Best dual sport bike for the street?

[Bill Hilly]

I really don't know what mileage I am getting on either bike, But I need to measure. Usually when my fuel light goes to flashing on the Hawk, it takes about 2 gallon. On the Burnt Run, Mud Run KPX video, I can be heard saying " It seems to be running pretty good on that gas. Well the story behind that is that I was riding the KPX, and knew I didn't have a lot of gas when I left the house, but I intended on getting some in Reedy WV, because I knew they had a gas station, and store. It was a little longer than I remembered getting there, because I hadn't been through there for so many years. Well I had 2 bars on my gas gauge, so I wasn't worried much. I got into Reedy, and stopped at a garage, that I thought may have once been the gas station that I remembered. I asked if there was still a gas station, and the guy said, yeah right down that way, but somebody said they got water in their gas, because Reedy had flooded. The closest Town was Spencer, and it would have been about 15 miles on a secondary road away, and probably at least 30 miles East of home, so I thought I would risk it. I pulled into the gas station/ store, and there was a guy in a Jeep Cherokee, and he said he had been running it, and didn't have any problem. They had 3 pumps, but 2 pumps had parts missing, and the one that did work was a manual shut off. It said premium, and had an older sticker on it that said the pump was condemned. I got my gas, and went in to pay. I asked the girl working, if it was premium, and she said yeah, but she may not have really know. Well the bike did good on it, so it all worked out.

[Megadan]

Originally Posted by Bill Hilly

I really don't know what mileage I am getting on either bike, But I need to measure. Usually when my fuel light goes to flashing on the Hawk, it takes about 2 gallon. On the Burnt Run, Mud Run KPX video, I can be heard saying " It seems to be running pretty good on that gas. Well the story behind that is that I was riding the KPX, and knew I didn't have a lot of gas when I left the house, but I intended on getting some in Reedy WV, because I knew they had a gas station, and store. It was a little longer than I remembered getting there, because I hadn't been through there for so many years. Well I had 2 bars on my gas gauge, so I wasn't worried much. I got into Reedy, and stopped at a garage, that I thought may have once been the gas station that I remembered. I asked if there was still a gas station, and the guy said, yeah right down that way, but somebody said they got water in their gas, because Reedy had flooded. The closest Town was Spencer, and it would have been about 15 miles on a secondary road away, and probably at least 30 miles East of home, so I thought I would risk it. I pulled into the gas station/ store, and there was a guy in a Jeep Cherokee, and he said he had been running it, and didn't have any problem. They had 3 pumps, but 2 pumps had parts missing, and the one that did work was a manual shut off. It said premium, and had an older sticker on it that said the pump was condemned. I got my gas, and went in to pay. I asked the girl working, if it was premium, and she said yeah, but she may not have really know. Well the bike did good on it, so it all worked out.

It's always tricky comparing fuel economy. I live in a relatively flat area. We do have some decently steep hills, and quite a few of them, but most of my riding is done in relatively flat areas. My biggest enemy here is wind, and head winds in particular will wreck my fuel economy on the Hawk because it has to work so much harder to do the same speeds.

I know more than a few people have reported the KPX economy in the 80ish mpg range, and most people seem to get about 65mpg average on the Hawks with the generic main jet and washers under the needle carb tuning.
A 15-20mpg difference is believable.