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Apex_assasian
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 07:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

last 2 tanks of fuel, 50 mpg! 04 12s....mostly highway...75 to 80mph...i was shocked,anybody else gettin that?
mike
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Scitz
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 07:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I haven't kept track because I'm always throttling to much and I'm afraid to know. Buell website rates the Bike at 50mpg. With gas prices going up you will probably start seeing more people on motorcycles and scooters. When I tell people with cages the fuel mileage on my motorcycle they always get a surprised look and start thinking they should learn how to ride. In one of my motorcycle mags there is a Diesel bike with 80hp the get 150mpg. I don't think it's for sell yet but I would pay a good amount for that kind of mileage, especially if it will run Bio Diesel.
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Rageonthedl
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 08:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

ok i ride the buell hard and im getting 45-47mph and for one tank i drove nice to see what it would be and it was like 47-50mpg
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Gowindward
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 08:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have had a couple times that I had nearly all highway miles on a tank of gas and got just over 50 mpg on my 12r. Most of the time it's a combination of city and highway miles and I get 48 mpg
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 08:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thats my average if I keep it between 80-85 on the freeway, get 55 if I end up around 55-65 on the freeway. XB12SR
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Xring
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 09:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

04 XB9S Commuting to work plus short trips to the bank, post office, etc: 50-53 mpg
My first long Saturday ride, no stop-and-go traffic, mellow riding (50-65 mph): 59 mpg

I'm riding easy on the straights, hard on the corners. :-)

Bill
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Deerhunter17
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

04 12R, HWY 55+, bustin around town, as low as 42. Fuel mileage on this bike is real sensitive to how you ride, (not that I road race or ride like a jackass much)
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Nadz
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yea, I get about 50 on average. It's real satisfying to pull up behind a big ol' SUV who's been filling up for five minutes, and leave before them (wait for it...) with a SEVEN DOLLAR receipt! Hahahahaaaaa!

-NadZ
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Shawn_9r
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 01:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

OK,

Here is my question? Well, first let me tell you about my set-up...03 9R, swiss cheesed airbox, k&n filter, loud arse drummer, new race plugs. This last tank was 41 mpg. I don't do any road racing, most of my miles are going back and forth t o work. Very rarely do I get to run on the freeway. What can I go to improve my gas mileage? What rpms should I be running at?

Thanks for the help,
Shawn
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Enduro261
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 01:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have been getting 55 mpg consistently for the last few thousand miles. But I do notice a considerable drop if I gun the throttle a lot. I think 43mpg is the worst I've had.
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Jaredkuper
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 02:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hard in the city: 40-45
Hwy: 50-53
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Cataract2
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 07:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

With the way gas prices are. I'm enjoying these cheap fill ups.
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Glitch
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 07:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What can I go to improve my gas mileage?
Ride.
These bikes don't really get run in until after 10,000 miles or so.
I've got a cut air box, TFI, and an Odie pipe, I average around 55mpg, all kinds or riding.
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Drift
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 08:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I haven't figured mine yet because the darn fuel light comes on at 100 miles and I'm afraid to ride much further after that. Looks like I have about a gallon left at that time though. So with that math I get 37mpg. Better than a car but not great for a bike.
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Scitz
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 08:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The tank on the XB9R is 3.7 gallons. the reserve is .7 gallons of the 3.7. XB9R Service manual page 4-1.
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 08:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yeah but Sctiz, many of us have run the tank dry and managed between 3.4-3.6 gallons to a fill up. My last fill up with the light on showing 20 miles on reserve took 2.7 gallons to full and netted me 125 miles of freeway with me filling up before the next fuel light came on.

City milage can be quite a bit lower then highway on my 12, I just do so little city driving its difficult to keep track. For those that fill up before your fuel light, simply reset your trip odometer each time you fill it, that way at the next fuel stop you will know you went X amount of miles on Y amount of gallons. Its also a good practice to run your tank down into the reserve just so your flushing any possible poor quality gas you might have gotten at a fill up out of the tank.
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Scitz
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 09:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

So do you think that the reserve light comes on when there is only a gallon left? I've only had my bike a few months and haven't been brave enough to test the reserve capacity.
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Apex_assasian
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 09:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i usually run about 10 or so miles when my light comes on ....it's about 2.8 gallons to fill up. sounds about right scitz. providing it is a true 3.7 gallon tank.
mike
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Chainsaw
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 09:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Scitz:
My reserve light comes on with 1.1 gallons left in the tank. Every time.
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Brucelee
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 09:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

50-55 Mpg since new.

Mixed riding.
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Buellisti
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 01:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

City = 37 to 42
City/Freeway mix = 47 to 50
Highway 75-85mph = 55 to 60

I actually hit 65 mpg when I kept the speed at 75 with a light tail wind on I-10.

Last tank full was $8.25
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