Holy gas pump Batman!!!
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From: SE Michigan
Holy gas pump Batman!!!
Went for my first ride today ( yesterday...you get it right?) after this winter on my '07 Road King 103 inch. Went on a doctor's appt. about 70 miles away. Normally I get about 38-40 mpg if I don't ride it too hard. Today I'd gone 60, then 70 miles and the fuel gauge is barely moving so I figure it got stuck/gummed up over the winter. On the way home I'm hitting over 100 miles then 120 miles and the gauge is moving a little so I figure it's still stuck. Pull into the Mobile Station near my house to top off and the fuel gauge is showing just over a half a tank with 150 miles logged so I'm figuring my new "empty" is at the "half" mark on the gauge. I top it off and to my surprise it only takes 2.5 gallons so there's nothing wrong with gauge to my astonishment!!??? That's SIXTY/60 MPG.
I do run the Pulstar sparkplugs and when I first put them in over 10K miles ago I got good mileage like that on the virgin ride only then it dropped back the high 30's.
The bike ran fine as normal and only backfired on me once when down shifting. Will have to see on the next ride what happens but any thoughts on this anyone???? "Riddle me this, Batman!!!"
I do run the Pulstar sparkplugs and when I first put them in over 10K miles ago I got good mileage like that on the virgin ride only then it dropped back the high 30's.
The bike ran fine as normal and only backfired on me once when down shifting. Will have to see on the next ride what happens but any thoughts on this anyone???? "Riddle me this, Batman!!!"
Last edited by Tactical111; Apr 19, 2017 at 11:42 PM. Reason: dumb ass comments
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I just downloaded the Fuelio (Free) app for my phone that calculates MPG, cost, etc. to more easily see how all my vehicles are doing.
It will be interesting to see how your next tank compares. You may have been a little easy on the throttle on that first tank.
It will be interesting to see how your next tank compares. You may have been a little easy on the throttle on that first tank.
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I would be suspicious of a wind change while you were at the doctor's office resulting in a tail wind both ways. The other possibility is that you zeroed the odometer and then got interrupted before buying gas. After a few extra miles, you topped off, then parked it for the winter without re-zeroing thus showing extra miles on the storage gas load.
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