Gas Mileage?

[flynrider]

How is everyone getting such high milage? I am on a 2014 standard six speed. I am pretty tame and average I get high 30s to mid 40s. Is the 2014 models tuned different?

Mine IS a 2014 6 speed.

I've said it before but I'll repeat. I think my good mileage comes from the environment I ride in. Rural Ohio, very little traffic, few stop lights, few stop signs, steady throttle hand and steady speeds, no hard starts, no hard stops unless someone pulls out in front of me. It would be extremely rare for my tach to see 4,000 rpms. Once I leave my driveway I run mostly gentle curves for basically as long as I want to go, very little shifting, between 45 and 60 miles per hour steady. In that environment I get good mileage. Around 56 mpg.

If I go down into the city, or the suburbs of the city, where there is stop and go traffic, congestion, lots of lights or stop signs, lots of shifting or have to get on the freeway, my mileage drops precipitously down into the 40s.

Didn't buy the bike to get good mileage, not TRYING to get good fuel mileage, it's just a byproduct of where and how I ride.

That pretty much covers the top two factors that determine mpg. Relatively low speeds and not a lot of throttle variation (i.e. stop and go).

Theoretically, the CB could turn in MPG numbers in the 70s, but you'd have to a) find a very long road where it would be possible to maintain a steady 35 mph or lower and b) want to travel a long distance on such a road.