What is your typical gas mileage?

[alph]

'99 IS, best i ever got was 40mpg, worst was 29mpg.  got 40 while doing twisites all day, got 29 running 75 mph all day......

[valkmc]

My gas mileage has gone up a lot, nothing to do with the bike. My girl got a Suzuki Intruder and she rides by the speed limit. Last couple of tanks have been around 40 miles per gallon. Bike is a 98 std, no shield and when I ride my self, I get around 35 per gallon.

[Stanley Steamer]

I get about 200 miles/per bowl of chili.........OHHH, you meant the OTHER kind of gas??....

[Gangman036]

99 Standard.............shield and bags........32-34 mpg. I usually hit reserve at or around 140 miles.

[john]

i can get 40 mph if i ride at about 2500 rpm ...
anything over 3000  rpm and the milage drops ...   
higher the rpms ... the lower the milage ....   
go figure ...     

[john]

I get about 200 miles/per bowl of chili.........OHHH, you meant the OTHER kind of gas??....

bigbf ... is that you           

[BigBF]

who... Me? 
Hey John here's my finger...




ha ha
Hey John, long time no see....
When are you gonna move back here in hot town again?

[Stanley Steamer]

who... Me? 
Hey John here's my finger...




ha ha
Hey John, long time no see....
When are you gonna move back here in hot town again?

[fudgie]

Use to get 32 mpg on my tourer. Found a new carb cleaner and now get 36 mpg.

[fudgie]

If I'm trying to catch Fudgie I may have to stop for fuel every 75 miles! 

Ha! And you said we ride like 2 old people........ 

[TearlessTom]

Took a small roadtrip over Labor day.
Filled up at home before leaving. 38mpg.
2nd tank 48 mpg 60 mph
3rd tank  38 mpg (ran the last 50-75 miles with a low to flat rear tire. . Had a valve stem leak.)
4th tank  45mpg 65 mph
5th tank  43 mpg 65 mph

I must be livin right

[Big IV]

I'm getting about 35-36 mpg. Not bad, but I think it was slightly higher originally. Could be the gas. Could be time for a tune up. Not enough of a difference to rant about.

1998 Tourer.

[ChromeDome]

I go to reserve on my 97 tourer at about 115. Recently, I made it to around 130 going the speed limit
on the BRP...

-Mike

Funny how going the speed limit extends your milage! 

[Momz]

I reset my odometer every time I fill up my Rat Rod Valk. At this point it is reading 178 miles since my last fill up on Sunday. We road out of Ohio on I75 at about 70-75 mph untill our exit (approx. 45 min.) and I rode to and from our local bike night in Plymouth MI. Raced two HDs on the way there and back (won of course) and I'm not the least bit worried about my milage anymore. As I'm been averaging 43 mph with quite a bit of spirited riding.

My I/S is not quite as good, but it can get 40+mpg below 70 mph.

[Smitty W.S.]

By my rough calculations I get about 6L/100kms (or about 39.2 mpg for my American friends) on my '99 IS.  My estimate is probably on the low side as I get gas as soon as the bottom bar starts to flash.  I don't know how much further I'd have at that point before I'd have to use RESERVE.

[musclehead]

about 5.7 MPG with 40,000 lbs in the box, oh your talking about my bike

[Super Santa]

2000 IS with a 6* trigger wheel.  I consistently get over 200 miles on a tank.  I just returned from going to the Rune rally in Tennessee from Texas.  My mileage (mpg) figures for that trip are as follows:

40.7661878
39.91438356
36.61599471
38.0050261
41.68331668
38.16190989
42.45654693
39.78719974
38.27468785
36.18364419
36.17626155
36.07044831
37.80564263

That was just a hair under 2500 miles total.

[Hoser]

By my rough calculations I get about 6L/100kms (or about 39.2 mpg for my American friends) on my '99 IS.  My estimate is probably on the low side as I get gas as soon as the bottom bar starts to flash.  I don't know how much further I'd have at that point before I'd have to use RESERVE.

I used to fill up at 200 miles when I had an IS, never did go on reserve. With mine if it was flashing it never took more than 5.5 gallons.  Hoser

[Smitty W.S.]

That sounds about right, Hoser.  I get about 400 kms on a tank (highway) which converts to about 248 miles.  Of course, I ride like a granny -- few if any rapid accelerations, low rev shifting and usually only about 10kms over the speed limits.

[stormrider]

One recent trip got 199.6 on my 01 IS before goin on reserve. Forgot how much to fill up

two saturdays ago, three of us filled up at the same location.
98 Standard, mine: 01 IS, 02 Gold Wing.

The 98 got 36mpg
01 IS got 33.5
The Wing  38

I think I need to ride mine more often to get more comparisons.

[fat6man]

USUALLY GET 36 TO 37 MPG... 98 STANDARD - BATWING W/ 12" SHIELD, HARD BAGS, AND RIDING
2 UP. BUT THEN JENNIFER IS SO SMALL I HAVE TO TIE HER ON WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING.
                           

[PhredValk]

99 I/S, one up, packed for vacation. I got from 29 to 34 MPG on my trip east this summer, but I was seldom under 75 indicated and I pass anything I catch up with. The throttle seems to be the funnest part of the bike...
Fred.