What's your 2022 RTL getting for gas mileage?

[Knizar]

If I can get around 250 I can carry a 3-5 gallon jug of fuel and make it

Remember, having ample gas in your tank is what cools the fuel pump. Running it down to a minimum isn't "cool"!

SORRY, seem to be getting off topic, I get about 30-32 mpg regularly

:thumbup:... Bill

 

[SLICE]

Standing next to the bike it's very noisy. Much noisier than my 2018.
I'm hoping to find another 20 to 22 to compare

Well I'm in manatee county if you want to compare.



Noise that is.

 

[ahh-cool]

Well I'm in manatee county if you want to compare.



Noise that is.

Right now I'm in N.C. working my way up to Canada/Maritimes and then across Canada to Duluth Then back to Florida.
I live full time in an RV and I tow the bike. No car. I do 1,000 to 2,000 miles on the bike per month

 

[sledge]

:agree:

same for my 2011 RTS ...31 ...32...33 mpg most of the time . i live in the North East Tennessee hills , most of the time I ride around 45 to 55 mph on these little 2 lane black top roads .

 

[linguine]

My 2020 RTLtd, with cat delete, stage 2 WickIt ECU, Akropovic exhaust and Pedal Commander off, gets 35 mpg in Eco Mode.

 

[ahh-cool]

same for my 2011 RTS ...31 ...32...33 mpg most of the time . i live in the North East Tennessee hills , most of the time I ride around 45 to 55 mph on these little 2 lane black top roads .

On my 2012 I got 24 MPG

 

[ahh-cool]

My 2020 RTLtd, with cat delete, stage 2 WickIt ECU, Akropovic exhaust and Pedal Commander off, gets 35 mpg in Eco Mode.

What's pedal commander?
How much was the ECU and is it hard to install?

 

[Peter Aawen]

What's pedal commander?
How much was the ECU and is it hard to install?

Check the thread below out - there's a lot more if you search tho. :thumbup:
https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?153441-Pedal-Box-Pedal-Commander-Discussion

Re the ECU Upgrade, or Engine Control Unit Upgrade, it's simply an upgrade to the Computer that controls the engine's performance, ie, the ECU, and if you're after details about the different stages or costs of that, you should probably talk to Monster or Wick-It, the (most widely discussed here) providers of these upgrades for Spyder/Rykers in your part of the World; but again, if you look around, there's heaps of info on the Forum about them & the various upgrades too.

Good Luck! :cheers:

 

[mandytuning]

So this weekend i did a trip from central florida to miami, 2up and all the luggage you can fit on a F3t at 57 was avg 39.5, at 65 was 36. Lot of wind. BLR tune, cat delete,. 19" freedom windshield. Front oem tires 16.5,oem rear 26

 

[linguine]

Pedal Commander info is all over this Forum.

ECU Stage 2 tune was by the former guy who owned it. It involves removing the ECU and sending it to WickIt. None of that would have ever been done by this 78 year old. That's for younger hands and backs. LOL.

 

[ahh-cool]

So this weekend i did a trip from central florida to miami, 2up and all the luggage you can fit on a F3t at 57 was avg 39.5, at 65 was 36. Lot of wind. BLR tune, cat delete,. 19" freedom windshield. Front oem tires 16.5,oem rear 26

Why those pressures? I do 20 & 30

 

[ahh-cool]

Pedal Commander info is all over this Forum.

ECU Stage 2 tune was by the former guy who owned it. It involves removing the ECU and sending it to WickIt. None of that would have ever been done by this 78 year old. That's for younger hands and backs. LOL.

What is ECU stage 2 and what does it do.
How can I get much better MPG?

 

[ahh-cool]

The problem I see with the pedal commander is that there are too many choices for me. I would get lost trying to figure it out

 

[Peter Aawen]

What is ECU stage 2 and what does it do.
How can I get much better MPG?

As I posted before:

Check the thread below out - there's a lot more if you search tho. :thumbup:
https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?153441-Pedal-Box-Pedal-Commander-Discussion

Re the ECU Upgrade, or Engine Control Unit Upgrade, it's simply an upgrade to the Computer that controls the engine's performance, ie, the ECU, and if you're after details about the different stages or costs of that, you should probably talk to Monster or Wick-It, the (most widely discussed here) providers of these upgrades for Spyder/Rykers in your part of the World; but again, if you look around, there's heaps of info on the Forum about them & the various upgrades too.

