Re: [St] Fuel Economy

[Nathan Maher <nate@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich,

If your commute is mostly highway, high speed cruising then you'll want 
to take the gearing back to stock (taller).  This will result in lower 
revs at cruising speed and should yield a bit better MPG.  I'm pretty 
sure that the RS had 18/43 stock and you could probably even go to 19/43 
(later ST's had this setup) but I'm not sure you could change by 2 teeth 
and still use the same chain that you have.  So to stay w/in budget you 
may be limited in what you can do.

Of course one of the better ways to improve fuel mileage is with your 
right hand, I'd bet that if you were conscientious about acceleration 
you'd probably see an increase from that.  Last I checked on my 00RS w/ 
17/43 gearing I get in the mid 40s when riding conservatively.

Now, the real question is whether or not it's really worth it to you to 
commute on the RS given that it will require the use of premium fuel 
which in my neck of the woods results in about a ~10% surcharge over 
regular fuel.

That's my 2¢,

Nate
00SprintRS



rlnm2000@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What would be the optimum gearing for the best fuel economy on the 2000 Sprint RS?  I changed it to 17/43 and I'm about 42MPG on a good day.  I want to get it as close to 50MPG as I could.
> 
> I may have a long commute coming and hybrids are still too expensive for my budget and the Toy Yaris only gets about 36MPG with an 11 gal tank.  I'll still be filling it up twice a week.  If I fill up my bike 2-3 times a week it will still be cheaper than the best fuel economy cage.
> 
> Rich - FL
> 
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