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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 07:04 AM
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I just computed my gas mileage for the first time today. I have about 9,000 miles on by bike with a stage one. Mostly highway since my last fill. Anyway, it came out to 59.53. I was impressed.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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That is impressive. I'm getting about 46 on my stage one 07 FXD and I thought it was running lean. This is my first FI engine though and I used to get 42 on my carbed '01 so maybe I'm closer to what I want to see than I expected.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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I'm only getting 30 mpg, have the stage one with the PCV, just emailed fulemoto to see if it can be improved. Must be running rich.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 09:20 AM
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Dude - 9k miles before you bothered to look?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 09:22 AM
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Dude - 9k miles before you bothered to look?
I know. I've just been having too much fun!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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I just calculated mine for the first time since I added the power comander ,fat cat and ,ac. Im getting 38.5. I thought that was good ,guess not.
 
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45MPG in town
50MPG Highway

Full stage 1
 
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Now I'm kind of worried it may be too lean. I did have it dyno tuned after the bolt on stuff. A/F ratio was great; HP 74 TQ 85. I think it does decel pop more than it should. No pinging though; and accelerates the way it should.
 
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I need to get pipes. I get about 47-48 with an a/c and crusing at 70 with a slight bit of city thrown in.
 
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59.53mpg is pretty darn high for a stage 1 96ci motor. It's likely to come down some if you test a few tank-fuls in a row.
 
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