Good Luck! :cheers:

As for getting much better MPG, you either learn to ride your Spyder as smoothly as you can while keeping the engine revs in/around their most efficient range (and that doesn't necessarily mean riding slowly everywhere or slavishly following the green ECO light on the newer Spyders); or you get an ECU Upgrade done on your bike for your riding style/needs/wants that's aimed at maximising the economy your bike can achieve with those caveats.

However, be warned that if you do stress fuel economy as the most critical factor in the tune/ECU Upgrade you get done by any tuner, your bike probably won't be all nice to ride in traffic &/or ever that much fun to ride anywhere else afterwards, but it is doable - you can get the engine tuned via an ECU Upgade/mod to maximise fuel economy rather than aiming for any degree of rideability, efficiency, and/or performance. :barf:

But regardless of what you do/how you try to achieve "much better fuel economy", the most significant requirement to achieve that end is that YOU learn how to & then always ride/operate the bike in a way that always seeks to maximising fuel economy at the expense of everything else!! :yikes:

 

[ahh-cool]

I know the majority of the problem is me.
I was riding yesterday with 2 other riders. An old Harley and a fairly new trike. My new bike is so much more responsive than my 2018, but not anywhere as responsive as the other 2 bikes I was with.

 

[wes0228s]

Thanks for the reply, Mike!! I feel better now...

I do have a weird thing happening. My odometer total mileage is going backwards. I should have roughly 1600 miles, but at 1000 miles the total miles started going backwards. Now I have 571 miles... :roflblack: I also get a VSS fault C1290 only after restarting warm, like after fill-ups. Dealer is waiting for BRP to reply after 2 months.

I also have faults B2A230, 231, 240, and 241. Dealer has never seen these posted and again BRP has no reply. All the faults including VSS are voltage related. I just replaced the battery after 3 months of ownership with an AGM 340 CCA today, and now the starter cranks faster and smoother.

Maybe everything will self-correct?

 

[K80Shooter]

Thanks for the reply, Mike!! I feel better now...

I do have a weird thing happening. My odometer total mileage is going backwards. I should have roughly 1600 miles, but at 1000 miles the total miles started going backwards. Now I have 571 miles... :roflblack: I also get a VSS fault C1290 only after restarting warm, like after fill-ups. Dealer is waiting for BRP to reply after 2 months.

I also have faults B2A230, 231, 240, and 241. Dealer has never seen these posted and again BRP has no reply. All the faults including VSS are voltage related. I just replaced the battery after 3 months of ownership with an AGM 340 CCA today, and now the starter cranks faster and smoother.

Maybe everything will self-correct?

You might check to make sure that you're not viewing the trip miles instead of odometer miles.

 

[Jesster72]

Well I'm in manatee county if you want to compare.



Noise that is.

Thanks for the laugh, Slice. I had to clean up a little bit of coffee on that one.
Noise - this is the quietest bike I've owned, including engine noise and exhaust. Wind noise at interstate speed is probably more than my previous bikes, but managable.
Fuel milage - I start thinking about filling up at 150 miles on the tripometer. If we are slabbing it, I'm usually ready to stop by then anyway. If it is commuting or day rides, I push it a little further. Calculated (not computer) MPG is around 30-33-ish. Squeezing all the fuel you can in to the tank depends on the sensitivity of the pump you are at. I try to get it full to the top every time, but if the pump doesn't trickle well, I call it good enough. I hate splashing fuel around.

 

[ollicat]

Thanks for the reply, Mike!! I feel better now...

I do have a weird thing happening. My odometer total mileage is going backwards. I should have roughly 1600 miles, but at 1000 miles the total miles started going backwards. Now I have 571 miles... :roflblack: I also get a VSS fault C1290 only after restarting warm, like after fill-ups. Dealer is waiting for BRP to reply after 2 months.

I also have faults B2A230, 231, 240, and 241. Dealer has never seen these posted and again BRP has no reply. All the faults including VSS are voltage related. I just replaced the battery after 3 months of ownership with an AGM 340 CCA today, and now the starter cranks faster and smoother.

Maybe everything will self-correct?

Before you know it, you will have a brand new Spyder!!!

 

[ahh-cool]

Update on the amount of fuel. The fuel light came on and I filled it up. It took 5.18 gallons. That's about the same as my 2018.
I now have 1,500 miles on the bike and I'm getting 30 MPG. Hoping it get's better when it's broken in