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Spyder Gas Mileage

About 2,800 miles in the first 5 weeks. My best milege has been 33 mpg. My lowest has been about 30 mpg.
 
Mileage????

Excuse me but what the H..l are use guys doing? The ONLY way to get a true average mpg is to note your mileage after a fill-up,then run several tanks thru it (3 4 5 the more gallons the better) noting each time the number of gallons purchased then divide the total number of gallons into the total number of miles. That is how you get an average mpg. Anything else is worthless. My sister in-law thinks her Ford Explorer gets better mileage than my Wife's Honda Civic because she can go father between fill-ups so go figure... just please don't run out of gas.
 
Took a nice 125 mile ride today...filled up to the tippy top like I have been doing...5 gallons and 130 miles...

I can't get this thing above 26 mpg...this stinks...
 
Look like the spyder may have compitetion now Has anyone else heard of the BMW GG Quad if not here is the web site WWW.GG-Quad-northamerica.com here is some pictures.

I saw that online. At the price ($56,000++++), they'll be asking, I wouldn't call that competition for the Spyder. The T-Rex, perhaps; but not the Spyder.

Then, of course, there's the Tri-Rod. Hey! Anyone got a spare $50,000-$60,000 I can have??!!

At this time, for the $$$, there is no competition for the Can-Am Spyder.
 
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Gas Milage

From what I know it dosn't make any difference what amount of fuel it takes to fill your tank, you take the amount of miles and devide by the amount of fuel you purchased. if you take 4 gallons of fuel and drive 150 miles it's 37.5 miles to the gallon. makes no difference how much fuel is in the tank when you start as long as it's at least 4 gollons or more for this equasion. that's why brp gave you 2 trip gages 1 for a day at a time and the second for the whole trip.
 
I've only had my Spyder (named TRIPOD) since Oct. 11 and have about 400 miles on HIM.

We figured the gas mileage today and it came out to 32.7 mpg.

Is this good, back or ugly??? :dontknow:

Thanks!

Just talking about you today. We'll have to hook up and see what you've done for a pulsing tail light (because I'm sure you have!!)

I got about 30 on the way home from Detroit when I picked it up. Now about 25-27 in town and blasting around with it. 35 on the road at about 70mph.

Be well.

bj & tiffany
 
You won't see it in the US. If it has four wheels, and for the road, it is an automobile... and has to meet all of the safety specs of the US for a car.

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I think i posted here back in around march when I had one pull up in the lane next to me here in Bakersfield, Calif. all street legal...haven't seen it or another one since....

Diggittt
 
Excuse me but what the H..l are use guys doing? The ONLY way to get a true average mpg is to note your mileage after a fill-up,then run several tanks thru it (3 4 5 the more gallons the better) noting each time the number of gallons purchased then divide the total number of gallons into the total number of miles. That is how you get an average mpg. Anything else is worthless. My sister in-law thinks her Ford Explorer gets better mileage than my Wife's Honda Civic because she can go father between fill-ups so go figure... just please don't run out of gas.

i agree..
 
From what I know it dosn't make any difference what amount of fuel it takes to fill your tank, you take the amount of miles and devide by the amount of fuel you purchased. if you take 4 gallons of fuel and drive 150 miles it's 37.5 miles to the gallon. makes no difference how much fuel is in the tank when you start as long as it's at least 4 gollons or more for this equasion. that's why brp gave you 2 trip gages 1 for a day at a time and the second for the whole trip.


again agreed:)
 
Aubierules...you're not exactly correct on that...

If I don't fill up the tank and each time I'm off a decent amount when I refill, then that could make a rather large difference in my mpg...

It' not like the hose clicks off at the same point each time...the strange configuration of the tank has it such that you need to pull the hose out a nice bit to get it to fill up.

If you compute your mileage based on a missing gallon, you're gonna be off...now, if I filled it to the same point each time, then you're 100% right as the starting point is always the same...however, this is not the case as different stations have hoses that cut off at different points...

The best thing to do is to make sure you're filling up all the way and use that as a starting point each time when checking your mileage...

Either way, I'm hoping to get to the 35 mark!

if you start by filling up with 4 gallons.....then you drive around till ur light comes on...and fill up with 4 gallons and then use your miles traveled to divide into...you get mpg... the key is that you fill the tank up the same amount each time....what i was saying was that if u start with 4, or 100 gallons of gas, then at next fill fill back up the same amount. it wont make a difference in mpg
 
Spyder Mileage

Was getting around the 33 MPG range when my state (Florida) went to 10% ethanol in all the gas. MPG dropped 2 MPG at that point. Am getting 31 MPG now on 87 octane. I envy you folks that are getting 36-38 MPG. Still, riding the Spyder is a ton of fun and I am having a ball!!

61 years of bike riding (age 77) and this machine is the most fun ever.

Jack H.
 
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