View Single Post
Old 01-19-2012, 06:36 PM   #42 (permalink)
sendler
Master EcoModder
 
sendler's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Syracuse, NY USA
Posts: 2,935

Honda CBR250R FI Single - '11 Honda CBR250R
90 day: 105.14 mpg (US)

2001 Honda Insight stick - '01 Honda Insight manual
90 day: 60.68 mpg (US)

2009 Honda Fit auto - '09 Honda Fit Auto
90 day: 38.51 mpg (US)

PCX153 - '13 Honda PCX150
90 day: 104.48 mpg (US)

2015 Yamaha R3 - '15 Yamaha R3
90 day: 80.94 mpg (US)

Ninja650 - '19 Kawasaki Ninja 650
90 day: 72.57 mpg (US)
Thanks: 326
Thanked 1,315 Times in 968 Posts
Mythbusters proved drafting saves gas empirically. There are big gains to be had as far back as 100 feet which is starting to get pretty safe as you can then also see all the way up and under the front bumper of the truck. Too bad they didn't do a couple more runs at greater distances to find the edge of the effect.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Drafting saves.jpg
Views:	41
Size:	48.5 KB
ID:	10080  
  Reply With Quote