Your best Miles per gallon ?
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grahamfirestorm
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Hi,my stock 2005 busa with seat hump on does 52.2 mpg can get over 200mls from a brimmed tank
FlatlandBusa
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My best ever was 63mpg, which was all over 6000 feet elevation. Normally I get 42-50 by myself depending on the speeds. Pulling the trailer while two-up running 80mph+ will drop the mileage down to 38.
jch364
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way back when my bike was completely stock i rode it at 55mph for some distance and my gauge read at one point 50mpg. that was the only time it did that. now with a 1397 kit etc i get about 36mpg on the highway at 75mph or so with luggage loaded down. thats what i got going to the dragon last month. I dont think thats bad at all really.
I've never rated MPG on a sportbike. I thought they were supposed to be rated to QMPG.
Quickest miles per gallon.
Quickest miles per gallon.
InfiniteReality
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In the Raptor I get 11mpg...likely will change as I just put 37's on.
Busa I have +2 on rear and speedo healer and get 33-34mpg for normal riding. 35 miles to/from work doing 80-120 since I'm always on back roads
Busa I have +2 on rear and speedo healer and get 33-34mpg for normal riding. 35 miles to/from work doing 80-120 since I'm always on back roads
max speed 136 19/43 gearing stock bike . Rode mostly 5 to 10 over posted limits .
48 is about right, Gen I use to show 50 on the gauge if I was nice
RedBusarider
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^^^ agreed.
I don't know if the Gens are the same but the Gen I's only show to 50 on the gauge no matter how nice you ride.
So you have to hand calculate to know for sure.
In the end I doubt that 1 or 2 mpg is going to make any difference.
MOST bikes speedos are off some (without a speedohealer or a gearing change and/or tire change) so then is a GPS the best way to figure mileage?
I would think that GPS units would have to have very complex algorithms to calculate distance going around curves or corners, even lane changes too.
So Is anything really that accurate to get exact MPG? I doubt it. So again I don't think a 1 or 2 mile per gallon difference is much to worry about.
Also each tankful will be different as you can't exactly reproduce every ride at the same speed over the same track.
If you were really worried and afraid that you might have to walk if you ran out - well then I guess you had better carry an extra quart or two with you.
c10
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So everyone knows this is GPS millage , same pump @ same station . FYI GPS and odometer are always with in 1 mile of each other for hundreds of miles .
My speedo reads 1 mph fast @ 80 mph with 19/43 gearing ( no speedo healer ) I bet a 190/55 rear tire puts it on the money for accurate mph to GPS .
My speedo reads 1 mph fast @ 80 mph with 19/43 gearing ( no speedo healer ) I bet a 190/55 rear tire puts it on the money for accurate mph to GPS .
RedBusarider
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My bike has a 190/55 and a 38 tooth rear sprocket and is right on the money according to my GPS.
The difference is the GPS can not change as fast as the bike can change speed so it lags behind.
At a steady speed though it is right on the money.
But like I said no two tankfuls will be exactly the same MPG. So in my book anything upper 40's or low 50's is fine with me.
That is of course riding most of the time within 5-10 mph of the speed limit. Having more fun will of course lower your MPG.
The difference is the GPS can not change as fast as the bike can change speed so it lags behind.
At a steady speed though it is right on the money.
But like I said no two tankfuls will be exactly the same MPG. So in my book anything upper 40's or low 50's is fine with me.
That is of course riding most of the time within 5-10 mph of the speed limit. Having more fun will of course lower your MPG.
InfiniteReality
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I need to go back to stock gearing, I'm leaving alot of MPG on the table.
Samaki
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One thing I have noticed with my 2011 is that as the temperature drops so does my mileage. I commute 88 miles per day all year so have lots of saddle time to compute useless information like this as I motor along. During the summer I consistently get a GPS corrected 51 mpg. This holds out until the temps drop into the forties when I loose about 2 mpg. The thirties brings another drop of about 2 mpg. Into the twenties MPG tanks even further another one or two mpg. I have not done enough consistent days in the teens to have an accurate mileage estimate, but I would imagine it to be even less. My difference between summer and the dead of winter is six mpg. My guess is that the ECU is not programmed to compensate well for temperatures below fifty degrees. It may have something to do with the blend of fuel sold in the winter; though I do not know the specifics on how winter fuel differs from summer fuel.
I have seen 53mpg on mine. That is 100% freeway with the Speedo indicating 80 mph. My wrist had a cramp from being in the same position for an hour and a half.
As soon as I start passing or other throttle intensive manuvers it drops to the normal 49ish on the freeway.
As soon as I start passing or other throttle intensive manuvers it drops to the normal 49ish on the freeway.
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