Fuel economy

[Texas]

That would be about 100% improvement in mileage. I don't know of any manufacturer who has done that in one model year. That being said, my BMW K1600GTL gets 50+ MPG on every fill up. Yes, I get at minimum 300 miles per tank, but usually closer to 350 miles per tank. Once I pushed it beyond the 350 mark, but that scared me too much, so I don't do that anymore. The BMW is an inline 6, and the Germans have done the best job to date of anyone else when it comes to giving you both power (160HP) and high MPG. The BMW is also more aerodynamic than the Spyder, less rubber on the road, which means less friction, and about 200 pound lighter.

I'm positive BRP meant 62 MPH and simply forgot to provide the MPGs. Since the MPGs aren't really anything to brag about, they went for total miles per tank. I'm usually a stickler about MPGs, but I'm getting tired of balancing big, heavy bikes, and with my wife on the pillion, we don't ride for speed, but rather comfort and ease-of-use, which allows for more distance with less discomfort. I've never liked regular trikes, so unless I want to spend $70K on a T-Rex, the Spyder RT-s is the one for me.

 

[Questions]

ho,,,,brother plse don,t believe what they say :yikes:

bigger engine take less gas,,,,hey !!!!! santa clauss is coming the 25 of december,,, right!!

 

[Oldmanzues]

The 2014 were supposed to have a wonderful, newly discovered fuel injection system. It got over 62 MPG, but BRP did not want to brag. The Gas companys found out and paid BRP to stay with the old system on the new engine.
A friend of a Friend of a Friend of a Friend got this from the tail end of a Moose, so it must be true
Oldmanzues

 

[tigerdr]

252 miles per tank! 6.86 US Gallon in tank = 36.7 mpg

 

[billybovine]

Typo

It's obviously a typo they meant MPH not MPG.

The 2014 RT has a 6.9 gallon tank and based on the range of 252 miles that works out to 36.5 MPG. That sounds reasonable to me.

According to the BRP promotional material most of the efficiency gains come from the engine with their patented ACE technology. The main features of the ACE engine are the spherical heads, square bore and extra slippery coated bearings.

We will soon find out for sure when customers start taking delivery.

 

[Dan McNally]

I'll be ryding a 2013 in 2014 . . . so I expect I'll get the same mileage as I got this year . . .

 

[chuck gross]

I will second that we might as well get our money's worth out of our 2013's

 

[jcthorne]

I wish my 13 got 30mpg. Mine gets 125 to 130 miles when the light comes on and takes about 5 gal to fill. 25mpg on premium gas is pretty pathetic in this day and age. My wife's Escape gets 26 on regular gas......

I still think the low mileage on my 13 is partly due to the quantity of fuel that never makes it to the engine, the large clouds of gas fumes that fill my garage and every stop light....

 

[DrewNJ]

When the gauge starts to show low on fuel I stop and fill up. Usually by this time I'm due for a bit of a stretch, a pee, and maybe a quick beverage. I have no idea what fuel mileage I'm getting. I didn't buy this thing for how well it did on gas.


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[den1953]

My gas mileage (two wheeled)

I'm still on two yet, not a Spyder owner yet. My 2012 Victory Cross Country weighs about 850 pounds wet & laden. I has a 106 cubic inch motor and a six speed overdrive. The very best mileage I've ever gotten was 48 mpg on a trip in overdrive doing 60 -65 mph. Usually I get about 42 - 43 mpg but my last tank fill-up I only got 39.7. I can imagine from what I've been seeing about the Spyder RTs is that 35 to 36 mpg would even be a good improvement so maybe my guess of 40 mpg for the 2014 might have a little too optimistic. Nobody has one yet so that all is yet to be determined.

 

[Dan McNally]

I didn't buy my Spyder as an efficient transportation vehicle . . . I bought it to ryde and have fun hyea: . If I wanted high MPG, I'd have bought a Ford Focus Electric . . . :gaah:

 

[spacetiger]

Yes, MPH should have been used versus MPG...

That add, it makes you wonder on how tight they run the ship there at corporate when they cannot catch an obvious error. They may not have written the add, but someone must have reviewed the work before it went final. Sometimes when you cannot do the little things right it is a sign the bigger things like thermal or aerodynamic management suffer as well.

Jerry

 

[Dan McNally]

Yes, MPH should have been used versus MPG...

That add, it makes you wonder on how tight they run the ship there at corporate when they cannot catch an obvious error. They may not have written the add, but someone must have reviewed the work before it went final. Sometimes when you cannot do the little things right it is a sign the bigger things like thermal or aerodynamic management suffer as well.

Jerry

Auto Correct probably bit them in the :cus:

 

[Tango]

Lamont has already posted that his test bike got a steady 36mpg.. :thumbup: That's a huge improvement over previous bikes! :spyder2: Tom :trike:

 

[StanProff]

larger tank

I think I read the '14's have a 6.9 gal. tank. With 3 or 4 more mpg, the 250 miles on a tank would be close.

 

[Bob Denman]

The SHAPE of the tank, and placement of the evaporative canister; make it all so much more useable too! :2thumbs:

 

[ARtraveler]

That's all? My guess, is that it'll show about a 4 mpg bump in economy...
But;

Hope you are more right than I am. Lot's of variables. I do think we are going to be pretty close on this one though. My expectations are based on conservative as usual.

 

[Bob Denman]

I'm thinking that more torque, and the lower operating rpm levels will work some magic! :2thumbs:

 

[swmp321]

Bigger engine = Higher mileage?

BRP made a big typo there. Also, this was done under constant speed either 62 or 72 MPH. I find it highly unlikely more HP equates got higher MPG. The gear ratio must be really different to change MPG that much. If it reves like the 2013 or older, there is no way this could happen.

They would need what the Germans do. Variable valve timing, we'll as eco fuel management system. Where I live I can't go a constant speed of 62 MPH. Just to crowded around here.

One thing I will say about fuel. Using premium fuel makes a big difference on how the bike rides. Much more smoother and better performance! Im hoping or better mileage now just on a fuel change.

 

[Bob Denman]

The Germans aren't the only ones with VVT...
GM has been using it for quite a while in their trucks, Chrysler has it in their HEMIs...
(Those are the only two that I could come up with quickly... there are more!)
VVT adds another layer of complexity to an engine and Bike that are already straing resources needed to sort things out... :shocked:
But, give them some time! :thumbup: