11-08-2014, 12:09 PM
(11-06-2014, 12:30 PM)Todd_K_imp Wrote: Last few rides have been frigid - lower 40s - and shorter. According to the mileage computer I'm right around 39-40mpg, and that is with a mellow throttle hand. Not getting up to full operating temp is killing my mileage. Cold weather is for the birds.
Wow, Todd, that is low. I rode out I-88 today to Dixon then up to Rockford where I filled up. The wind was wicked - strong headwind with gusts of over 30mph (so said the weather guy) and it felt like it. (Temps in the mid thirties - God Bless heated gear) The mpg at Rockford was still 49.7, which was off my overall average of 53. The ride back had that awesome tailwind and I got 60.8 - a new high for me.
I just checked my fuel app log and my all time lowest was 45.5 which was a trip to St. Louis - all highway and rarely under 75-80 mph.
The bike turned over 3,600 miles on the clock today. And I am diggin' it more all the time.