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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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What kind of gas mileage should I get on a 2002 Road King carb model? What docking hardware do most everyone use for their backrest? Thanks for the replys. I finially got the bike ive been looking for, even if it is ten years old.
 
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Congrats on your RK. I ride with a god friend who has a '99 Road King and to this day gets great mileage and is super happy with his ride. he has 40000+ miles on it.
 
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I am getting 35 with my 07 EFI RKC. I have the HD version backrest and it works fine.
 
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I get about 40 on my 2001 injected RK ,,, HD quick dis backrest
 
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I have a 2001 FLHRCI, upgraded to 95". I run Lucas Oil with gas fillups and get 50-52 on the open road.
 
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I indeed have an '02 Road King FLHR (note, no 'I'!!). Highway crusing at 80 I get around 35-38. Slow it down and it goes up. Around town I probably average a few ticks over 40. I can certainly do better, but I don't tend to ride that slow or conservative. I get about 160 miles out of a tank (~4 gallons then reserve).

I have the 4 point docking points, and I would highly recommend 4 over the 2.
 
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Thanks SoCalMike, that was the info I was looking for. Ive only ran one tank of gas, and was suprised at how low the gas mileage was vs my Sportster. I think I will go with the 4pt hardware also.
 
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'99 Carb. Touring around 70 mph I get 42 to 44. Buzzing around town 38 to 40.

My CV carb bike rocks! Sounds way better than a fuely, and runs every bit as good!

So what if I have to pull an enricher **** for a few seconds.

HD detachable hardware.

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