Super Low Mileage
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Queens, NY
here's what you do...
fill up your tank and fill up a 1 gallon gas can to strap to your bike somehow.
re-set your trip OD to 0 and take off and ride until you completely run out of gas.
read your trip OD...thats how many miles you get from full to empty.
put your 1 gallon reserve in the tank, ride to next gas station, re-fill, ride home.
fill up your tank and fill up a 1 gallon gas can to strap to your bike somehow.
re-set your trip OD to 0 and take off and ride until you completely run out of gas.
read your trip OD...thats how many miles you get from full to empty.
put your 1 gallon reserve in the tank, ride to next gas station, re-fill, ride home.
Big Kahuna HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 23,881
Likes: 34
From: USA
Couple of things:
1. Forget the mileage guage. Calculate MPG by gallons in to miles driven.
2. E10 gas or other Cali gas blends destroy mpg ratings
Do nothing until you:
Add exactly 3 gallons of gas at each fill up and log mileage for 5 fill ups. Then see how far 15 gallons of gas took you. That will be your accurate mpg.
1. Forget the mileage guage. Calculate MPG by gallons in to miles driven.
2. E10 gas or other Cali gas blends destroy mpg ratings
Do nothing until you:
Add exactly 3 gallons of gas at each fill up and log mileage for 5 fill ups. Then see how far 15 gallons of gas took you. That will be your accurate mpg.
Big Kahuna HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 23,881
Likes: 34
From: USA
here's what you do...
fill up your tank and fill up a 1 gallon gas can to strap to your bike somehow.
re-set your trip OD to 0 and take off and ride until you completely run out of gas.
read your trip OD...thats how many miles you get from full to empty.
put your 1 gallon reserve in the tank, ride to next gas station, re-fill, ride home.
fill up your tank and fill up a 1 gallon gas can to strap to your bike somehow.
re-set your trip OD to 0 and take off and ride until you completely run out of gas.
read your trip OD...thats how many miles you get from full to empty.
put your 1 gallon reserve in the tank, ride to next gas station, re-fill, ride home.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 497
Likes: 4
From: Navarre, FL
Hey Joe - it's suppose to be 4.5 tank, but even when I am at less than 7 miles left to ride (the alert you get on your speedo) I can never put more than 3.5- 3.6 gallons in. How come? I used to get approx. 150 miles out of a tank, it's gotten worse recently. Should I get it dyno tuned by a professional?
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 599
Likes: 2
From: Montana
How does adding EXACTLY 3 gallons of gas at each fill up for five times tell you ANYTHING? What if you use MORE than 3 gallons between fill ups? What if you use LESS? If the tank holds 4.5 gallons, thats a gallon and a half of possible error at each fill up!
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Road Master
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,161
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From: Walnut Creek, CA
Guys, I don't have a tank lift - tho I was considering getting one from Jackyl..
I realize that doing all the performance mods would change the mileage but damn... I went from riding close to 170 on one tank to around 140 and recently it dropped to 110.. I will try to test it out and let ya know. I also wonder about that 'reserve' deal.. If when I fill it up and it fits only 3.5 does it mean that there's a gallon still in that I'm actually not using?
I fill up with 98 Octane - whatever is suppose to be the best according to my dealer..
I realize that doing all the performance mods would change the mileage but damn... I went from riding close to 170 on one tank to around 140 and recently it dropped to 110.. I will try to test it out and let ya know. I also wonder about that 'reserve' deal.. If when I fill it up and it fits only 3.5 does it mean that there's a gallon still in that I'm actually not using?
I fill up with 98 Octane - whatever is suppose to be the best according to my dealer..
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Queens, NY
Guys, I don't have a tank lift - tho I was considering getting one from Jackyl..
I realize that doing all the performance mods would change the mileage but damn... I went from riding close to 170 on one tank to around 140 and recently it dropped to 110.. I will try to test it out and let ya know. I also wonder about that 'reserve' deal.. If when I fill it up and it fits only 3.5 does it mean that there's a gallon still in that I'm actually not using?
I fill up with 98 Octane - whatever is suppose to be the best according to my dealer..
I realize that doing all the performance mods would change the mileage but damn... I went from riding close to 170 on one tank to around 140 and recently it dropped to 110.. I will try to test it out and let ya know. I also wonder about that 'reserve' deal.. If when I fill it up and it fits only 3.5 does it mean that there's a gallon still in that I'm actually not using?
I fill up with 98 Octane - whatever is suppose to be the best according to my dealer..
where in the hell do you get 98 octane?! best we have around here is 93
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 302
Likes: 8
From: Huddersfield. U.K.
Even with a tank lift I would imagine that you could fill it up to the top, but could throw the guages out.