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Posted by chief
- March 29, 2010, 12:41:58 PMMPG can be an indicator of the health of the bike... Plus, old habits are hard to break. I rode too many years on bikes without gages where you had to look at the odometer to determine if you needed to stop for fuel.
I'm in the habit of writing the mileage on the fuel receipts (partially a bike thing, partially an expense account thing). I don't actually calculate the mpg often anymore, but I do on occasion and I have a bunch of receipts to do it with!
Posted by ski.dive
- March 29, 2010, 07:53:12 AMI don't pay attention to mpg.
The Drifter is not a Prius, it's a toy...LOL 
Posted by Nunk
- March 28, 2010, 18:39:41 PM47 mpg. Only aftermarket part is Vance and Hines Longshots.
Posted by JHoffman
- March 28, 2010, 11:37:27 AMgood thing to know, considering I'm planning to switch to aftermarket pipes shortly
Posted by chief
- March 27, 2010, 22:17:03 PMI recommend coasters and plugs personally... no marbles for me. Not gonna use my favorite cat eye on the bike... <g>
Any of you guys ever play marbles - I mean really play marbles when you were kids? (circle, win/lose etc)
Posted by pcarrell
- March 27, 2010, 20:54:25 PMQuote from: JHoffman on March 27, 2010, 19:28:10 PMIt's a fancy way of saying that we disabled the reed valves. We do it when we swap to aftermarket pipes. It eliminates popping and backfires that the stock exhaust masks. It's easy to do, and it works well. You can read about it here" http://www.gadgetjq.com/smogstuffremove.htmwhat do you guys mean when you say "marbled"?
Posted by JHoffman
- March 27, 2010, 19:28:10 PMQuote from: pcarrell on March 16, 2010, 22:06:40 PMwhat do you guys mean when you say "marbled"?I have a 1500 and if I ride 50/50 city and country (60mph or so tops), I get around 45-47mpg. If I run 80mph up on the hiway, the mpg drops pretty dramatically down to 33-35mpg. My engine is basically stock, with only V&H longshots and it's been marbled.
Posted by chief
- March 18, 2010, 10:35:03 AMMods, terrain, driving style, loading are amongst the many things that can impact mpg/kpg. I have an instantaneous MPG indicator on my truck... I have seen it jump from 4mpg to 114mpg in minutes based upon what I was doing (making it a pointless display btw).
The truck also has an average mpg display. If I reset it, it displays silly numbers, but over a period of time the displayed mpg is almost always within the same range.
Posted by drifter1946
- March 18, 2010, 06:30:42 AMIt depends on it like one goes. I use 5-6 litres by 100 km, the maximum Distance 250 km. (800)
Posted by funkeydragon
- March 18, 2010, 02:28:54 AMQuote from: Slick on March 16, 2010, 21:56:35 PMWith mine everything stock I get about 200 km with a tank wich is about 125 miles if my calculation is correct.With my 800 I average 45 mpg which is consider good and BELIEVABLE ! I have a mild cam , stage 1 kit , debaffled stock exhaust. and a K & N air filter. I get about 42 doing 70 +. about 46 doing 55. My Honda 400 gets about 52 mpg.
How does it sound with the debaffled stock exhaust? I am considering doing it.
Posted by Homey237
- March 17, 2010, 17:59:49 PMI agree, Chief, but I think I do a pretty good job of trying to do a fair and impartial evaluation. I do it mostly for fun, of course, but as I go along I'm gonna have to start documenting this so I have something to look at 3 months down the road.
But what if..............?
Posted by chief
- March 17, 2010, 11:37:57 AM75mpg is very dubious. You need to be careful with your recording and measure over a longer period/#tanks to get a true number.
Posted by bubbabland
- March 16, 2010, 23:52:54 PMMid 40's with a 2002 800...aftermarket longshot pipes and rejetted carb.
Posted by pcarrell
- March 16, 2010, 22:06:40 PMI have a 1500 and if I ride 50/50 city and country (60mph or so tops), I get around 45-47mpg. If I run 80mph up on the hiway, the mpg drops pretty dramatically down to 33-35mpg. My engine is basically stock, with only V&H longshots and it's been marbled.
Posted by Slick
- March 16, 2010, 21:56:35 PMWith my 800 I average 45 mpg which is consider good and BELIEVABLE ! I have a mild cam , stage 1 kit , debaffled stock exhaust. and a K & N air filter. I get about 42 doing 70 +. about 46 doing 55. My Honda 400 gets about 52 mpg.