garvin6
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posted April 01, 2008 05:21 PM
great gas mileage
I picked my C-14 in sept. and already have 8500 miles on her. at the 7500 mile service I had the tech adjust the engine balancers (he had no idea what I was talking about until I took a posting from this site) new plugs and oil and she glides just fine. When commuting home from Stockton in the afternoon with the windshield down and my hand resting gently on my crampbuster, (at an indicated 90 mph) I get reading of 50 mpg to 55 mpg, just sipping as we go ( certainly in between my shredding any self appointed road monitors that dare get in my way) she runs good!
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JamminJere
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posted April 03, 2008 02:55 AM
Ok... This was an April Fools joke, right?
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nswenson
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posted April 03, 2008 12:35 PM
50 to 55mpg is not possible unless you're going downhill and with the wind, or running at high altitudes. You'll be lucky to reach 42mpg at an indicated 90mph. Better calculate the mileage manually to get the real figure.
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Nathan
San Francisco, CA
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'00 K1200LT
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TedG
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posted April 06, 2008 05:56 PM
I think you can get 50 if you just ride gently, Mine averages about 38 in cold weather and 42 in warmer weather and I am heavy handed.
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FASTESTbusaAROUND
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posted April 06, 2008 06:53 PM
I got 42-44 all day today -- hammering at 80-100 hard throttle, but it was like 48 today...
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TedG
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posted April 06, 2008 08:03 PM
I have that accessorty windscreen on mine and I think it takes a gas milage hit with it.
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wormgear
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posted April 06, 2008 08:50 PM
Are you guys with the good mileage calculating it or using the bikes numbers? I find the bikes calculations to be somewhat optimistic. I get 42 mpg droning on the hwy with fuel moto's economy map and as little as 32 running it hard (real hard) with the standard fly's out a/p map. I AM nearly at sea level so I suppose that's a factor.
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stevewfl
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posted April 15, 2008 02:16 PM
i was just browsing this forum to see what the mileage is on the C14. A friend of mine told me his Goldwing on long haul highway trips gets 50 MPG at steady 70 MPH. And thats just hard for me to beleive. If thats the case I need one.
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TedG
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posted April 15, 2008 06:50 PM
The thing about the C14 is it is so much fun to twist the throttle. But even riding hard it get good milage. Mine popped back up to 42ish because it was warmer (although it snowed today) I still believe you would easily get 50 crusing at 70 in which the engine is under 3k.
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2000 Green ZX12 sold
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ldsrider
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posted July 10, 2008 08:31 PM
quote:
Are you guys with the good mileage calculating it or using the bikes numbers? I find the bikes calculations to be somewhat optimistic. I get 42 mpg droning on the hwy with fuel moto's economy map and as little as 32 running it hard (real hard) with the standard fly's out a/p map. I AM nearly at sea level so I suppose that's a factor.
I calculated miles and gas put in externally from the bike and I got 50 mpg on a tank that saw a lot of 80= and some 100+.
i think if you really stay out of it and drive it right, you could get almost 300 miles on a tank.
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sykotek-c14
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posted July 17, 2008 06:19 AM
I calculated my MPG yesterday at 46, doing 80mph on the highway and not taking it easy. Best tank ever was 48mpg calculated. Yesterday I took 5.5 gallons after 255 miles. If I rode it a little easier 50mpg would not seem to be too far out of the question.
I am all stock except for full exhaust (2006 ZX14 header and Muzzy slipons).
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2008 Concours-14 (Currently Own)
1995 ZX600C (Currently Own)
2003 CBR1100XX (Sold)
2002 Shadow Aero 1100 (sold)
1981 CB650 (Gave Away)
2000 ZX11D8 (Sold)
1984 LTD440 (Rusted to Death)
1999 GSX750F (Totaled!)
1998 Shadow Tourer A.C.E. (Traded)
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fASTESTbUSAaROUND
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posted July 17, 2008 03:02 PM
On a trip to the Dragon from Montreal since last Friday and I've logged almost 1900 miles to date. I am getting exactly 40 MPG consistently at speeds varying from 55-80...average RPM's are 3500-3800 and temps are between 72-90. My buddy's 2007 FJR is getting about 41-42 at the same speeds. Bags are loaded and add another 50 LBS for a loaded gym bag.
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stevewfl
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posted July 24, 2008 10:35 PM
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(at an indicated 90 mph) I get reading of 50 mpg to 55 mpg, just sipping as we go
are you being serious
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Lean dummy
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posted August 06, 2008 09:26 PM
90 mph getting 50? Do you manually calculate? Are we talking clicks? Or down hill with a mid hill reset? What where ya sippen???? My lowest on 5 gal is 31.45 my best is 48 at 70 with the throttle lock on driving miss daisy... Good for you... your tires will last for ever....
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