are so sensitive about their bikes cd do you LOL
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I dunno why all these sporty guys are so sensitive about their bikes cd do you LOL
Some day I am going to create a PITA scale of where each type of rider ranks by type / style of bike they rode. In over twelve years I learned a thing or two about how different riders rank as a group.
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Old May 15th, 2008, 04:56 PM   #18
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Since your talking mileage, what are your rides getting? I have checked my Softail out on several 200+ mile trips and got 50-55 mpg... and I don't know why. Most numbers I hear are 35-40 mpg.
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a lean condition will get you better gas mileage..............
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And to lean will get you a wrecker so becareful , Mt 03 E glide run's about 40-45 depends on how the wrist turns , I try to run around 75-80 on the road
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