We'll try this instead

Vic's thirsty bike comment got me wondering what everyone rode

What if I ride more then one bike?

This poll sucks balls.

Wouldn't it make more sense to find out what MPG people are getting? Them monsters may all have started life with the same wobbly bits... but a hack saw... a few hundred trips (and dollars) to MotoCorsa... and most of them end up with a life of their own. I even read that a dirty car gets worse gas mileage than a clean car.... not sure if that has a similar corelation to bikes... but my point is... er... that... uh... umm.... a human head weighs 8 pounds.

I think I lost what I was getting at... so I will leave you with this...

Embrace confusion. It gives you more opportunities to learn something.

ryandalling confuses me

and how he breaks through my owned jumbled thoughts to do that is...er...what's for breakfast?

The answe to life, the unverse, and everything: 42.

Also my MPG on box stock M800 Dark.  I'll do a lot of things for the environment but I ain't washing my bike.

Scott

What?  Some kind of question regarding bike mileage?

I average 44 mpg in mixed city/hwy riding.  Last weekend's Cougar Run netted 49.5mpg over the course of 220 miles.  That surprised me a bit, since I was riding in lower gears than normal (to keep the engine up where it makes smoother power).  However, since the bike only shut down 3-4 times between tanks, the lack of time spent warming up may have contributed to the higher mileage.

who is we?
do i count?
if not, why?

How far you can go on a tank of gas before you need to stop and refuel would seem to be what everyone needs to know when they ride as a group. 




(unless things are really 'different' on that other coast)

It varies widely.  I can go 140 on my stock 800 before the light comes on.  Brian mentioned Saturday that his light comes on around 80.  Smaller plastic tank and way more mods.  I still feel weird not having to switch to reserve.  This low fuel light is way too high tech.

Scott

the light on my 695 comes on around 112 to 120 during the week when I'm commuting...it's sorta modded.  if I'm on a ride i can get a bit more than that but I try to add fuel around that mileage even if the light isn't on...pushing sux.

Mine is good the drive to PIR 2 practice sessions and about 2.5 races.   

I've gotten anywhere from 40-ish to 53 mpg, averaging about 45.

I've gotten 170 out of a tank on my Sport 1000, but it was all slab keeping the speed up and the revs down. Most of it was spent doing 70 in 5th at about 4000.

I still haven't figured out what the hell that 6th gear is for.

6th is good for 125+ MPH

Um... Okay?

3rd gets me to 90 while passing. I've hit 110 in 4th while passing a string, but that's about as far as I've ever had to take it. 

I've never topped the bike out and I don't really feel a need to.

Quote from: Obsessed? on August 27, 2008, 05:13:36 PM
I've never topped the bike out and I don't really feel a need to.

Blasphemer!!!