It sounds much better, and I bet just having consume 1.5 gallons you don't have a complete picture of your real fuel consumption. You might get more than 100 miles per tank in the future. Javier.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:26 PM, bull city <[email protected]> wrote: > After changing out the plugs I got 58 miles on 1.5 gallons today. That > evens out to about 39 mpg and around 100 till reserve. Considering I > was riding (not really aggressive but certainly not conservative) into > heavy winds with that east coast front coming through on the way home, > I'm feeling it's acceptable for now. Much better than my last tank. > > > > > > On Apr 8, 4:01 pm, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > > Factory specs say 61 mpg (on a test loop run) with a 3.2 gal tank, so > > theoretically 195 miles to a tank. > > > > That's wishful thinking however. In the real world you'd have to take > > into account: windshield or no, weight of rider/passenger/gear, > > uphill or down, wind resistance, tire pressure, speed, agressive/ > > docile riding, cruising or stop and go, etc. > > > > Still, 68 miles to reserve sounds awfully high fuel consumption, since > > larger displacement 750s can routinely do 125-ish before thinking > > about a refill. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
