at sea  level  maybe.  here in denver i get 60 in about 45 seconds in
an  82 westy.   the oil loss could be several things but yes that
sounds excessive to me.
jimt
On Thursday, Oct 3, 2002, at 10:09 America/Denver, Sean Garrett wrote:
> 1. I followed the thread about poor performance in a 82 air-cooled and
> noticed that several folks chimed in about 0-60 mph in 30 seconds. I
> have
> tried that with my Westy and it (at best) can go from 0-50 in 30
> seconds.
> However as soon as I drop into 4th gear it takes another additional 30
> seconds to get up to 60. I just have no high end torque like some
> others
> have said they have (Bulley and another listee in Florida).