Re: [ST] July Rider

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I'd be saying "hmmmm?"....wht kind of MPG are you getting, assuming
you're tracking?  I'm seeing high 40's to low 50's but haven't done any
compilation for average yet...

Most of my riding is day rides for fun, getting to/from HSTA events and riding
at those events.  Those are usually sporty backroad rides though sometimes
that ride home gets some slabbing thrown in to make it.  

I'm no knee dragger, but not a granny either.  Don't know why there'd be such
a huge difference though.  I'm still stock can with the tune they put in when
they prepped it November last year.  I run 89 octane and try for good gas such
as Shell, Marathon, Sunoco, Citgo, etc. where possible. 


On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Dan Wetherington wrote:

-All I can say is WOW!  I routinely fill up between 140-160 on my 03
-ST...  That's after the light comes on, usually needing around 4.5
-gallons to fill it up...  Do I have a lead wrist??  I haven't gotten any
-tickets on the bike yet...  (knock on wood)  What's your typical riding
-like?  I am commuting most of the time, so lots of lights, lots of accel
-- decel.  The best I've done was around 175-180 miles before the light
-came on.
-
-Dan
-
->>> bil@xxxxxxxxxx 6/10/2005 1:16 PM >>>
-On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Gavin Lawrie wrote:
-
--> I regularly get 200 UK miles out of a tankful before the amber
-light
--> comes on then another 30 before I NEED to fill up.
--
--I wish i did... :)
-
-Hmmm?  I'm only ~2400 miles into my '03, but I still start looking to
-fill up
-right at about the 200 mile mark but recently had to press on a little
-further...the light lit at about 220 and I filled up at 247 with ABOUT
-.5
-gallon (US) remaining.  That particular ride was mixed fast slab
-sweepers and
-little mountain roads in NC.
-
-I think the change you are referring to is to the >2002 models that
-lost .5
-US gal dropping us to a 5.1 capacity (from 5.6 IIRC).
-
-FWIW, HIH, yada yada yada.
-
-

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