55 MPG on SE Ultra
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55 MPG on SE Ultra
I met a guy yesterday who rides a 2008 SE Bagger and says he has no heat problems with his engine (well documented here) and gets 55 mpg doing 80 mph on the highway. I asked him as many polite ways as I could about his mileage claims and he insisted he was correct. I think he's full of $hit. He has aftermarket pipes and a PC on the bike, which may run it cooler but not increase his mileage. I'm beginning to wonder if all these claims about high mileage are due to malfunctioning speedometers.  \\;
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RE: 55 MPG on SE Ultra
I am am more then doubting it as well. \\; \\; 275 Miles to reserve or 330 miles to empty. \\; I have never seen anything remotely close to that even when the planets alighn.
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I get a best of 40 with 211 cams on a superslab. \\; I was doing a best of \\;45 completely stock.
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I get a best of 40 with 211 cams on a superslab. \\; I was doing a best of \\;45 completely stock.
RE: 55 MPG on SE Ultra
That's BS. Did he pass high school math? When I had a Dodge PU with the Cummins diesel, I used to hear outrageous mileage claims by people. I suppose if you coast down hill and do a bunch of other weird chit, that you could possibly stretch the MPG. Even then, 55 seems very high. BS meter is going crazy
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RE: 55 MPG on SE Ultra
i have broken over 50 a few times on my eglide but i wasnt doing 80 . riding normal with a mix of 1 and 2 up gets me mid 40's most of the time . im stock plus k and n/powercommander/fuel motto modified rush slipons
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RE: 55 MPG on SE Ultra
 \\;There seems to be a lot of that around I have an aquantince that claims his ultra gets 60MPG and he can climb any hill around here in 6th gear no problem, I live in Idaho there are some pretty big hills here. I know he only has a stage one set up with no duno tune. I almost said Bull-Crap.
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RE: 55 MPG on SE Ultra
If you rode @ 55- 60 mph, you could get to the low 50 mpg range. At 80 mph, I would think you would be in the high 30's low 40's.
Did your friend happen to have a tow rope on his bike?
Did your friend happen to have a tow rope on his bike?