MPG part 2...believe it or not...got the facts straight..as they were before

[PaceMaster]

First of all my Busa is a total animal when twisted up...that last trip i wrote about.......odo showed 772 miles total...gps 713 slow ride and dark.
So today.......upset i can't show pic's from my phone....every 100 miles i took a pic of both....odo and gps up to 300 miles.... my odo is exactly 8% off.....all 3 times i checked it was the same....for every 100 miles it was 8 miles over the GPS. 108-216-324....ODO.
Today was alot warmer...and got after it here and there..and a 166 gps blast....woohoo. Today the GPS did NOT skip.........barley
corrected odo is 338.1...ah ha gps said 338.89.....full when i left home... filled when i got home....1/2 mile from home.and recorded all the numbers at the station. Ps one gas stop during the ride...i did the math..at gps 221.39...[Trout] 4.352 gallons=50.87 mpg's.
Total corrected ODO is 338.1 and 6.682 gallons = 50.6 mpg's.
So a couple of weeks ago when i did 60+ mpg ,,,hardly anyone would believe....772 minus 8% =710 miles 11.35 gallons= did= 62.57 mpg..
Are we done??? Remember the 710 mile ride was pretty slow and lot's of dark......Bambies scare me to death.
It was a fun ride today...someone asked...... we were 5000' to 8000' the whole ride.....The mighty Sierra's. Great lunch at Convict Lake. CA.

[RedBusarider]

710 miles at "pretty slow" is no problem to reach 60 some MPG.

But most riders didn't buy a Busa to ride it at 55 all the time.

[PaceMaster]

Well... that ride was the [only one] with MPG's in mind with over 45k on it.

[Trout]

Ps one gas stop during the ride...i did the math..at gps 221.39...[Trout] 4.352 gallons=50.87 mpg's.
Total corrected ODO is 338.1 and 6.682 gallons = 50.6 mpg's.

Yeah, I can dig those numbers. This is right in line with what I typically experience when I ride a moderate pace.

[PaceMaster]

Yeah, I can dig those numbers. This is right in line with what I typically experience when I ride a moderate pace.

Thnx Trout...it was a fun ride....Friday

[SWJ88]

i check my fuel mpg nearly everytime i fill up. the worst i have ever got was 35 mpg riding hard in town only. the best i have ever got was 55.5 on the highway when i took a 250 mile trip with the old man. that is also the only trip i have rode the speed limit the whole time there was one time we raced to a town 120 miles away and i made it in about 50 minutes and averaged 42 mpg. you do the math there fellas. I believe fuel mileage is also greatly effected by your riding posture. for instance if i sit straight up and set me throttle meister at 80 i can hunker down and get up to 95mph on flat ground. wind drag is the biggest factor when it comes to MPG

[BoostCreep]

I... can't... read this... post... there... are way too many... ... ... periods...

[Rothman]

Man I wish I could hit those numbers. I guess riding in the mountains all the time hinders that a bit. Sure would be nice to get better mileage though. I wonder if the ODO problem is a common thing? Maybe I'll look into it, still trying to get the GPS wired up at the moment.

[PaceMaster]

I... can't... read this... post... there... are way too many... ... ... periods...

hahahahaha..alcohol may be the problem LOL

[PaceMaster]

Man I wish I could hit those numbers. I guess riding in the mountains all the time hinders that a bit. Sure would be nice to get better mileage though. I wonder if the ODO problem is a common thing? Maybe I'll look into it, still trying to get the GPS wired up at the moment.

I have one tooth down in front..makes the ODO 8% optomistic.
Even with stock gearing..you can't trust it to be 100%...funny though at 25 it right on....the faster you go the more it inaccurate it get's...sheez 165 GPS the speedo is pegged at like straight down...have a good one.