I met a guy yesterday who rides a 2008 SE Bagger and says he has no heat problems with his engine (well documented here) and gets 55 mpg doing 80 mph on the highway. I asked him as many polite ways as I could about his mileage claims and he insisted he was correct. I think he's full of $hit. He has aftermarket pipes and a PC on the bike, which may run it cooler but not increase his mileage. I'm beginning to wonder if all these claims about high mileage are due to malfunctioning speedometers. &nbsp\\;

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The Professor
2001 FLHTCI
2007 FXSTC Softail Custom

My BS meter just pegged out with that statement!

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Not possible to get that mpg and have a usable bike. Calculator must need a reboot
Ron

I wouldn't want to call him out for misrepresenting the truth, but I'd have to see it to believe it.

I am am more then doubting it as well.&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\; 275 Miles to reserve or 330 miles to empty.&nbsp\\; I have never seen anything remotely close to that even when the planets alighn.
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I get a best of 40 with 211 cams on a superslab.&nbsp\\; I was doing a best of&nbsp\\;45 completely stock.

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That's BS. Did he pass high school math? When I had a Dodge PU with the Cummins diesel, I used to hear outrageous mileage claims by people. I suppose if you coast down hill and do a bunch of other weird chit, that you could possibly stretch the MPG. Even then, 55 seems very high. BS meter is going crazy

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i have broken over 50 a few times on my eglide but i wasnt doing 80 . riding normal with a mix of 1 and 2 up gets me mid 40's most of the time . im stock plus k and n/powercommander/fuel motto modified rush slipons

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&nbsp\\;There seems to be a lot of that around I have an aquantince that claims his ultra gets 60MPG and he can climb any hill around here in 6th gear no problem, I live in Idaho there are some pretty big hills here. I know he only has a stage one set up with no duno tune. I almost said Bull-Crap.

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JAG1886
2007 Road King
2000 1200 Sportster
2003 1200 Sportster

Hey Proff...you should have rolled your pant legs up and said to him it's getting pretty deep!!![:@]

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"It's not my job to die in the line of duty...It's my job to provide the maximum opportunity for the scumbag to die in his"!

If you rode @ 55- 60 mph, you could get to the low 50 mpg range. At 80 mph, I would think you would be in the high 30's low 40's.

Did your friend happen to have a tow rope on his bike?

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Zumo 550 w/ XM Radio
IDS
Sundowner
Cruise Control
Hog Tunes Ultra Sound
Tour Pack and Lowers
Stage 1, K&N AC, Super Trap SE Slip Ons
T.W.R. Missing Link Stabilizer
Kitchen Sink
WILL THIS EVER END?