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Puddle Jumper
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Gilbert, AZ | My wife and I just returned from a 1162 mile, 5 day trip to Moab UT and Durango CO. I am pleased to tell you that riding 2 up we averaged 49.2 MPG riding highways, through city traffic and through National Parks. I knew this was a great touring bike, but never expected to get such great gas mileage too. Oh, by the way, it draws lots of crowds at gas stations and rest stops....allow extra time on your trips... |
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Tourer
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| Do you have a stage 1 level 1 or level two upgrade? |
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Cruiser
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South of Houston Tx | Ive noticed that wind makes a huge difference on my millage. were I ride it is all at or below sea level, the point being that its all flat land with the only inclines being bridges and overpasses. Today there was a pretty stiff south wind, I rode 70 miles to the north and averaged 42 MPG at 75 MPH, the trip back I wasn't in near the rush so I cruised it at 60 going into the wind and only averaged 38 MPG. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Gilbert, AZ | I'm running Stage 1 Level 1. I'm pleased with the performance and the sound. I had a guy come up to me in downtown Durango while I was parking, and compliment me on the sound of the bike. I just hate it when that happens...  |
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Cruiser
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Park City, Utah | I have stage 1 level 2 and get about 43 mpg all the time. I have yet to take a long trip with a lot of highway miles. when I do I'm gonna check it by trip computer and by hand calculation and compare. happy with my mileage so far. hell, I towed a 30 foot trailer 2300 miles a few weeks ago with my Tundra... I'd be happy with anything after that damage. LOL |
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Cruiser
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VA | I've been keeping an eye on ym gas mileage, and I noticed that at highway speeds by myself, I get about 46 to 47mpg. When the wife is with me, I get between 42 and 43mpg. I didn't think stage 1 level one could make that big a difference, but maybe I just came up with a selling point for the wife? hhmmmm..... no, not a chance, I'm still getting crap about buying a bike that cost that much. |
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Cruiser
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Frisco, TX | AzCruizer - 2008-06-24 6:31 PM My wife and I just returned from a 1162 mile, 5 day trip to Moab UT and Durango CO. I am pleased to tell you that riding 2 up we averaged 49.2 MPG riding highways, through city traffic and through National Parks. I knew this was a great touring bike, but never expected to get such great gas mileage too. Oh, by the way, it draws lots of crowds at gas stations and rest stops....allow extra time on your trips... How slow are you riding? I get maybe 36 MPG and usually less. My normal crusing speed, though, is 80-90 MPH even with the wife-unit in tow. Was your bike on a trailer for a large part of the distance?  |
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Puddle Jumper
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Gilbert, AZ | LOL....no trailer queen here! We traveled secondary highways at about 60-65 MPH, some interstate driving at 75, in town start and stop crap, and of course National Park touring (that means a lot of stops to check scenery out). Apparently I don't travel at light speed like you, but this rolling stone gathers no moss either... We were on vacation, and in no hurry. You are right though, traveling at higher speeds costs you dearly in the gas mileage department. |
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Visionary
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So Cal | I have a 10 mi. commute to work, all city streets. I try to get to 5th as soon as possible and try to maitain 40 mph. I have been averaging 37 mpg. Not bad for 106" motor. |
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Cruiser
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VA | cjnoho, I've put the gauge into the fule mileage instant calc mode,a nd I've noticed that the estimated or current gas mileage goes DOWN with higher gears and lower rpms. It seems like the best gas mileage is at 2300 to 2500rpm. Don't know if that holds true for longer distances, or if that gauge is even accurate, but just though I'd share. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Bellevue, NE | Divesharc-the same holds true with my car. I have a Buick Park Avenue Ultra and I get 30 mpg on the interstate. It has the blower on it with an overdrive and at lower speeds, 50 to 55 mph, the motor is barely turning 1700-1800 rpm. I have a readout on the information display that shows instantaneous gas mileage and it goes up when I pull it out of overdrive. The motor has to work harder at lower rpm to maintain the speed and it also doesn't have as much flywheel momentum on the crankshaft.
