12-30-2016, 04:31 AM
Awhile back I test rode a '14 here at work and loved it. I have been mulling over the bike on lunch and sitting on it... curiously I turned on the display and saw: total, 12 miles, 30 MPG.
I'm assuming this is from my test ride, where I rode "normally" but a couple stretches got 'er up to 85MPH in 4th just to see how it goes. I'm used to 48-50 MPG on my KLR... So, I'm thinking, the 30 MPG is not accurate OVERALL because:
- it's not even broken in
- it was a pretty short trip relatively (I am certain I went less than 5 miles on the test ride).
So if I do end up purchasing in Spring, should I not worry about it? Can the ECU be remapped if I want to eek some better MPG out or is it also a gearing thing?
I'm assuming this is from my test ride, where I rode "normally" but a couple stretches got 'er up to 85MPH in 4th just to see how it goes. I'm used to 48-50 MPG on my KLR... So, I'm thinking, the 30 MPG is not accurate OVERALL because:
- it's not even broken in
- it was a pretty short trip relatively (I am certain I went less than 5 miles on the test ride).
So if I do end up purchasing in Spring, should I not worry about it? Can the ECU be remapped if I want to eek some better MPG out or is it also a gearing thing?