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Originally Posted by kawboyCAFE
not trying to make you mad here, but you really should have got something smaller than a 650 versys if you were worried about MPG. you just cant make those bikes get much more than what you are already getting no matter what you do. sorry.
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but not mad at all!
Compared to my tacoma and ford, the Versys gets great mileage. I've never got lower than 47 mpg (late November, December and March--cool temps. I don't ride it much when it's below 25 deg F) or higher than 60 mpg. I've done nothing so far, to get good mileage--I just ride it. Last summer I averaged 58 mpg, I might be doing slightly better than that, my rear tire is a little bigger than stock. I think if I do some coasting, I should be able to get over 60 mpg consistently.
My ATK 500 (~45mpg) gets worse mileage than my Versys. I had an 1986Yamaha XT 350 that got 65 mpg and I thought that was pretty good.