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The CTX700 and the CBR500R both show about the same fuel economy on fuelly. Although I would have to expect the 500R's have a larger number of people that ride more aggressively. The NC700 has a large sample size and shows a nice curve at around 65 mpgUS. There only seems to be 1 300R with 21,000 miles there and it shows 75 mpgUS. The appeal for the new bikes is the low seat height to build a foot forward streamliner with less frontal area. Alan has gone to great lengths to make a new Ninja based streamliner with a chopped frame and a stretched swingarm to get a lower seat height but it is so much trouble he has yet to finish it since Craig got hurt. Now we have a ready made streamliner starting point with a low seat height that should be able to dethrone the carbed Vetter style Ninja twins which are already getting over 150 mpgUS.
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