wolfeman220940
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I know that is how hard you drive the spyder. I am going to be using this bike as my daily commuter since it get so much better mileage then my truck. But I am wondering witch one is better on the GoGo juice. 
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Huntindawg1962
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I am not following what your question is??:dontknow:
I Think hes saying which Spyder gets better mpg. RS or RT.
wolfeman220940
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Sorry had to much on my mind when I did that last post. What I meant was witch of spyder get better mileage. Either the Rs, RT or the St
wolfeman220940
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I ride about 65 mile round trip. About 60% highway and 40% city traffic.
ARtraveler
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I have had both the RS and the RT. On all four :spyder2:,s the overall mileage has been around 31 mpg. I drive fairly conservative and do not exceed the posted speed limits by more than 5 mph. I am guessing the new ST will fall within the same parameters since it is the same size engine as the others.
Your actual mileage depends on throttle control, driving conditions, wind, weight, passenger or not--etc. etc. etc.
This is a hard one to nail down specifically. My four :ani29:,s owned cover over 50,000 miles of driving and the 31 mpg is pretty much across the board.
Your actual mileage depends on throttle control, driving conditions, wind, weight, passenger or not--etc. etc. etc.
This is a hard one to nail down specifically. My four :ani29:,s owned cover over 50,000 miles of driving and the 31 mpg is pretty much across the board.
BajaRon
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All things being equal the RS or ST are going to get better mileage. But as Scotty says, the difference is probably not enough to base your decision on this one factor.
When riding with Lamont and his RT pulling a trailer I get significantly better mileage. But it's freeway speed most of the time and he's pulling a lot more weight. Not a fair comparison.
When riding with Lamont and his RT pulling a trailer I get significantly better mileage. But it's freeway speed most of the time and he's pulling a lot more weight. Not a fair comparison.
FaranH
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So what kind of gas mileage do you get when you're not riding with Lamont? :roflblack:
MikeinGA
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My 2011 RS-S Spyder gets:
Highway 39.5 to 44.6 mpg. This is flat road and gas station to gas station no wind.
Highway 36.1 to 38.2 mpg. This is up though the mountains and gas station to gas station with light wind.
I don't drive much city driving, but over all I get 34 to 35 mpg. I use about 92 octane gas.
I found when my rear tire is not in alignment (squared to frame), I get lower mpg.
Mike
BajaRon
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Lamont rides kind of slow... So my mileage is better when I'm riding with him than otherwise!
Wow Mike that is great MPG. The best I've ever recorded was about 33 MPG, with an average of about 30 MPG on my 2012 RT Limited. Always use premium fuel, ryde 1 up, and at or close to the speed limit.
Kungfuspyder
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Lamont rides kind of slow...
Are you saying that Lamont drives like a senior:roflblack::roflblack:.
Are you saying that Lamont drives like a senior:roflblack::roflblack:.
Hberninger
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Mike,
is there some secret to getting mpg's in the upper 30's? I average around 28 on my 2012 RT.
I would not consider myself a "hot rodder".
Bernie
Bob Denman
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It all really comes down to how you treat the loud grip... :thumbup:
Ivorspyder
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:agree: I have been using fuelly.com on my RT limited religiously on every single fuel up since beginning Oct.One rider no trailer.Here are the actual results.
43 Fuel ups. Average is 26.1 MPG. Only 4fuel ups just over 30MPG.1 fuel up 40 mpg.
There are 25 other RTs listed fueling up out of these only 5 average just over 30 mpg the balance vary between 23 and 29 MPG.
Out of the 25 18 get better mileage and 6 get worse mileage than me.
I ride by keeping my revs up eg changing gears at 5000rpm etc :gaah:
Ivor:spyder:
Bob Denman
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What kind of driving? Is it pretty open, or are you in a fair amount of stop and go situations?
I currently shift at about 4500 rpm in open driving; averaging a bit over 31 mpg
When I was shifting at only 4000 rpm; the average was up around 34... :thumbup:
(But that ain't good on the clutches! :shocked
I currently shift at about 4500 rpm in open driving; averaging a bit over 31 mpg
When I was shifting at only 4000 rpm; the average was up around 34... :thumbup:
(But that ain't good on the clutches! :shocked
scooterexpress
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keeping the rpm's up to me doesnt seem to get me any better gas milage taking bike to work and back 34mi r/t i get 25mpg@40-45mph and keeping rpms at 4-5 in 3rd gear,was under the impression i would get better mpg..running 92 oct all times.
BajaRon
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Keeping the RPM's up will reduce your fuel mileage.
Ivorspyder
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Most of my riding is pretty open.Ofcourse some of it changing down town driving but never stop go traffic jams.Probably 30 percent.I also use 92 octane.I know of a gas station with non ethanol pumps 90 octane which I use if in the vicinity and that's when I improve to the 29 mpg instead of 26 mpg .What kind of driving? Is it pretty open, or are you in a fair amount of stop and go situations?
I currently shift at about 4500 rpm in open driving; averaging a bit over 31 mpg
When I was shifting at only 4000 rpm; the average was up around 34... :thumbup:
(But that ain't good on the clutches! :shocked
An interesting point 5 Spyders rode approx 110miles together after all filling up together last week.The 1st 50 miles was on Florida Turnpike doing 75 mph.The next 20 miles was the back road into the Florida keys doing around 55mph using 4 gear most of the time,The last 40 miles or so was at around 40to 50 mph busy rd thru the keys into Marathon.Three of us checked the fuel fill up and were all around 23.50 mpg.
Ivor:spyder:
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