MPG
- Thread starter thesnake
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-High 40's if steady state 50 - 70mph (very rare)
-Low 40's w/high speed cruising
but w/out top end warp runs
-High 30's if totally nuts.
-Low 40's w/high speed cruising
-High 30's if totally nuts.
by riding hard I mean wide open throttle and not shifting until 10k+. If I WANTED to save gas, I would not ride it like that, but it's too fun. Yes, I tour in first and second alot. On the highway, going steady the MPG goes up. I dont give a rip about MPG or I would have gotten a scooter or a 500/600 sized bike
putterying around I usually shirft around 2 - 4k, and end up in 6th at 35-40 mph
putterying around I usually shirft around 2 - 4k, and end up in 6th at 35-40 mph
For the record busabad...You suck.
The Big Red One
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I'm suspecting that the diff performance mods and diff styles of riding and possibly diff kinds of fuel we all run are affecting our mileage and giving us the different numbers. This is a big engine, I can see how it could use wayy more or less fuel depending on how its ran
But when we bought these bikes I don't think fuel mileage was a big concern
The Big Red One
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Snake have you changed anything since the mileage decrease?....brand/octane of gas, additives ect? Maybe its new plugs/throttle sync/tune up time? Is it running the same? That is a puzzler and I'd wanna know the reason too...I'm also wondering how the computer figures the mileage and how accurate it really is. Hell its still getting better mileage than alot of cars AND putting out more power tho...lol
busa1300nut
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Beleive it or not, between 40-43 MPG.
thesnake
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Nothing changed except I went for the 1st service. I start riding it a tad harder (once in a while shifting 2/3/4 at 8k, but overall pretty much the same. Same gas--87 octance and i've tried various brands. I was getting around 200 miles on a tank and it dropped to around 110-120.
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Same here!
Snake,
I'm also getting quite low on MPG ( havent calculated in Mile/Galon as my bike came in KM/Liter set up ( not sure if it can be changed , probadly yes....)
Anyways,
I was really puzzled at first as even though the tank capacity supposed to be 22l I was getting like 220km avg...
Then, I realised that it all in my riding..... (and the reserve seems to be more than 3l )
For example , since I know it is not charging battery below 3.5k I always endup running it in 4k ( that's on equivalent of 35mph speed limit in city) , on highway same I'll be doing like say .... 100km in 4k , which would be 5gear
The thing with the 4k is that I'm not able to charge batter overnight (public carpark ), so I always run above charging cut off..... it served me well 'till know and I would be able to run on a batter for about 1-2years. Also I feel that that way bike is not so letargic on accel....
Also when movin' from lights I would shift at lest 7km plus minus ( normal riding).... then drop to 4k.....
Some thin like that... ( not inclusive of letting it go which I can't resist from time to time)
Like stated above, on highway the the consumption goes way down ( running it in 5g to 4 g etc....)
So it depends how it is ridden , I guess ....
just my 0.2c...
I'm also getting quite low on MPG ( havent calculated in Mile/Galon as my bike came in KM/Liter set up ( not sure if it can be changed , probadly yes....)
Anyways,
I was really puzzled at first as even though the tank capacity supposed to be 22l I was getting like 220km avg...
Then, I realised that it all in my riding..... (and the reserve seems to be more than 3l )
For example , since I know it is not charging battery below 3.5k I always endup running it in 4k ( that's on equivalent of 35mph speed limit in city) , on highway same I'll be doing like say .... 100km in 4k , which would be 5gear
The thing with the 4k is that I'm not able to charge batter overnight (public carpark ), so I always run above charging cut off..... it served me well 'till know and I would be able to run on a batter for about 1-2years. Also I feel that that way bike is not so letargic on accel....
Also when movin' from lights I would shift at lest 7km plus minus ( normal riding).... then drop to 4k.....
Some thin like that... ( not inclusive of letting it go which I can't resist from time to time)
Like stated above, on highway the the consumption goes way down ( running it in 5g to 4 g etc....)
So it depends how it is ridden , I guess ....
just my 0.2c...
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