Trickie Dick
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I noticed this last year at SITS but I got 3-4 mpg better while I was in NC and TN. As soon I got back to Indiana, it was back to the same crappy mileage. Anybody else notice this:dontknow:
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Better Mileage at MV??
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SpyderWolf
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I think it might be due to all of the downhill coasting you get to do while in the Smokies. 
BajaRon
Well-known member
Downhill coasting is the result of uphill climbing. It's hard to get one without the other. This combination will give you less fuel mileage no matter how much you coast.
Twisties are no better. Everytime you brake you're wasting fuel, (Essentially turning gasoline into heat at the rotor instead of in the engine), then you accellerate through the turn and waste gas again.
My guess is with the Midwest fuel. That's where they grow the corn that makes the Ethanol and I'd say they put as much in as they can get away with (because the government pays out subsidies based on the percentage of Ethanol in the fuel. More Ethanol, more money. Always wondered where all this give-a-way money comes from, but that's a banned subject!).
Most pumps will say 'Contains up to 10% Ethanol' but that doesn't mean it has 10%. Many run 6% and some less than that. I like to think they are thinking of the customer, just a reoccurring fantisy I have.
You're probably getting the full 10% or maybe a little more in your Midwest fuels.
Twisties are no better. Everytime you brake you're wasting fuel, (Essentially turning gasoline into heat at the rotor instead of in the engine), then you accellerate through the turn and waste gas again.
My guess is with the Midwest fuel. That's where they grow the corn that makes the Ethanol and I'd say they put as much in as they can get away with (because the government pays out subsidies based on the percentage of Ethanol in the fuel. More Ethanol, more money. Always wondered where all this give-a-way money comes from, but that's a banned subject!
). Most pumps will say 'Contains up to 10% Ethanol' but that doesn't mean it has 10%. Many run 6% and some less than that. I like to think they are thinking of the customer, just a reoccurring fantisy I have.
You're probably getting the full 10% or maybe a little more in your Midwest fuels.
At higher elevations with the thinner air the FI (fuel injection controlled by the Engine Control Unit, ECU) leans the fuel mixture and combining with less air resistance and generally cooler air results in better fuel milege.
Ethanol in fuel lowers the milege as well as reducing the power of the engine. Corn is a much better food than fuel.
Ethanol in fuel lowers the milege as well as reducing the power of the engine. Corn is a much better food than fuel.
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Todd&Cat
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I think if we keep feeding corn based ethanol the :spyder2:'s are going to get fat and have to start dieting. :dontknow: :roflblack: :roflblack: :roflblack:
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
C'mon, everybody who has ever walked over a hill knows that it is much farther uphill than downhill. :roflblack:
:agree: My old man would always say how tough it was walking to school every day,
What with it being uphill both ways.:roflblack:
dltang
Very Handy Member
Dick, Brian and I noticed this on various trips of ours. It was very evident on our way home from CA going through the Rocky Mountains. We got better fuel mileage at higher elevations consistently. I don't know the reason, I just know that every time we ride in higher elevations, we get better mileage.
Er......Ah...........:dontknow:.................re read several posts above......:gaah:
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