My RSV is a gas pig..

[MikeWa]

I think when some shops adjust the carbs using their gas analyzers they set them up a little too rich. Due to the AIR system on the bike causing a lean reading. That and even a slightly faulty carb sync will tank the gas mileage.

Mike

[painterman67]

that fuel mileage is a little low in my opinion. Now I know we are comparing different beast to each other, but my 91 just got 34-38 mpg on the way to and from mantenence day and back. That is with the trailer loaded and the bike full too. One up both ways.

 

 

 

David

[Condor]

My 07 RSV must be an annomally. I average about 45 mpg. Two weeks ago on a ride with my wife on her shadow, we rode very conservatively, I got 59 mpg. All back rodes, no heavy throttle twisting. I was truelly shocked. My brother in-law is a member of this site and was with me. He got about the same I think. Chime in anytime Don.

 

 

Even tho your milage is exceptional it's not uncommon to get high mpg's when taking it easy. 5th gear and wind resistence are the enemy.....

[Eck]

(Quote) Whenever I put in 4.3 gallons the Tour deluxe uses 3.9 and the wing about 3.3.

 

Ah, what was the question again....

 

Hope you know I am kidding...

 

My GW will burn a tank of gas too now and then too...

There are many factors that play a big part of how many miles per gallon any bike gets.

Heck, I noticed my GW gets worse mileage after I eat... I would still love to be riding along side you guys no matter how many miles I get per gallon..

[Midrsv]

I would still love to be riding along side you guys no matter how many miles I get per gallon.. [/font]

 

Wish you were here too Eck. Need someone to carry extra gas for me. However, with my last tank I got 31 mpg.

 

Dennis

[bobcat]

I have a 09 RSV..I just got back from a 1350 mile trip from Reno, Nv to the California and Oregon coasts and back to Reno..I averaged a little over 40 MPG..

[HGWT]

I think that Fuel Injection on the GW and the H-D will almost always outperform the RSV, but the throttle twist, gear selection, wind, elevation, humidity and air temp, have a lot to do with mileage, just ask any pilot.

[Guest PlaneCrazy]

My bike, being a US bike, shows its ODO in miles while I fill up in litres.. So what I do know is that for every 10 miles I run on the ODO, an average fuel burn is roughly 1 litre. This is the average.. If I ride it like I stole it, then it's a lot more.. If I ride it like Miss Daisy, then I get far on a tank of gas. But it's that 1 litre per 10 miles is my base mark.

 

My friend and I do a 40 mile slab run for coffee (Halifax to Truro) and we do it in different configurations.. one will be in 5th while the other in 4th all the way, holding a 120 kph on the clock (110 speed limit real speed) and depending on the winds, and who is leading, we get all kinds of fuel mileage.. The only thing I know is consistent on this bike is that any amount of head winds, and your mileage will suck canal water.. (The Rideau?)

 

Let me know if you're doing Port Dover this year. I may be passing through Ottawa to see a buddy, might be able to hook up and make a run or compare notes.. or do a Timmies

 

Cheers M8

 

Not sure about PD yet, but i am actually going to be in Halifax next week I'm heading East for a nice vacation starting on july 30th... going to go through Quebec, New Brunswick, then a day on the cabot trail and then a few days in Dartmouth. Should be hooking up with the CMC chapter there at their M&G.

[Whistler]

I live in the east part of the contry and I went to New Mexico last year and cause of the differents in the atitude the air in take is different it makes a difference... On my 08 I get any where from 37 to 42 miles per it depends on how hard I get on it Ron:thumbsup2:

[Midrsv]

My last tank full which I used riding the "Million Dollar Highway" from Durango through Silverton, Ouray, Telluride and on to Montrose averaged 40 mpg. It was all fairly slow, less than 50 mph and I was in 3rd and 4th gear most of the time. Of course half of the time I was coasting down hill.

 

Dennis

[Midrsv]

After just returning from out 4400 mile trip I did a little analysis on the mileage. I have an Iphone app that I tracked the mileage with and I was able to export the data to Excel.

 

Minimum tank average = 24.44 mpg

Maximum tank average = 43.305 mpg

 

First 10 tank average = 29.897 mpg

Middle 10 tank average = 37.2 mpg

Last 10 tank average = 32.78 mpg

 

Maximum fill = 4.947 gal

Minimum fill = 1.868 gal

 

The first 10 tanks would have taken me through western KY, AR, OK, TX and NM while the last 10 tanks would have been through SD, MN, IA, IL, IN and KY. The middle 10 would have been between Santa Fe and Estes Park.

 

The terrain for the first 10 was probably a bit more hilly with a rise in elevation and the last 10 would have been more flat with a reduction in elevation.

 

The middle 10 would have been in the mountains at slower speeds with high mountain climbs followed by quite a bit of coasting down hill.

 

At every fill-up all 3 bikes with me took between .3 gallons and 1.2 gallons less fuel.

 

I spoke with another tour deluxe rider in CO and he reported similar mileage.

 

Dennis

[Condor]

That's about where I'm at with the '99. I just ran the first4me tank through it and averaged 29mpg. 90% freeway. I haven't done anything to it yet, but plan on syncing it shortly as it has a pretty good buzz going on in the grips which usually means it's out of sync. Maybe do a poor mans needle mod, and reset the idle screws. Hope it improves somewhat... Otherwise I'll be back on the '91 for any long distance touring...

[Bob Myers]

During my installation of the speedohealer in 2007 I discovered that the odometer was not as optimistic as the the speedometer. There is a 'slew' or 'delta' error ratio between the two.

 

The factory calibration on the speed was about 7 or 8% optimistic, depending on speed, but the odometer was only around 2-3% optimistic.

On a mechanical speedo the odometer is mechanically driven and the "needle" is magnetically driven by the flywheel inside the speedo. You can correct the needle by tweaking the airgap between the flywheel and needle base. This is how speedo shops calibrate after installing the gears to bring odo as close as possible. Drawback to going inside and tweaking is the ring around the housing is a real pain to find and you need special tooling to recrimp.

A digital speedo is a whole different critter, the error rate between the two is not adjustable this way but is adjustable by tweaking the variable resistor for whichever component you wish to adjust. Usually they are right on with each other from factory so the speedo healer does both.

[Brake Pad]

The flat lands of south florida

1 up no trailer @ 65+ 43mpg

2 up no trailer 65+ 42mpg

 

1 up pulling trailer, Who cares:cool10:

2 up pulling trailer 60-65 22.5 mpg:confused24::mo money: