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Gas mileage what? How does she do it?
06/15/15 at 08:48:01

Ok... so I came back from the dragon sunday, didn't bother to even try to do a gas mileage thing on my ninja 300.
However a couple of the fella's were comparing their mileage/consumption totals.
Today I had to take a trip to the store, and since the wife rarely rides her savage I usually take it out at least once a week.
So I hop on, crank it, let it warm up a bit and take off. About 3 miles down the road it starts running a little rough like it is fixin' to hit reserve, so I glance down at her Bell bicycle odo tracker.... 143 miles! ??? Don't that girl ever look at her odo tracker? she should have filled up 40 miles ago!..... well I made it to the gas station without changing it to reserve, but it was semi-sputtering.
It totals out to roughly 69 miles to the gallon, How does she do it???

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it? Reply #1 - 06/15/15 at 08:57:28 My guess is she doesn't have your fat butt on there... ... ...
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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it? Reply #2 - 06/15/15 at 10:39:26 errrr.... SUPER simple.... don't reset the odo...
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it? Reply #3 - 06/15/15 at 12:01:24 Your wife might ride very conservatively, which may help. Once I got stuck a long way from a petrol station and put 11.3 litres into an alleged 10 litre tank, that did cram fill the tank. I didn't have accurate records, but I'm sure I had ridden between 140 and 150 miles. Rough calcs put 11.3 litres at 2.9 US gals.
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it? Reply #4 - 06/15/15 at 12:45:28 Now that's cool! I have those on my pedal bikes but never thought of using that for the savage. Does it mount up just the same and work with a decent level of accuracy on the front wheel? I assume you have the magnet on the spoke and the sensor and wire going down one of the forks? I think I'm gonna do this!
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it? Reply #5 - 06/15/15 at 15:36:02 Old_rider: So you rode 1,200 miles in 3 days...then climbed onto another motorcycle when you got home? You seem to have an addiction. I believe you told my your wife was just a bit over 5' tall, and about 100 pounds....the bike doesn't have to work very hard when she is riding!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it? Reply #6 - 06/15/15 at 17:57:03 Dave wrote on 06/15/15 at 15:36:02: I believe you told my your wife was just a bit over 5' tall, and about 100 pounds....the bike doesn't have to work very hard when she is riding! I was only joking,... but, it looks like I was right... ... The bike don't even know she's on there... ...
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Reply #7 - 06/15/15 at 18:42:23

Yeah, since i'm the one that fills it up and resets the odo, I know all the numbers are good....

I guess she is a slow steady rider... and doesn't twist the throttle hardly at all! She is probably riding it like it was the little 250 rebel.

Oh and Dave.... I got on my savage today, to ride it... cause it looked lonely sitting there...

Its not an addiction...... its a madness..... at least they don't talk to me..... out loud anyway Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - 06/15/15 at 19:55:31

My 98 consistently got in the mid 70s mpg with stock jetting, no air box door and a very free breathing exhaust.

My 2003 can barely hit 45 mpg, downhill with a strong tailwind. And the exact same exhaust system (used the one off the fried 98 on the newer bike).

More proof that the Savage/S40 is a haunted platform. My 03 is definitely channeling the spirit of my old BSA Gold Star...

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Reply #9 - 06/16/15 at 21:32:11

old rider, i need help.

i got the wireless version of the bell and cant seem to find a proper spot for the spoke magnet and moreso the sensor. probably because the wireless sensor is larger and not made for a motorcycle. I'm pretty creative, but this one is beating me.

how did you hook up your wired version. i may go swap for the wired if you can convince me it's easy Wink

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Reply #10 - 06/17/15 at 07:31:39

I heard the wireless version would not work on our Savage/S40 because it is too "noisy", I think it pertains to frequency interruption from the piston firing or something like that.

Here is a video I made of my setup.... LOL, I keep calling it a Dell, instead of a Bell.... can't figure that one out, says it right on the thing

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it? Reply #12 - 06/17/15 at 08:50:43 Does it handle motorcycle speeds?... Accurate to 99mph?... My buddy wants something like that for his Honda 750. His odo display has gone south...
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Reply #13 - 06/17/15 at 09:10:43

After I get mine installed tonight, I'll get out on the super slab and set my phone on GPS speed and hold it in my left hand whilst holding WOT with my right hand all while keeping an eye on the stock speedo to gauge that accuracy as well. Maybe I'll close one eye too. Grin

I'm sure old rider has what you need, but I'll be sure to post some results, if needed, when I am done. I have never been past ~70mph so I won't be able to tell you what 99mph looks like Shocked

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Re: Gas mileage what? How does she do it?
Reply #14 - 06/17/15 at 09:18:29

With magnet located on the rim.....the magnet is whizzing past the sensor at nearly actual speed. There may be a upper limit to just how fast the sensor can react and at some fast mph speed the sensor may fail to see the magnet go by. If it works for old_rider.....there may not be a problem with having the magnet on the rim.

If you were to locate the magnet down on the brake disc or wheel hub, it would be traveling far slower when it passes the magnet. If you have trouble with the sensor on the rim.....try moving things down to the brake disc/hub. (Not on the outer diameter of the brake disc where it has to pass through the caliper).

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