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My gas mileage sucks....bad. Any thoughts?

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Old 06-30-2008, 01:49 PM
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Sounds like a street bob conspiracy. Seriously though, this is ridiculous...I've got the same friend with a big dresser and he's getting way better than me. My last fill up I only got 80 miles before the damn fuel light came on!
 
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Sorry to disagree, but his MPG may be right on.&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\; Around town for each of is differeent. Mine is block to block, stop signs red lights etc.
&nbsp\\;The big 96 likes to drink,&nbsp\\; mine is pretty close to his in MPG.
&nbsp\\;07 WG. BBS, 3/4" lolly pops , HD heavy breather. PCIII jammie fuel moto.
&nbsp\\;Plugs RIGHT ON. Very light grey .
 
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Well, I'm at a loss.
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I'm thinking of just sucking it up and getting the SERT and a new AC and seeing if that breaks something loose. At least it will run better and get poopy mpg
 
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Please believe me Im not questioning your math skills, but you might want to recheck your figures. That gas mileage is really low.
 
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Mine got 39 MPG in the city when it was stock. Now with the mods, it gets
34 MPG in the city. It performs a lot better than stock so the drop in economy
was worth the better performance. I do a lot of stop and go riding.
 
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Tompop, I just filled up a couple days ago. Put in three gallons of gas and ran a total of 80 miles. Not too hard to figure the math on that one...and, that is representative of my mileage. I will say that there is a slight chance that I am not consistent about putting gas in the tank. I am so paranoid about the gas shooting out the top like a geyser, that its possible I am shorting myself on one tank and putting in a lot more on the next. However, I've had Harleys forever and never had a bike with mileage even remotely close to this one.
 
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just did a few hundred on my 05 and got 47mph all stock
what's the best you ever got?
is there a programable chip in there?
 
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man... i have no clue what kind of milage my bob gets, people ask me that all the time, same answer i give them, who cars, if my handle is not snapped all the way back at every run i can take then i am not riding it hard enough... I drive a Jeep grand v8 quadra drive, take me a gallon to get out of my driveway! anything is better than that! i take the bike for the week and it cost me twenty some bucks for the week or i take my truck and it cost me 160 for the week... I love the bike!
 
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I care about the mileage so that I won't run out of gas as I use my mileage to know when I am running low. It also helps so you know something isn't right with the bike. It doesn't neccesarily mean you are being **** and wanting to ride it like a grandma&nbsp\\;just so you can save gas.
 
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They just finished my stage 1 and I checked the mileage yesterday. 2007 FDX, 1700 miles, V & H Pro Pip, Arlin Ness Big Sucker and
a EFI remap. 42 MPG, all city driving.
 


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