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Rocket67

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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2017, 06:24:47 AM »
Quote from: Gumbo on May 04, 2017, 03:13:36 PM
Managed to log 1,065 fun miles on our BBT adventure  :thumbup:

Yeah, we get it.  Fun per gallon.... :violin:
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2017, 07:26:02 AM »
Quote from: Rocket67 on May 05, 2017, 06:24:47 AM
Quote from: Gumbo on May 04, 2017, 03:13:36 PM
Managed to log 1,065 fun miles on our BBT adventure  :thumbup:

Yeah, we get it.  Fun per gallon.... :violin:

Gumbo -- have you noticed when somebody turns 50, in some cases, how cocky and disrespectful of their elders they become? Is it because they made 50 that they feel invincible and bulletproof or is it just the Black jacket Harley rider syndrome?  :hmm:

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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2017, 07:43:24 AM »
I think I got less mileage in the hill country.......... :bikerider:
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2017, 08:17:50 AM »
Quote from: matap on May 05, 2017, 07:43:24 AM
I think I got less mileage in the hill country.......... :bikerider:

yeah, railin' curves will do that
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #19 on: May 05, 2017, 02:19:09 PM »
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #20 on: May 06, 2017, 08:48:14 PM »
Best I got was going down. 52 mpg.
Was hitting a head wind going home and decreased mpg down to 46.

Last year in  Oct traveling to NM I got right at 53mpg doing 75 +mph.
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2017, 08:33:20 AM »
I always got better MPG in N.M. for some reason. No ethanol I believe  :cuss:
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #22 on: May 08, 2017, 06:23:13 AM »
Quote from: Chad on May 06, 2017, 08:48:14 PM
Best I got was going down. 52 mpg.
Was hitting a head wind going home and decreased mpg down to 46.

Last year in  Oct traveling to NM I got right at 53mpg doing 75 +mph.

52 is pretty amazing for an FB6.  Aren't those usually around 35?
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2017, 09:32:38 AM »
With my 1800 I noticed that my mileage went downhill fast once I passed 3000 RPM.  I have gotten mid fifties many times on road trips when I kept it at 60-65, the roads were flat, and I wasn't fighting wind.
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2017, 12:04:07 PM »
Quote from: matap on May 02, 2017, 12:25:04 PM
It won't change much.  Only time I've ever known of a huge decrease in fuel is when the bike is a trike or towing a trailer.  When I went on my long moto trip I still got like  43-46 mpg and that was two up and loaded with luggage.

i get 3 mpg less than i used to get w the two wheel goldwing down to 33.7 from 36.4
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Re: Gas Mileage
« Reply #25 on: June 01, 2017, 06:48:37 AM »
When I had and Ultra Classic I would get mid 40's mpg  but riding with my VTX buddies I would get mid to high 30's.  I guess the difference is riding 105 mph trying to catch up to the VTX 135 mph  at times will use a lot of gas. 
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