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dv8savagerider Junior Member Offline Ride safe! Posts: 88 Southern Michigan Gender:	Another question from a new savage rider 08/13/10 at 17:30:40 Just wondering how many miles people are getting on their tank of gas before having to switch over to reserve? I have been averaging around 100 is that good, bad, average? The bike is an 01 Savage with 3600 miles on it. Thanks for the input.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Another question from a new savage rider Reply #1 - 08/13/10 at 17:44:02 I go on reserve about mid 130 miles,I average about 63 miles to the gallon,I'm pretty close to stock and use 100% gasoline
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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: Another question from a new savage rider Reply #2 - 08/13/10 at 18:02:10 I look for a gas station at 100 miles but I don't hit reserve until 120+ miles.
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BuckRYCA Senior Member Offline Posts: 258 New London, CT, USA Gender:	Re: Another question from a new savage rider Reply #3 - 08/13/10 at 18:08:56 1996 Savage. Stock except for 1/2 turn more CCW on idle circuit screw (essentially fixed the backfiring). Gets ~50 mpg. Looking for a gas station at 100 miles. My Bandit 1200S gets only about 3 mpg less.
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Tanker2Biker Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 231 Spring, TX (north of Houston) Gender:	Re: Another question from a new savage rider Reply #4 - 08/13/10 at 18:23:50 Stock '97 & I hit reserve at almost exactly 100 miles, but I'm 6'2"325, so I'm asking a lot of it.
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alcoa Full Member Offline never let the bastards wear you down Posts: 155	Re: Another question from a new savage rider Reply #5 - 08/13/10 at 19:37:37 With a wipe off marker I put my milage on my gas cap, so at about 120 miles I look to get gas. I get 61mpg.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Another question from a new savage rider Reply #6 - 08/14/10 at 06:00:55 The general rule is 50mpg. I live in 45mpg country, not a flat road here, some perdy steep. But I did one tank at relatively flatter riding, and forced myself to stay out of heavy throttle range, and got middle 50s. IMO, no one gets 60+ and had any fun doing it
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Another question from a new savage rider Reply #7 - 08/14/10 at 06:51:25 Routy put that spacer back in and go to richer high speed jet and you will have more power and better MPG.
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Re: Another question from a new savage rider
Reply #8 - 08/14/10 at 07:12:39

bill67 wrote on 08/14/10 at 06:51:25:

Routy put that spacer back in and go to richer high speed jet and you will have more power and better MPG.

I tried that. 155 main, full spacer. It didn't cruise well, had a bucking/surging issue at 1/8 to 1/4 throttle.

Putting a half spacer in did cost me some MPG, but it cruises much smoother.

To answer the original question: about 100 miles to reserve
More if it's highway miles, less if it's city miles or short rides.

-D. Dwarf

Pearl White 2007 S40; Dyna exhaust; Current jets: 52.5 w/ bleed (2 turns out) / 1.5mm (0.06") spacer / 150; raptor petcock

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