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Sep 11, 2009 | 03:20 PM

danktat

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Question on mileage

I took a trip on my bike to Atlantic City a couple of weeks ago. I filled up the tank completely and zeroed out the trip odometer just before leaving. The round trip was ~140 miles. When I got back I filled up again and the tank too around 3.4 gallons of fuel. Mathematically that works out to about 41 mpg. Does that sound right for mostly highway riding? I have the 5.2 gallon tank (I believe that the reserve is 1.1 gallons). That would put me at just over 200 miles per fill-up on the highway. I only have stage one and drag pipes done to the performance (carbed not injected). Again....does that sound about where it should be?

Thanks in advance

Sep 11, 2009 | 03:40 PM

AdrianVall

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Better then my ride! Thats for damn sure.. lol I get like 32-33 in city and 38 highway.

Sep 11, 2009 | 03:47 PM

maddghost

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41 seems fair,some get more some less,it depends on load, temp., wind,slope,air density,humidity,altitude,and of course amount of twist on the throttle.

Sep 11, 2009 | 04:02 PM

danktat

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Cool.....was just wondering where it landed as far as other bikes go. I know that there are much larger engines out there with much more performance upgrades than what I have (88 ci). Looking to see what other were getting out of thier bikes.

Sep 11, 2009 | 04:08 PM

Sammi

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I usually ride 2-up and get between 38-42 mpg.

'06 TC88 with slipons, Stage 1 A/C and Power Commander.

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Sep 11, 2009 | 04:16 PM

arnold

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I only get 39 anywhere I go, be glad what you get

Sep 11, 2009 | 04:20 PM

nevil

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Did almost exactly the same ride in June and got 42, so you're in the ballpark. Lots of variables, like weight, wind, etc. but it's 10 mpg better than I was getting before a remap.