Otherwise, I am getting 40 to 45 mpg on the Vision with Stage 1, level 1 pipes riding solo. |
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Cruiser
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Frisco, TX | I get 8 MPG in my Viper around town and 4 MPG on the track. But, at 110 MPH in 6th gear I'm at 2000 RPMs and can get 20 MPG. I'll have to tell the cops that they shouldn't give me a ticket because I'm saving gas. |
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Cruiser
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VA | It's funny because based on sound and feel, I always want to shift up to a higher gear, which puts the rpms in the 2K range, yet the gas mileage is better a little higher. The only thing that gets me is that because of it being 6 instead of 5 gears, on back roads it's always a toss up, I constantly find myself shifting between 4th and 5th. 4th winds out a little too much, and 5th seems to be a little too low. Yet, it's great having 6th for highways. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | divesharc - 2008-06-27 12:17 AM cjnoho, I've put the gauge into the fule mileage instant calc mode,a nd I've noticed that the estimated or current gas mileage goes DOWN with higher gears and lower rpms. It seems like the best gas mileage is at 2300 to 2500rpm. Don't know if that holds true for longer distances, or if that gauge is even accurate, but just though I'd share. Although the Vision does fine in any gear range, it seems that it is in between where I think it should be. At the 1st to 2nd range, it seems there should be a little lower 2nd, because at a slow speed, 1st is too low and 2nd is too high, for me. And to go along with divesharc I find myself doing a lot of shifting on the mild twisties, 4th to 5th and never very long in 6th. But the highway, which is built for it is a champ in every gear. As for the digital read-out, I find it to be exact every time, in the average reading. I always check the miles ridden with the gallons taken and see that it will average together. So with this, the instant reading would have to be doing what it is doing right. |
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New user
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| I don't have a Vision yet, but just wanted to comment regarding the fuel economy as it relates to altitude. I lived in CO and the higher the altitude the better fuel economy I would get. A couple of different bikes that would average 38-42 mpg would routinely get 47-54 mpg when riding Rocky Mountain Naitonal Park and other high altitude rides. This likely accounts for the original posters good fuel economy. I live in CA now, and was surprised how much my fuel economy suffered coming down to sea level, but the bikes and cars have a lot more power. Every time I read a mpg report these days I look to see where they are from or where they were riding. Altitude while not the biggest factor it does skew the results when trying to determine what you would get if you were to buy that product.
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Cruiser
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Valdosta, GA | Vic motors do NOT like to turn below 2000 rpm. Period. The trans likes it even less. 60mph in 6th gear should net you roughly 50mpg. Above 95mph, mileage drops to less than 30mpg. |
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Cruiser
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Leander,Texas | I drive daily to work and get on average 42-43 mpg at 70 mph not bad i think! |
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Cruiser
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Victoria, BC | Guyfawkes,
For years I have kept track of my fuel mileage. I always fill up the Burgman tank at 250 kilometers on the odometer (empty at 300 km) as I don't trust the fuel gauge, & have never ran out of fuel.
I live at sea level on Vancouver Island, but we ran completely out of fuel twice on our trip to California at 240 kms. Frustrated, I talked to acquaintance who lives in Redding, who said that the gas companies in that State add ethanol to make the fuel burn cleaner. Unfortunately the fuel mileage suffers as the ethanol contains less BTU's than gasoline, hence I was not getting the same distance per tank and ran out.
I wonder how many States have ethanol in their fuel & at what percentage. It may account for the differences in fuel economy between the different users here.
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Cruiser
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Leander,Texas | I drive in Austin alot and ive notice the same thing mostly when u drive the toll road there isnt any wind barriers such as tree or buildings so its very windy .The wind is definatly a factor cause when drive city streets i get better gas milage if im not stoping and going . Day were theres no wind my milage increases and i try to use cruise control when i can and i see a diffrence. |
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49.2 MPG trip average