07-05-2014, 02:22 PM
(07-05-2014, 12:48 PM)Guth_imp Wrote: Maybe folks don't necessarily want to share such information, but I'd imaging that one big factor when it comes to gas mileage on our bikes would be the size and weight of the rider. A big/tall guy is going to create more drag than a short/small rider and their gas mileage is going to suffer some because of it.
+ 1 and I tell you something else that is hard to account for is wind. I got 51 and 49 on my last tanks on my 750 riding 75 mph in the parkways and interstates. I could not figure it out until I thought about the wind. There was none. Put me in a head wind and it will drop 5 mpg right off the bat.
Maybe more, I dont know. But yet this is another factor.