Gas mileage ?
Gas mileage ?
I just bought a 2000 Harley Davidson Deuce, and was wondering how many miles you can get on a tank of gas doing two lane riding cruising around between 40mph and 50 mph. ?
I did 160 today, but my fuel guage is not reading right.
Thanks for the help,
Bobby.
I did 160 today, but my fuel guage is not reading right.
Thanks for the help,
Bobby.
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That's a good question. I'm riding a 2009 Heritage. Here you go: Totally stock I was getting 45-47 mpg local and about 50 on a trip. I have since installed an SE intake and PC V. Now I'm doing about 43-44 mpg local. Don't know about a trip yet but I'd assume around 47-48. Hope this helps.
Last edited by Gman in NC; Jul 31, 2010 at 07:53 PM.
Thanks Gman.
I just bought the bike yesterday.
I don't exactly know what's done to the bike, as the dealer is suppose to find-out for me.
The say it has a lot of engine work done to it, and it sounds it.
It has a cam, Vance and Hines "shot gun" exhaust, and a bigger 41mm carb with a K&N filter, what else, I won't know until the dealer gets back to me.
The gas guage read around 3/4 full when I topped it off this morning.
I did about a 160+ ride today on two lane back roads up though Laconia NH though the Weirs Beach doing an average speeds of 35 mph to 55 mph with no highway riding.
The tank guage is now reading in the "Red" around 1/4 tank. I haven't had a chance yet to refill it to see how low it is, and I don't know how many gallons the tank holds ?
I would hope that you could get around 200 miles on a tank full of gas, but as this is my first Harley, I don't know if this is possible ?
Thanks for your help.
I'd hate to run out of gas with my new used bike.
It has a lot of custom work done to it to leave on the side of the road out of gas.
I'll post photos of it tomorrow for you guys.
Bobby.
I just bought the bike yesterday.
I don't exactly know what's done to the bike, as the dealer is suppose to find-out for me.
The say it has a lot of engine work done to it, and it sounds it.
It has a cam, Vance and Hines "shot gun" exhaust, and a bigger 41mm carb with a K&N filter, what else, I won't know until the dealer gets back to me.
The gas guage read around 3/4 full when I topped it off this morning.
I did about a 160+ ride today on two lane back roads up though Laconia NH though the Weirs Beach doing an average speeds of 35 mph to 55 mph with no highway riding.
The tank guage is now reading in the "Red" around 1/4 tank. I haven't had a chance yet to refill it to see how low it is, and I don't know how many gallons the tank holds ?
I would hope that you could get around 200 miles on a tank full of gas, but as this is my first Harley, I don't know if this is possible ?
Thanks for your help.
I'd hate to run out of gas with my new used bike.
It has a lot of custom work done to it to leave on the side of the road out of gas.
I'll post photos of it tomorrow for you guys.
Bobby.
Last edited by badinc1; Jul 31, 2010 at 07:11 PM. Reason: fixed mis-spelling
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I hope you got the owner's manual with it. If it's like mine you'll get a low fuel light with about a gallon of gas left. Being a 2000 model I'm not sure though. A Deuce is a beautiful bike. Enjoy and be careful.
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I have a '02 Heritage. My gas guage doesn't work. (one of my winter projects) It gets 42 - 45 mpg so at 160 miles I start looking for gas. I have gone 196 miles and not hit reserve but I knew I was close to a station in case I hit reserve.
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I have a 2000 with a similar set up. I start looking for gas at about 150 miles, it usually ends up taking about 4.2 gallons at that point. They have a 4.9 gallon tank. Depends a lot on riding style amongst other things. The gauges are not reliable, your best bet is to drive 100-150 miles then top it off and figure out your mileage. Once you have that go by the trip odometer not the fuel gauge.
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I have a 2000 with a similar set up. I start looking for gas at about 150 miles, it usually ends up taking about 4.2 gallons at that point. They have a 4.9 gallon tank. Depends a lot on riding style amongst other things. The gauges are not reliable, your best bet is to drive 100-150 miles then top it off and figure out your mileage. Once you have that go by the trip odometer not the fuel gauge.
That's what I plan on doing from now on.
I didn't know how many gallons the tank held ?
And I just got the bike yesterday, and today was my first ride on it today.
I did about 160+ miles, and have about another 10 miles to go to the closest gas station from where I store it.
I just was wondering what most of you guys got with yours so I could judge mine better.
I just got off a 2009 Kawasaki Concours14 ABS Sport/Touring bike, and I could go 200 miles on a tank of gas with that.
That bike had 165 horsepower out of the crate, was water cooled, fuel injected, and had a driveshaft.
With that being said, I thought that the Deuce could go the same distance ?
Thanks for your help,
Bobby.
Last edited by badinc1; Jul 31, 2010 at 09:04 PM.
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I've gone about 160 or so miles, and have another 10 miles to the closest gas station. A Shell gas station, which works out good because I've found that the bikes I've owned and my hot rods and Avalanche 4x4 seems to run better and get better mileage with the Shell gasoline. I run 93 octane with the bike and hot rods, [ones a 800hp. 6-71 blown 383ci Chevy] and 89 octane in my 2002 Chevy Avalanche Z-71 4x4.
My 2009 Kawasaki Concours14 ABS [Sport/Touring, something like a BMW] had fuel injection and an electronic fuel gauge that was quite accurate. It could go 200 miles on a full tank without any problems.
Bobby.
I don't think I have a low fuel warning light as it has a carb instead of fuel injection.
My 2009 Kawasaki Concours14 ABS had fuel injection and it had a low fuel warning light, plus the electronic fuel guage.
If that light started blinking, you had better get fuel FAST !!!
I never had any problems though, and it could go 200 miles without any problems with Shell 93 octane gasoline.
So far, I love the bike, although the brakes could be better.
It should really have duel discs in the front.
Being an old motocross racer, and a superbiker road racer, I have grown a custom of using the front brake only for slowing down and stopping along with the bikes transmission.
Bobby.
Bobby.