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From: Ft Hood, Tx
So I was trying to figure math on my bike. I filled up at 72 miles and it took 2.8 gallons. With a 4.7 gallon tank that leaves 1.9 gallons of gas left. My range said 70 miles to empty which doing the math would equate to 36mpg?? Any thoughts
That is crazy! We are currently in the blue ridge mountains and running 65-70 my 99 WG is averaging 36 mpgs. I would get your bike checked out. Or maybe she just needs a good highway run at 70 to knock out the cobwebs.
Last edited by 1999 Wide Glide; Oct 23, 2013 at 04:47 PM.
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Harley claims a combines MPG of 42 for a '14 WG. Here's the footnote concerning their findings on mileage:
""Estimated from fuel economy tests on a sample motorcycle from the corresponding family conducted by Harley-Davidson under ideal laboratory conditions. Not all motorcycle models undergo fuel economy testing. Fuel economy and mileage may vary among motorcycle models within a family. Your mileage may vary depending on your personal riding habits, weather conditions, trip length, vehicle condition and vehicle configuration and other conditions. Break-in mileage may vary.""
My 96ci Dyna averages low 40's combined. I use the trip meter and figure 40 MPG and ignore the gauge, as it's rather worthless. tomp dd50
""Estimated from fuel economy tests on a sample motorcycle from the corresponding family conducted by Harley-Davidson under ideal laboratory conditions. Not all motorcycle models undergo fuel economy testing. Fuel economy and mileage may vary among motorcycle models within a family. Your mileage may vary depending on your personal riding habits, weather conditions, trip length, vehicle condition and vehicle configuration and other conditions. Break-in mileage may vary.""
My 96ci Dyna averages low 40's combined. I use the trip meter and figure 40 MPG and ignore the gauge, as it's rather worthless. tomp dd50
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alots going to depend on your map. and riding habits.
for my 153.7 mile round trip commute. up and down highway 101 from san jose to monterey ( 2009 fatbob)
stock i was at 45mpg.
after the stage 1 i was at 42 mpg. with fuel moto's map.
after remapping itself (4000 miles of learning in the PV autotuner, applied at 500mile intervals) im at 39 mpg. but the bike is much happier ( no low rpm lugging quicker rollons...) still got some decel popping to try and sort but it's not horrible.
my batwing comes in tommorow so i'll start recording again to see if that changes anything.
each increment was a minimum of 10 tanks and as many as 40 tanks (current).
for my 153.7 mile round trip commute. up and down highway 101 from san jose to monterey ( 2009 fatbob)
stock i was at 45mpg.
after the stage 1 i was at 42 mpg. with fuel moto's map.
after remapping itself (4000 miles of learning in the PV autotuner, applied at 500mile intervals) im at 39 mpg. but the bike is much happier ( no low rpm lugging quicker rollons...) still got some decel popping to try and sort but it's not horrible.
my batwing comes in tommorow so i'll start recording again to see if that changes anything.
each increment was a minimum of 10 tanks and as many as 40 tanks (current).
Last edited by slozomby; Oct 31, 2013 at 09:07 PM.
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Even with a completely open loop tune and lots of WOT, I still get 36mpg, but if I never left the base 26mpg wouldn't surprise me at all.
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