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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: RDU, NC
Posts: 678
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Gas mileage for people that ride it hard?
I'm getting mid 50s with the stock speedometer (non-corrected speeds), a 130/80/17 rear tire, and a 13T countershaft sprocket. Fresh valve adjustment, plenty of power, running at 8000-9000 rpm on the highway and pretty much accelerating wide open from every stop when riding on backroads. I'm 275 lbs.
Does this sound about right? Charles. |
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#2 |
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Posts: 632
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Pretty normal...given the 13T sprocket and WFO through the gears. The engine can take that treatment, no problem. You are probably giving up 5-6 mpg but that only means you go 20 fewer miles to a fillup. No big deal.
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#3 |
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Monroe,NC
Posts: 131
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I was averaging 56 with the stock gearing, never WTO and all city driving so it sounds about right.
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#4 |
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 47
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A 13T sprocket came with my bike when I bought it last month. Not sure I am going to use it yet I'm about 205 lbs. I think I'm going to check valves at 2500. I'm at 1900 now.
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#5 |
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Somerset, KY
Posts: 687
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I get mid 50's when flogging it, but for my normal commute I usually get 65ish on mine (283 big bore kit) and 14k on it....does a little better with non ethanol gas
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#6 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
Posts: 334
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I never saw 50 MPG on mine, just under that. I did have a speedo corrector, and without that, the bike thinks you've gone farther than you actually have.
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#7 |
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: RDU, NC
Posts: 678
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I just installed the speedo corrector yesterday, so I expect my mileage to drop considerably. I finally got the connectors from aliexpress and wired them into the SpeedoDRD, so I could just plug it in and not cut up my wiring harness.
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#8 |
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 5
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I measured my fuel consumption in recent trip
Odometer distance: 591km GPS distance: 560km Fuel consumption (Pertamax 92 RON): 23.98L Bike was fully loaded with pillion (88kg + 65kg). Ridden quite hard but with absolute mechanical sympathy. Calculated fuel economy: 24.6 km/L (odometer) 23.3 km/L (GPS) ![]() |
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#9 |
Join Date: May 2013
Location: finger lakes NY
Posts: 2,060
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Right on par with my roketa, mid 50s flogging thru the gears, 60 on the backroads, me weighing 290#, with a 13-38 (520 chain) on a 130/90-16 rear
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