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firsts40 Senior Member Offline Proud PGR Member Posts: 316 South Mississippi Gender:	Re: Gas millage question Reply #15 - 07/25/07 at 19:29:26 Completely stock 06 and gets around 60-63 MPG at 45-60 MPH and at around 65-75 MPH, it gets around 58-60 MPG. Around town in traffic I get around 55-58 MPG. So it comes out to be between 55-63 MPG depending on the type of riding I do.
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Re: Gas millage question
Reply #16 - 07/26/07 at 01:10:09

Hmmm? From some of the Posts, seems as if the newer S40's might be getting a bit better milage than the older Savage's in similar Riding conditions?
Have to gas-up within the next day or so and will report my consumption from the past week; during which my Riding consisted of mostly 50-60kph around town stop/go stuff and a brief 15km highway jaunt at 90kph ...

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Reply #17 - 07/26/07 at 05:09:24

firsts40 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:

Completely stock 06 and gets around 60-63 MPG at 45-60 MPH and at around 65-75 MPH, it gets around 58-60 MPG. Around town in traffic I get around 55-58 MPG. So it comes out to be between 55-63 MPG depending on the type of riding I do.

That's the ballpark of what I got with the stock Mikuni carb installed.

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Reply #18 - 07/28/07 at 21:09:45

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:

I have this wrist problem . . . . about 45 mpg city.

Driving the Camaro in similar fashion got me 7 to 8 mpg, so I'm very happy with the mileage.

Last fillup was about $7.50 -- 2.5+ gallons at $2.979 for Arco regular.

2.979$ ?!?!?!??!?!? WHERE THE HELL DO U LIVE!??!?!?. in the SF Bay Area its like 3.50! but thanks for the info, my friend has the same Wrist/Camaro problem

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BigWes Ex Member	Re: Gas millage question Reply #19 - 07/28/07 at 21:15:26 oh yeah, my savage is a 95. and now that you guys are thowing out #'s and such i realized i have ridden 300 miles give or take and fuled up 3 times. So im getting around 50-55mpg in town. thanks for all the info. glad to see some of you are willing to answer the same newbi questions over and over. Us new guys apreachaite it.
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Reply #20 - 07/29/07 at 07:41:27

My 06 seems to NOT be getting as good mileage as the rest of you.

I finally did a tally and came up with 45 MPG; 90% of which is short rides around town, not over 45 mph. I ran up to Greenville (85 miles 2 hour RT) and seemed to do a little better, but not by much.

I've got a HD pipe that the previous owner installed and I know she never re-jetted or messed with the carb.

So my question is, what do I need to do to improve the MPG?

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Gas millage question Reply #21 - 07/29/07 at 08:06:20 A lot is riding style too. If I take it easier and accelerate more evenly and do more freeway at 55 MPH, my mileage is much better. If I accelerate the fun way and run 75 MPH on my commute, it's worse.
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TVR_FSO Serious Thumper Offline I'm Ya Huckleberry.... Posts: 870 Frisco, Texas Gender:	Re: Gas mileage question Reply #22 - 07/29/07 at 08:38:37 I get around 45 mpg with the rejet. With the stock jet, I got 50-55. The performance difference is worth the lower mileage. With all of the rain we had, the bike sat for quite a while. I guess the gas evaporates readily, as the next fillup showed 40mpg. But since my truck gets 12-14 mpg consistently, 45 is good enough for me!
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skrapiron -FSO Serious Thumper Offline Instant Human.... Just add coffee.. Posts: 1456 Pittsburgh, Pa Gender:	Re: Gas mileage question Reply #23 - 07/29/07 at 09:16:56 I'm getting between 55mpg in stop and go riding up to 71mpg of open highway riding (60mph and below) $3.50 a gallon for gas, huh? I just paid $2.79 a gallon on Friday and $2.59 a gallon when I filled up the CRV outsode of Cleveland...
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Re: Gas mileage question
Reply #24 - 07/29/07 at 15:23:57

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Have to gas-up within the next day or so and will report my consumption from the past week; during which my Riding consisted of mostly 50-60kph around town stop/go stuff and a brief 15km highway jaunt at 90kph ...

Alright ... as promised in my earlier Post, here's some numbers from my recent gas-up.

Did 135km (83.89mi) over the conditions described above and used 6.264 liters (1.65 US Gal.) of fuel, which equals 51mpg.

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barb36jack31 Full Member 2005 No Login Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 173 Heathrow, FL Gender:	Re: Gas mileage question Reply #25 - 07/29/07 at 16:37:50 I am still getting 58 MPG after the carb mods and the SuperTrapp muffler. I do not run at 75+ much of the time - 55-60 is more like it. Jack H.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Gas mileage question Reply #26 - 08/10/07 at 07:35:10 Here's my latest; 120km for 4.6 liters of fuel ... mostly highway and secondary highway at speeds between 50kph & 100kph ... very little stop n' go. Worked out to 61 miles per US gallon
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DanGill Full Member Offline Posts: 222	Re: Gas mileage question Reply #27 - 08/10/07 at 09:44:46 I get around 52 MPG, but most of my riding is stop and go. I get on a highway only for about 2 miles in the morning, and not at all in the afternoon. I have a stock '06 with none of the carb mods done. Yet.
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serenity3743 Serious Thumper Offline Striving to better, oft we mar what's well Posts: 778 Black Mountain, NC Gender:	Re: Gas mileage question Reply #28 - 08/10/07 at 10:23:44 I've always gotten 50 + or - MPG. I ride on the interstate at 60 - 70 mph, not heavy-handed. The only time I've gotten less was when I was having a fuel tank crud problem. I would love to get 60 +, if someone could tell me how.
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Re: Gas mileage question
Reply #29 - 08/10/07 at 15:53:00

I get 50-55 mpg for the most part. However, most of my riding is short trips since I live just 1.2 miles from work and rarely get out of this part of town. When I do more highway riding, I get somewhere in the 58-62 mpg range. When I am just out having fun, I get around 47 mpg, but that is my own darned fault for having a heavy hand.

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