Your Mileage May Vary…?

[rhauft]

Just got 80 miles from a full, topped off tank
Best I've gotten since mods is 130 miles.
Anybody else experience such wide variation in range?

[wyodude]

Its that commie gas you cali boys run

[larry1]

It has to do with your right wrist.

[rhauft]

Originally posted by wyodude
Its that commie gas you cali boys run

It has to do with your right wrist.

A 50-mile spread is not easy to plan for on long trips up and down the California coast. Granted, the 80-mile tank was done in a bit of a hurry. We were having one of those classic Bay Area foggy, misty days and the machine was making gobs of extra HP. I could easily notice the increase in power. It was just too much too resist and I smoked all my riding buddies to the bar and was on my second by the time they finally dragged their sorry asses in.

Hey Wyo – Is Chevron a Commie oil Co? I thought they were a Middle Eastern Terrorist Organization bent on bringing gas hungry western infidels to their knees

[mr guido]

Rob, were you completely empty when you had to refill?

My gas guage has been flaking out recently. It now drops to empty around the 60 - 70 mile marker and stays there until I kill the engine and let the bike sit with the bike still turned on. Shop has ordered me a new one, but that was over 2 months ago and still hasn't come in. I never had this problem during the first 7 - 8 months of owning the bike - it just started happening all of a sudden.

[rhauft]

I refilled at 70 miles with the needle buried on E. She took just over 3 gallons so figured I probably had another 10 miles before I was pushing her. Lately, I’ve really noticed what a big difference my wrist can make with this bike. Unlike my Aprilia, I ride my Vrod mostly with my buds on their Harleys. Because this bike is so much more powerful than my bro’s Fatboys, Heritages and RK’s, I spend a great deal of time noodling around waiting for them to catch up. This particular trip I was hell bent to get to the bar before the Raider game started. 70 miles between fill-ups is pretty sucky mileage

[pasadenajim]

Yep!

[LiquidSilver]

I've seen wide swings, 80-140, but it's generally dependent on my uh...er...enthusiasm. I don't like the gauge though....I think its far too conservative.