First long trip on the bike this weekend. Headed to the dragon and Cherhola parkway putting 1100 miles on her. Been getting around 31mpg doing highway speeds of 70 to75+ which surprises me because normal riding I get around 25+. The real surprise was riding thru the dragon and Cherhola I got 35 mpg (two tanks ). Lower speeds but high rpms with a lot of wrist turning going on and up and downshifting between 2nd and 3rd and some short 4th gear spurts.
The sad part was the mileage I got going into Pigeon Forge. Turned out there was a humongous car shown going on and for 5.1 miles it took us 1 hour and 45 minutes .Nothing but move 5 feet and stop the whole time. There was absolutely no way to get off and find a spot open to park , every available space was taken by a hot rod of some kind on both sides of the street. Bike and riders were both getting very hot and the gas fumes from the bike were nauseating. I figure it was so hot it was evaporating the gas out. Finally made it to a station and let it set for about a half hour before popping the cap and adding fuel and made sure no one walked close with a smoke.Put fuel in and it took 5.2 gallons .................97 miles on the odometer .
Red light is worthless along with fuel gauge. I get to 150 miles interstate and find fuel and usually takes around 5 gal more or less. Normal average speed driving I start looking for fuel at 125.
2011 RTSS
The sad part was the mileage I got going into Pigeon Forge. Turned out there was a humongous car shown going on and for 5.1 miles it took us 1 hour and 45 minutes .Nothing but move 5 feet and stop the whole time. There was absolutely no way to get off and find a spot open to park , every available space was taken by a hot rod of some kind on both sides of the street. Bike and riders were both getting very hot and the gas fumes from the bike were nauseating. I figure it was so hot it was evaporating the gas out. Finally made it to a station and let it set for about a half hour before popping the cap and adding fuel and made sure no one walked close with a smoke.Put fuel in and it took 5.2 gallons .................97 miles on the odometer .
Red light is worthless along with fuel gauge. I get to 150 miles interstate and find fuel and usually takes around 5 gal more or less. Normal average speed driving I start looking for fuel at 125.
2011 RTSS
