{"id":10868,"date":"2026-04-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:29:14","slug":"lunch-with-kermit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/lunch-with-kermit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch with Kermit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friday, 25 April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gas at 65,233 \u2013 E10\/93, 3.461 gals @ $3.999 = $13.84. 118.8 miles\/3.461 gal = 34.32 mpg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End at 65,325 (118 miles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When to Horne\u2019s at the corner of US 301 and US 17 to meet Kermit for breakfast. He\u2019s 12 weeks out from his shoulder reconstruction and starting to ride again. Straight out and back run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trying some 93 octane gas. Scott says his bike gets better mileage with 93; I&#8217;ve been using non-ethanol 89 and 90 when I can find it, and regular 87 or 89 when I can&#8217;t. You&#8217;d think the old bike with the lower compression ratio would be fine with lower-octane gas, but Scott&#8217;s anecdotal evidence was convincing enough for me to at least give it a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wes_r90_kr1250-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10869 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wes_r90_kr1250-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10869 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wes_r90_kr1250-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wes_r90_kr1250-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wes_r90_kr1250-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wes_r90_kr1250.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><I>Kermit&#8217;s bike is the modern one; I think it&#8217;s a 2021 R 1250 GS Rallye.<\/I><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went to Horne\u2019s at the corner to meet Kermit for breakfast. He\u2019s 12 weeks out from his shoulder reconstruction and starting to ride again. Straight out and back run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-riding-without-cruise-control"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10870,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868\/revisions\/10870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}