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mileage - my experience
06/27/05 at 10:26:12

just a little more information - this is of particular interest to me, since one of the major reasons I began riding this cycle full time was to reduce my gasoline consumption.

Over the past 1351 miles I averaged 49.4 mpg. I did not keep track of the gas consumption exactly before the 600 service but it was probably a little higher since I hadn't done much in town riding and no interstate riding at that time.

The mileage was mixed, rural, highway, interstate and (small) city driving.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #1 - 06/27/05 at 10:50:05 Is that completely stock?
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #2 - 06/27/05 at 11:14:54 My riding is mostly the mean streets of L.A. -- some 55mph cruising, mostly start and stop. I get 45mpg or little less. I gas up every 100 miles on the 100 mile mark -- usually soon after going on reserve. Sure beats the 6-8 mpg the Camaro gets.
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mornhm - FSO Serious Thumper Offline HMMM Posts: 1105 Gender:	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #3 - 06/27/05 at 11:27:45 Completely stock - purple , 2004 with just under 2000 miles on the odometer.
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bobo383 Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Neck=Red Posts: 516 Arlington, TX Gender:	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #4 - 06/27/05 at 19:27:24 My Savage, even with the big Amal carb and Screamin'Eagle pipe, was getting upper 40s when I sold it. Worst ever was 37mpg (gas or oil, take your pick). I rode wide open throttle red light to red light, nearly the whole tank. I was checking out the main jet on the 38mm Amal. I think I used as much oil as fuel.
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Re: mileage - my experience
Reply #5 - 06/27/05 at 19:32:37

thumper is a 2004 purple, and in the early stages that was a milage figure i achieved. while still in stock condition i do get in the low 40's but i can be a little heavy on the throttle going up through the gears.

i did a 37mpg trip on the first leg of the mountain run, i did that the day before mostly uphill against a heavy wind.

so bottom line as the commercial says your actual milage will vary.

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short round Junior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 88 mid Missouri Gender:	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #6 - 06/29/05 at 15:51:05 I've been getting about 53 while on the road with few stops and speeds 60 - 65. It's a stock '04 with windshield and saddlebags. I can go 110 miles before hitting reserve.
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SavageDude Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Posts: 561 OC_California Gender:	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #7 - 06/29/05 at 18:05:17 50-55 on average with mixed driving 40,60, and 75 mph
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shawn_b Ex Member	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #8 - 07/01/05 at 12:07:24 I get around 50 before i hit the reserve.almost all city driving maybe 5 min on the highway shawn
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DavidV Ex Member	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #9 - 07/01/05 at 21:44:14 Got 62 mpg out of my last tank. No highway rides, but a lot of two-lane 50 mph roads. Don't have a tach, so I'm probably shifting early. Bike is hard to start, obviously needs a tuneup. Gonna pick a day and do all the wrenching at once. She's stone stock now, with 8K miles. No windshield, either.
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Re: mileage - my experience
Reply #10 - 07/03/05 at 10:40:17

DavidV wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:

Got 62 mpg out of my last tank. No highway rides, but a lot of two-lane 50 mph roads. Don't have a tach, so I'm probably shifting early.

Bike is hard to start, obviously needs a tuneup. Gonna pick a day and do all the wrenching at once. She's stone stock now, with 8K miles. No windshield, either.

If you haven't already, try half-choke to start and give it about 30-45 seconds at that before releasing the choke.

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DavidV Ex Member	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #11 - 07/03/05 at 10:51:32 I've tried half and full-choke. It needs to be cranked awhile (20 sec or so) before it starts. Seems to run okay. Hopefully it'll be better after a tuneup. I've only had it a month, and I assume that the previous owner didn't do much maintenance, so I'm gathering parts now. Thanks for the help.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #12 - 07/03/05 at 11:02:49 As cheap and easy as it is and for the general peace of mind, be sure to replace the vacuum and fuel lines when you do it. You may also want to pop an in-line fuel filter into the line... another cheap an easy addition to peace of mind.
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Re: mileage - my experience
Reply #13 - 07/03/05 at 13:31:09

If it doesn't catch within 5 revolutions, change your spark plug. Savage eats sparkplugs like a fat toddler eats M&Ms. Since new, I've had to swap the plug out at roughly 3 months riding time, regardless of the mileage. Electrode tips seem to erode pretty quickly in a lean burn head design. I had a car that was the same way (Dodge with lean burn 318).

My bike is getting hard to start and is smoking like a VW Rabbit with the choke on the first notch. Time for a new plug (again). Of course, mine went from too lean to a hair rich, the pipe is going from yellow/blue/purple back to chrome (guess the mix is okay now if it's running that cool). Mileage is in the low 50s now as well.
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Bluejeanz Ex Member	Re: mileage - my experience Reply #14 - 07/03/05 at 17:13:59 Just got home from a 305 mile road-trip and the Savage averaged 58 mpg and the Intruder 49 mpg. This was no interstate and very little in town....mostly open highway at 50-60 mph. I was real pleased with the performance of both bikes.
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