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Brewbrother Serious Thumper Offline Just lending a helping hand. Posts: 953 Gender:	MPG 03/10/06 at 18:00:14 I'm getting 58.6 with no mods and no highway riding. What's everyone else getting??
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pgolden Ex Member	Re: MPG Reply #1 - 03/10/06 at 19:09:54 I get about 46-49 mpg, the best I can tell. When I get close to 100 miles I fillup.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10675 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #2 - 03/10/06 at 20:50:14 48-50 mpg...change carb...change exhaust...doesn't seem to matter much.
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Re: MPG
Reply #3 - 03/10/06 at 21:33:24

I got 57 with the stock Mikuni carb with a DJ needle adjusted to approximate 2/3 white spacer, a 152.5 main jet, a 55 pilot jet, a K&N direct-swap replacement air filter and a MAC muffler.

After changing to the 38mm Amal Mk2 carb (stock, with no jetting changes), dropped to 40 MPG. I have since moved the needle clip position to the center notch and rejetted to a #300 (the original stock was a #320) and am now averaging 44 MPG.

This is all with mixed city/suburb and freeway riding. The freeway riding is generally between 45 and 75 MPH.

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mornhm - FSO Serious Thumper Offline HMMM Posts: 1105 Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #4 - 03/11/06 at 06:18:20 All around riding over 7,000 miles I'm averaging just over 50 mpg
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clueless-FSO Senior Member Offline Posts: 454 Birmingham, Al Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #5 - 03/11/06 at 06:57:41 right around 50mpg.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #6 - 03/11/06 at 07:39:31 I've gotten as low as 30 some-odd mpg (new Bike, not yet broken in) and as high as 70+mpg (3rd-4th gear Riding, 50-60kph for approx. 100kms along a winding rural road with no traffic) ... normally though my milage is around 50-ish mpg as reported by most here.
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bentwheel Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ride free, citizen Posts: 658 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #7 - 03/11/06 at 13:00:36 59 miles per US gallon. Box stock engine on predominately B roads.
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #8 - 03/11/06 at 15:10:18 Around 50mpg when taking it easy, riding hard with higher rpms around 40mpg. Depends on you riding style.
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Max_Morley Serious Thumper Offline LT650 Luxury Touring & sidecar rig Posts: 1490 Moses Lake. WA Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #9 - 03/11/06 at 17:41:28 I usually shift to reserve between 90-105 miles and have stretched reserve about 28 one time. I start looking for a fuel stop about 85 miles as I'm ready for a break by then anyway if I've just been punching wind getting somewhere. 96 with Hd muffler, full fairing, hard bags and full size rider.
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Jim Smith Guest	Re: MPG Reply #10 - 03/12/06 at 08:33:04 2002 totally stock - I haven't checked in a while, but when I first bought it I was getting 55-60 miles per gallon. I don't think that has changed much. I use the speedo as a fuel guage - I try to remember to gas up every 100 miles.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #11 - 03/12/06 at 09:29:20 The majority of my riding is city streets, 30-50 mph. With a lot of 0 mph tossed in due to traffic and signals and stuff. Between the 0 and and 30-50 the throttle tends to stick at wide open. I'm lucky to get 45mpg -- grinning like an idiot.
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Brewbrother Serious Thumper Offline Just lending a helping hand. Posts: 953 Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #12 - 03/12/06 at 15:11:28 pgolden wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: I get about 46-49 mpg, the best I can tell. When I get close to 100 miles I fillup. Are you running high speeds?? What about mods??
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Brewbrother Serious Thumper Offline Just lending a helping hand. Posts: 953 Gender:	Re: MPG Reply #13 - 03/12/06 at 15:12:46 LANCER wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: 48-50 mpg...change carb...change exhaust...doesn't seem to matter much. Im considering the spacer change, yet the backfire and excellent mileage are appealing to me.
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Re: MPG
Reply #14 - 03/12/06 at 15:14:01

Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

I got 57 with the stock Mikuni carb with a DJ needle adjusted to approximate 2/3 white spacer, a 152.5 main jet, a 55 pilot jet, a K&N direct-swap replacement air filter and a MAC muffler.

After changing to the 38mm Amal Mk2 carb (stock, with no jetting changes), dropped to 40 MPG. I have since moved the needle clip position to the center notch and rejetted to a #300 (the original stock was a #320) and am now averaging 44 MPG.

This is all with mixed city/suburb and freeway riding. The freeway riding is generally between 45 and 75 MPH.

Do you think your mods will detract from engine longevity??

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No spacer,60 pilot jet, 155 main jet, plug door, sportster muffler, k&n drop in, iridium plug, brake pedal mod,de-badged, Dunlops, bullet turn signals.

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