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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 10:42 AM
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Wow! I went for a ride to the veterans memorial, about 50 miles from home, on Sunday. Gassed up before I left and gassed up when I got back. I got 57.8 mpg at 60 mph! I may be running a bit lean, but wow!

P.S. Stock except pipes (some kind of slashcut slipons from previous owner).
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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My xl883 got between 54 to 56mpg all the time, only mod was SE slipons. Sportsters are great bikes!!!
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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I've never get below 52mpg---sure beats the hell out of 12mpg in my truck.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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I was concerned that I'd lose my great gas mileage after doing a Stage 1. I'm still getting over 50 MPG. I am very pleased.
 
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That was my concern too. I have purchased a K&N filter and plan to mod the stock air box and rejet. I was really concerned about losing the mileage too. Thanks for your input.

 
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best I have ever got so far in 1500 miles of riding my bike is 63 miles on 1.04 gallons of gas. I have a peanut (1.9) so i was doing great! I also run 175 main jet, 45 pilot and ultima Big Growl full length pipes
 
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That's a nice MPG. Makes the touring type jealous. I owned a 135CC scooter in India that got over 100 MPG. The tank was only 1.25 gallons, though.
 
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