I ride mostly back roads with some hills while commuting to work and probably average 45 mph over the course of my ride.  I'm getting mid 44-46 mpg out of every tank with a dyna muffler, 150/50 main/pilot jets, white spacer mod, stock airbox and gearing.   I'd like to bump that up to 50+ mpg.

I'm 6'3" and 250 lbs so maybe I just have to lose a few pounds.  

 Both riders have pointed out they feel/hear no noticeable difference between 4th and 5th gear.  I cant recall anything odd when it was on the lift but I was just listening for noise/measuring movement in the shaft, the belt wasn't on yet.

 There's no noticeable feedback in the peg or whatever its called used to shift gears on the toe and no sound.  The peg moves but no major RPM changes, no speed increase.  Top speed is tested on a private flat road with older but pretty smooth pavement.  If wind speeds get dangerous I have the bike loaded on a truck and bring it in that way.

Dave wrote on 06/07/17 at 08:47:32:


 I was wondering if that was the case.  Maybe they just started doing it because 5 speeds sell better.

Ohiomoto,Why are you running a 50 pilot? the stock one should be 52.5 unless you changed it. If you did you may be having to run your idle screw in farther ,keeping the slide from closing fully,and using more fuel at idle and slower speeds, I'd go back to the 52.5 or a 55 pilot and you might see an improvement of one or two mpg.

He lives in "Never never (ride your own bike) Land"

batman wrote on 06/07/17 at 09:25:15:
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To be fair, the OP might not be able to ride.  Mitch Payton of Pro Circuit runs highly successful AMA PRO racing teams from a wheelchair.  Maybe he/she runs some sort of Savage team, but I bet they are either a troll or just a little odd in their behavior.  Doesn't really matter to me either way.  They ask questions, are respectful to others and seem to have some sort of motivation for being on here.

Ohiomoto All jets are cumulative ,the fact that you have a flat spot in the mid to high throttle range ,tells me your idle jet is too small .You've already done the spacer mod,and it would be silly to change the needle jet ,jet needle ,that only leaves the pilot jet to blame for your lean condition.It also may be causing you to run a more open throttle to compensate . I would urge you to try the 52.5 pilot and retune your mix screw ,I believe you would no longer have the flat spot in mid range and would really get better mileage,I ran the 52.5/150 with a dyna at 500ft elevation in the Rochester N.Y.  area and avg.48to 52 mpg .(read next post)

ohiomoto wrote on 06/07/17 at 09:18:21:


 The bike is in Eastern Colorado.  There's severe winds and storms this time of year so while I'm gone I've instructed people to stop riding and wait for a pickup if certain weather conditions are met.  

 I don't know why people care who is riding a bike, I see nothing in the rules here indicating I need to be physically on a Savage to use these forums so whatever comments there are regarding me riding a bike are just personal issues and have nothing to do with assisting each other.