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Message started by rickj on 02/25/10 at 10:19:55

Title: What Kind of Mileage Do You Get?
Post by rickj on 02/25/10 at 10:19:55

Just got a 2001 LS 650. I get 45 - 50 mpg. I think that's a little low. Wondering what MPG others are getting.

rickj

Title: Re: What Kind of Mileage Do You Get?
Post by jabman on 02/25/10 at 10:32:01

whats your method of finding out?

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Post by dasch on 02/25/10 at 10:33:52

And where's 35-45???? ;D

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Post by photojoe on 02/25/10 at 10:58:51

676270606B030 wrote:

And where's 35-45???? ;D

And 45-55??

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Post by Charon on 02/25/10 at 10:59:54

Unless you have considerably more sophisticated equipment than usual, you have to take a sort of average over one or more tanks. To begin, fill the tank and write down the mileage. When you refill the tank, write down the mileage and the fuel quantity. Subtract the starting mileage from the ending mileage, then divide by the quantity. It is an average because it also includes idling time, start-up with the enrichener, acceleration and deceleration as well as cruise.

There are at least a couple of error sources. One is odometer error. If your odometer is not accurate your distance traveled isn't accurate either. Another is tank filling error. If you don't fill the tank exactly the same each time you can introduce quantity errors. These will usually average out over several tanks. If the bike sits for a long time between rides some fuel can evaporate out, although it isn't likely to be a significant amount.

Title: Re: What Kind of Mileage Do You Get?
Post by rickj on 02/25/10 at 11:04:30

To calculate my MPG, I use the method described by Charon. However, I believe my odometer is not accurate. Several cars odometers show my home to work mileage as 18, while my 650 shows 13. A pretty big difference.

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Post by T Mack 1 - FSO on 02/25/10 at 11:12:07

I use to get 45'ish city and 52'ish Highway if I rode easy.

Playing around & showing off, it went down to 38 & 48..... but it was fun ;D

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Post by verslagen1 on 02/25/10 at 11:31:23

I ride about 50 miles a day, and that keeps my grin tank full. ;D

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Post by bill67 on 02/25/10 at 12:42:29

7C575E4D50513F0 wrote:

Thanks a lot most people on here only went to 2nd grade ::)

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Post by Serowbot on 02/25/10 at 12:50:39

7B7075752F2E190 wrote:

Thanks a lot most people on here only went to 2nd grade

... :-? ...

I puts one gallon in... rides 'till I runs out... walks back, gets the car with the trip meter, and drives back to the bike...

Usually 60 miles,...on a good day...
Sometimes a little more... on other days... :-?

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Post by bill67 on 02/25/10 at 13:12:43

Bot your better off riding on other days than good days.

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Post by ALfromN.H. on 02/25/10 at 15:41:13

I average 57 but my best tankfull was 62.5

Al

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Post by cursal on 02/25/10 at 16:23:14

Best I ever got was 140 miles from standard tank full. Was running on fumes when I pulled in to gas up. Couldn't even see a little puddle at the bottom. That was all back road riding the twisties and the long straights.

Average town driving get me close to 50 mpg give or take 5

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Post by Bigzuk on 02/25/10 at 18:11:16

Mine falls into the 45-50 mpg range :(

My bike does set for weeks at times between rides.
Tires are not stock size.
I ride for fun more than transportation, so I tend to use the posted speedlimit as a min. speed. I like fast peg draggin' thrill rides that are not the best for mileage ;D ;D ;D ;D
Also I run a windshield, hard bags, and feet up on the crashbar pegs when on straight high speed roads, not the best streamlined ride ;D

Bigzuk

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Post by BurnPgh on 02/25/10 at 18:15:27

i get 42-47 around town doing fast accel. But Im running a 16in rear wheel with a 16/43 chain combo so Im actually getting at least 45mpg. Assuming a 10% difference about 46-52. On the highway at 60mph (indicated) I usually get about 60mpg (again assuming a 10% difference its actually 66mpg)

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Post by Yonuh Adisi on 02/25/10 at 18:19:38

All I know is I get about 250 miles per tank, but then I have a six gallon road king tank that is tilted just a bit higher in the front so I usually only get about five to five and half gallons in it from bone dry.

Title: Re: What Kind of Mileage Do You Get?
Post by Paladin. on 02/25/10 at 21:57:01

I ride city streets, 3.5 miles to work, two stop signs, twelve traffic lights, mostly red, 20 mph average speed. Half the time I am not moving. Back home is 3.7 miles, thirteen lights, no stop signs. What they sell in California in lieu of gasoline gives 5%-10% less miles per gallon than the real gasoline sold in the other 49 States.

I get 40-45 mpg city.

On tour, doing 65-70 mph, I got 60 mpg California, 65 mpg elsewhere. Over 70 mpg from Parker AZ to Palm Springs CA at 50-55 mph.

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Post by PerrydaSavage on 02/26/10 at 00:43:42

My '03 Savage routinely got 50-55mpg with mostly around town Riding ... 60-65mpg on some of our unobstucted coastal biways at speeds between 50-80 kph (30-50ish mph) ... she had stock factory set-up, no mods. My current '05 S40 appears to not quite as fuel efficient, but then again, I have the air/fuel mixture screw turned to richen 'er up a little ...

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Post by serenity3743 on 02/26/10 at 05:14:50

I'm in the 50-55 range and always have been for the almost 9 years I've had the bike. Seemed to have a spike in mpg when I shaved the white spacer to 2/3. About that same time I did some mountain riding at the Dragon and the Skyway and my mileage soared to 65+ mpg, but it's never done that well again.

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Post by smitty1 on 02/26/10 at 10:34:04

get about 50 - 55 mpg on average. gotta remember it's a 650cc not a 200cc. The best gas milage I ever got was from a chinese bike, Lifan 200cc dual sport. Got 106 to 112 miles per gallon. But the seat would kill my butt after 20 min. and doing 60mph on thin nobby tires is scary enough, thats why I got my s40, more power, more comfortable and still better gas milage than my C50.

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Post by Bruno666 on 02/26/10 at 13:14:56

54 mpg on my ´86 with vm 36 carb and a harley mufler.

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Post by Ed L. on 02/26/10 at 16:52:57

55 mpg on a good day cruising at 50 on back roads, once I hit the superslab or get into traffic I drop down around 45 mpg. I will ride in traffic using 3rd gear just so I have some better engine braking. It burns a lot of gas but I can stay out of the cagers way a lot easier. They can hear me coming ;)

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Post by bill67 on 03/01/10 at 17:14:39

Looking at that chart it looks like we have 13 lemons here and 5 cherrys

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Post by kel30734 on 03/03/10 at 07:33:17

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/03/03/bikepics-1917237-full.jpg

I did this spread sheet the summer of 08 when gas got so danged hi