Horrible Fuel Economy - I think
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Horrible Fuel Economy - I think
My 2012 Deluxe seems to be getting horrible gas milage. I live in a city that is a grid street system and it's a red light every block. I'm 75% city and 25% highway driving.
Anyway I'm getting around 30mpg tops. My gas gage is calibrated and when filled to the top I'm getting around 150 miles per 5 gal tank.
Is this normal for the bike? I thought the bikes got much better mpg.
Anyway I'm getting around 30mpg tops. My gas gage is calibrated and when filled to the top I'm getting around 150 miles per 5 gal tank.
Is this normal for the bike? I thought the bikes got much better mpg.
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Seems low to me. My Deuce will get about 40 mpg with no hwy miles, just boppin' around town. I would look into it. That said, on a recent trip I noted that some brands of gas gave me worse mileage the others, maybe ethanol is the culprit.
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My 2012 Deluxe seems to be getting horrible gas milage. I live in a city that is a grid street system and it's a red light every block. I'm 75% city and 25% highway driving.
Anyway I'm getting around 30mpg tops. My gas gage is calibrated and when filled to the top I'm getting around 150 miles per 5 gal tank.
Is this normal for the bike? I thought the bikes got much better mpg.
Anyway I'm getting around 30mpg tops. My gas gage is calibrated and when filled to the top I'm getting around 150 miles per 5 gal tank.
Is this normal for the bike? I thought the bikes got much better mpg.
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My gas tank was bone dry when I filled up. I was calibrating my gas gauge so I wanted to run it as low as possible... when I ran out of gas at level. I had to push the bike to the filling station. Looking inside the tank it was bone dry. Which worked fine for gas gauge calibration.
So from bone dry and exactly 5 gallons registering on the pump I got 150-ish miles until it was bone dry again.
So from bone dry and exactly 5 gallons registering on the pump I got 150-ish miles until it was bone dry again.
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My gas tank was bone dry when I filled up. I was calibrating my gas gauge so I wanted to run it as low as possible... when I ran out of gas at level. I had to push the bike to the filling station. Looking inside the tank it was bone dry. Which worked fine for gas gauge calibration.
So from bone dry and exactly 5 gallons registering on the pump I got 150-ish miles until it was bone dry again.
So from bone dry and exactly 5 gallons registering on the pump I got 150-ish miles until it was bone dry again.
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OP fill the tank, zero the mileage counter, ride till you fill up next time (does not matter how many miles but don't empty your tank bone dry), add some gas, look at mileage counter again, divide the trip miles by number of gallons you filled up with and you will have average mpg.
My Heritage gets around 40 mpg in suburban stop at every fricking red light then 40-50mph to the next red signal.
My Heritage gets around 40 mpg in suburban stop at every fricking red light then 40-50mph to the next red signal.