So I met a buddy of mine up at the bar this past Monday night to watch some pre-season football. we are up there shooting the breeze and one of the waitresses I know comes over to chat. I haven't seen her in a while and we are doing some catching up. She sees my helmet and asked what kind of bike I road... yada yada. This old timer who is sitting kitty-corner from me at the bar interrupts our conversation. He over heard me saying about how I get around 50mpg with my bike. He asks what kind of bike I have and I told him. He calls bull**** and says people don't buy Harleys for their fuel economy. I told the guy I wasn't kidding and I was dead serious. His exacts words to me "Son, if your Harley gets 50mpg, you should sell it on eBay for a million dollars because you have a one of a kind Harley." I took just about everything I had to not put this old man in his place. He backs that comment up with " I have an Ultra Classic and I am lucky when I see 10mpg." So I tell him my bike is EFI and jumps in and says "Yea so is my Ultra, and there is no way your bike is getting anything better than mine."

I really wonder how the hell some people survive in this world.

Greg

 

Never argue with an idiot because they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

 

I can back you up, I get 50mpg on the Street Bob too (on the highway of course) If the old coot says he gets 10mpg he is either huge or needs to get his bike looked at.

 

Well he's not right but niether are you, you can get 50 on a Harley if the weather is just right and you are going down hill with a good tail wind and only going 55MPH.
I have 3 Harleys and the only time I ever gotten the kind of milage was when my wifes bike was still an 883 with all the above advantages.
40 is a good average, when you get a high number once and go around saying your bike gets x amount of mileage, that's just B.S.
Sorry dude!!!

 

I have 1400 miles on my bike and I have averaged between 42-47mpg the whole time. I said around 50mpg...

 

Sorry but you are dead wrong (isn't the first time) I get 50mpg all the time on the highway when traveling about 60 - 65 and using 6th gear. I used to get 50 on the Sportster as an 883 also but when it was made into a 1250 it would get about 47. When your bike doesn't get as good of mileage and you go around saying no one else does either that's just b.s.

 

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I have an '08 Nightster with 1800 miles on it. I'm on mostly backroads, but do a fair amount of stop/go in city traffic (Albany, NY) to get to the suburbs. I've never gotten below 46 mpg on a tank - mostly 48 to 51 (max).

 

I was averaging 50mpg on my SB (49-51) for the first 2500 miles stock except for V&H slip ons. I drive 70 for 23 miles on one highway and 60 for another 25 on another highway each way to work. It dropped to an average of 47mpg (46-48) over the last 800 miles after the stage one air cleaner and XIEDS were added.

 

I avg 45 mpg...50 is not a stretch at all.

And 10mpg for his Ultra Glide? What is this dood 400 pounds and towing a trailer behind him??

 

I get on the road at about 70-75 53mpg around 50 including road and town SE/Short Shots/and stage 1