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Other bikes in my stable (Ducati, Guzzi) always benefitted from running at 190-200F. The ECU mapping had the engines running very rich when cold and that richness dropped off as the engines came up to operating temp. If I rode into rain the engine temp would usually fall quite quickly, due to evaporation, and the ECU would then go into the rich range again. This resulted in really crappy fuel mileage on rainy days, important to know on a trip when you are counting on a normal tank range and suddenly the tank is going dry at 70% of what expected. BTDT. I suspect the Zong has this same logic, running rich when the ECU thinks it's cold. Joe has lots of experience riding the RX3 under those conditions. I'd love to hear his comments.
Peter Y.
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