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Holie Crappy MPG's, Batman!
#1
Last Friday commute to/from office (32 mi, some traffic) and Saturday's round trip JAX-St. Augustine for the monthly match (75mi, chill traffic) and according to its instruments I got 38.5 MPG. Dodgy Not far from what I get from my wife's TSX.

Still makes me feel like Excited so "who cares?"

Banana

There will be alotta stops on the way to VA. Biker
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#2
I've never seen mileage that bad on mine. How did you figure it?
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#3
never seen anything below 50 mpg. You do that trip in 3rd gear or something?
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#4
Maintenance time?
My Ural gets almost as good fuel mileage as that!
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#5
I get 35-38 in town hitting signals, stop signs and traffic. It sucks. Now on the open road I get 45-50mpg easy if I don't have to stop every minute Smile My commute I have about 25 signals and I usually hit 15 of them. This bike hates to idle, sucks up gas.
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(02-24-2016, 01:47 AM)mininsx_imp Wrote: I've never seen mileage that bad on mine. How did you figure it?

I didn't do any math. That's what the instruments said.
(02-24-2016, 01:50 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: never seen anything below 50 mpg. You do that trip in 3rd gear or something?

Friday's commute back home I was caught in rush hour pretty heavy traffic (went home by Arlington Expressway then Atlantic Blvd for those familiar with JAX [Redbirds]).

Then Saturday morning I was running a little late so I rushed it down I95.

Not typical riding days for me, but still 38 sucks.
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#7
On my Death Valley trip I had some real sucky mileage stretches; mostly due to nasty wind.
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#8
I usually get in the 50s easily on the highway. I find idling seems to kill our mileage, going over 150kph also seems to make it fall right off compared to the 120-140kph range -- at least on a 2013.
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(02-24-2016, 01:50 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: never seen anything below 50 mpg. You do that trip in 3rd gear or something?

Unless I measure it in UK MPG, I very rarely see anything over 50 mpg! I average 44 and the worst I've ever got was 30!
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#10
Not to belittle it but at $1.50 a gallon who cares if 38 or 50 mpg. Twist that throttle and get your self some wee ha!


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