Serowbot wrote on 05/05/12 at 09:21:54:Right wrist... is the main culprit in mpg's...
In town,... I see lots of throttle blippers at lights... jackrabbit starters,.. and yellow light challengers...
One throttle blip at a light will throw away enough fuel to take you a good distance at a steady cruise... people blipping every 4 or 5 seconds for a minute and half, at every light... adds up...
I rarely need more than 1/4 throttle to have the lead in traffic light takeoffs...
Coast,.. to yellow lights... you're gonna' have to stop anyway...
Cruise in your bikes "happy place",... 45 to 60 mph... Highway speeds and wind, suck gas much faster...
I am hard on the throttle most days. I can't stand going slow, so I know I'll never see 60mpg on this bike. But even when I take is easy I've never seen 50mpg.
I don't blip while stopped, I do coast when approaching a stop light and time it so that I never even have to stop when it's feasible.
I haven't been on the highway in a while but I ride at 65to keep it easy on the bike and myself. My commute to work is half city and half 55mph.
But even when taking it easy going for 350miles of highway riding in a weekend I never got above 48mpg. I'm 6' tall, 175lbs.