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Author Message   Desertfox Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 01:29 am:        I've been curious about MPG lately so I did a search and found that my MPG is alot lower than most. I get about 35mpg. My riding is very short. School is maybe 2 to 3 miles away and work is only 6 to 8 with plenty of traffic lights. I tend to keep RPM around 3500. I run it up to 4000 before I switch gears. Should I maybe try to keep it at 3000 instead? I don't notice any leaking fuel anywhere and my AFV is actually very low, around 84% usually. I would expect, from what I've read, that I could be riding even harder than I am and still get at least 40mpg. It's kind of weird.   Two_seasons Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 01:48 am:        Most of your fuel usage is during start-up and getting up to operating temp. I wouldn't sweat it. Take it out for a weekend several hundred miles and see what it does.   Natexlh1000 Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 07:06 am:        Agreed. Your bike is still on the "choke"   Britchri10 Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 07:24 am:        I agree with the above. All that stop, go mileage kills MPG. Whilst waiting at a light you are doing 0 MPG. Fill her up, head out into the world until she needs refueling. Fill her up again & calculate your mileage. I would bet that it will be more than 35 MPG. My X1 gets +/- 53 MPG on longer trips. Commuting she gets +/- 40 & half of my 30 mile commute is interstate.   Natexlh1000 Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 10:16 am:        Yup. Mine averages in the lower 50's. Doesn't seem to matter what kind of riding either. If you do ride it for 150 miles and the mileage is still 35, then you may have some issue.   Desertfox Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 10:33 am:        Alright, I'll have to do that this weekend. I have a day off I can use for this. I'll pack up some fishing gear and go to the mountains for a day! Well, at least I know that I would get even worse mileage using a car then. I started to wonder if I was actually saving any money on gas. If it's the style of riding that's killing the mileage, then a car would just be even worse.   Kalali Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 11:36 am:        You may also want to reset your AFV to 100% before your long trip. Most of your riding appears to be in Open Loop and the ECU doesn't get a chance to use the data from the O2 sensor. Run it in Closed Loop and recheck your AFV.

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