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[RioGlide]

38-40 at 75-85 mph on the highway

about 42 in "mixed" city / highway which means I live in a semi-rural area so my speeds on side / back roads is between 40-55 with few stops. In other words, ideal driving conditions.  Except I do goose the chit out of it off the line pretty often.

[Ironhorse]

Last Saturday I did a lot of freeway at 75-85 and got about 32mpgs. I'm sure that if I dropped the speed to 55-65 I'd get much better. Last summer running through the mountains and elevation I was in the low to mid 40s. My build is NOT that radical, and I'm running the Zippers kit with MAP 307. But Zippers did tell me that my mpgs would come down, but the bike would run better and cooler.

Today I made it a point to run about 70-75, and got 38mpgs. I'm sure 65-70mph without a headwind will get me in the low 40s. I also filled up with 87 instead of 91. It was fairly hot today, temps in the mid to high 90s, and I did several throttle roll ons from cruising speed. So far no ping with my build. I think I'll try another tank or two of 87 and see what happens. Last summer I got stuck out in 87 octane land and had to run it a couple of times. The bike did fine.

[spydglide]

Does the new bike manual specify 87 octane for the stock motor?  spyder

[bbrown]

with no passanger and 60mph I am at 47 mpg

[Ironhorse]

Does the new bike manual specify 87 octane for the stock motor?  spyder

On stock TC 96 engines  yes, you can run 87. On CVO or built engines they suggest premium. On build engines with higher compression you HAVE to run premium. My OEM 95 M&M engine used to ping ALL the time.

[Cvostu]

if I behave myself i can get about 40 mpg,     if i over do it,,,,  about 35

[rednectum]

mine is a little backwards. at 65 mph, i get around 35-38 mpg. at 85-100, i get 42-46 mpg. reason is at 65 my cams are still going lumpety-lumpety. at 100, motor is smooth and cool.

BTW, at 205 CCP, and intAKe closing at 48, i can still run regular!

[Twolanerider]

mine is a little backwards. at 65 mph, i get around 35-38 mpg. at 85-100, i get 42-46 mpg. reason is at 65 my cams are still going lumpety-lumpety. at 100, motor is smooth and cool.

BTW, at 205 CCP, and intAKe closing at 48, i can still run regular!

That's cool.  I like the conversation with the officer too: "Well gee officer, I have to go that fast.  It just won't run right at the speed limit."   

[Spike]

I consistantly get 45-47 mpg. Even with my wife on board it still doesn't drop.

[rednectum]

That's cool.  I like the conversation with the officer too: "Well gee officer, I have to go that fast.  It just won't run right at the speed limit."   

i just have an algore sticker on my helmet. going out of my way to keep america green!!!!!!!!!

[Ironhorse]

I consistantly get 45-47 mpg. Even with my wife on board it still doesn't drop.

Spike,

What speeds are you running, and is that with the windshield?

Mark

[Spike]

Mark,
        99.5% of the time I'm without my windshield. Altough I just got my new Clearview windshield so a trip is being planned to see how it does. My speeds are anywhere from 50-80 just depending on what road I'm riding. A lot of my riding is mixed between in town and cruising. I did a thread on running out of gas in the SERK section where I talked about the guage craping out. I ran the 5 gallon tank bone dry and racked up 236 on the trip meter. That equals out to 47.2 mpg. I got that same milage last summer on a day trip also.

[grandpadoc]

We went on a HOG run Sunday and with two up and mixed I got 47.5 with my little 95. I'm going to gps the bike soon to see if the spedo is accurate, but again it is a red SERG.    Doc

[Ironhorse]

Mark,
        99.5% of the time I'm without my windshield. Altough I just got my new Clearview windshield so a trip is being planned to see how it does. My speeds are anywhere from 50-80 just depending on what road I'm riding. A lot of my riding is mixed between in town and cruising. I did a thread on running out of gas in the SERK section where I talked about the guage craping out. I ran the 5 gallon tank bone dry and racked up 236 on the trip meter. That equals out to 47.2 mpg. I got that same milage last summer on a day trip also.

Spike,

It will be interesting to see what happens with the windshield as that provides a lot of wind resistance. Someone once said it was akin to pushing a sheet of plywood into the wind. And in my experience, the faster your ride with the windshield, the more gas it drinks.

Mark

[Twolanerider]

We went on a HOG run Sunday and with two up and mixed I got 47.5 with my little 95. I'm going to gps the bike soon to see if the spedo is accurate, but again it is a red SERG.    Doc

Doc, making the assumption that there's not just a glitch somewhere you might find yours to be nuts on.  The SEEG here is about 5 mph off at 75mph.  The SERG matches the GPS almost exactly though.