| Author | Message | ||
     Mtsm |
whats the official fuel consumption of a xb9sx ? | ||
| Teddagreek |
I avg 41-43 MPG... Doesn't matter if I baby it either I still get the same mileage I've gotten higher interstate driving... | ||
| Skarecrow |
I commute 30 miles a day and I get a consistent 43 MPG. | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Commuting, almost entirely stop and go city driving. I get 46MPG during the summer, down to 39MPG during the colder months(warm up time is far greater in those single digit temps). A high of 61MPG on the hwy. | ||
| Kdan |
If I ride alone, or with the 3%ers I get about 45mpg. If I go with Bambi, I can do almost 60mpg. It's definitely related to the right wrist. | ||
| Xbullet |
2nd that, Kdan. during break-in it was over 55mpg for me on my 06 xb9sx, but in the 4000 miles since, i've been heavy on the throttle and light on the front tire wear.  now i'm back in the 40-45 range no matter how hard i hit it. (Message edited by xbullet on January 23, 2007) | ||
| Thespive |
I have seen as high as 50mpg on my stock bike with K&N and '07 airbox. I average 46-47 on long freeway at about 75-80. Don't think I have ever seen a tank below 43mpg. --Sean | ||
| Mortarmanmike120 |
On the interstate by myself, staying in high gear, going with the flow I've gotten 55. Commuting to work with my lower gear ratio and kinda heavy throttle, 40-43 is about right. | ||
| Reepicheep |
43 to 48 since I went back to stock (from the race ECM and aftermarket pipe). Thats with premium gas also... | ||
| Etennuly |
I usually got 53-55 on 20+ mile trips to town, and 48-50 running fairly hard, and it once did 65mpg on the Blue Ridge Parkway(spd lmt 45). That was an '05 with a race kit. Comparatively, my Ulysses runs about 4mpg less across the board. | ||
| Mtsm |
okay...mine is making 31MPG (13km/k) correct me if my conversion is wrong.. ••••  | ||
| Bumblebee |
Best tank, 51, worst 38, usual is about 43 MPG. | ||
| Reepicheep |
What the heck is 13km per "k"... do you mean be 13km per liter? 50 Miles per Gallon would be 21.26 Kilometers per Liter. I think. (Edit: Which equals 30.57 MPG. You must accelerate a LOT! And maybe your gas is formulated less efficiently.) (Message edited by reepicheep on January 23, 2007) | ||
| Citycrosser |
Bone stock 2005 XB9SX (except for handlebars) and I normally get mid 40's. If I am riding aggressive, I have gotten as low as 36 mpg. The highest was around 48 mpg. | ||
| Danfitzgerald |
I get a pretty consistent 46 - 50 mpg. I don't baby it and I ride 90 mi. round trip to work every day. | ||
| Mtsm |
yes it is km per liter....i checked out...other cityx owners are making 18km/l more less 43mpg...so there must be somethign wrong with my bike...tried different fuels , better quality , same shit...and im not riding agressivly.. | ||
| Etennuly |
What RPM range are you running? I have found that keeping the RPMs as low as possible makes a large difference in fuel mileage. Instead of 5000 + RPM shift at 4000 - and cruise at 2700 to 3200. I did that comparison last year riding with another Uly. I ran low RPM and he ran about 1000 more. I got 48 MPG he did 43. That was running together getting fuel at the same stops for over 200 miles. | ||
| Mtsm |
etennuly , im gonna try that and tell you the results |
