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I think a good rule of thumb for autos is as fast as you can without delaying the upshift.
I think of it this way, highest load combined with the least possible actual revolutions of the crankshaft to get to your target speed. In lower overall geared vehicles that will be pretty quick. Taller geared will be slower, but it really makes little difference, so I like to move with the flow of traffic and be stealthy while getting great mileage in all my vehicles.
Now the bike is a different game for me. It's fun to just get it on down the road and I can do that on the bikes and still beat 60 MPG. I confess I was trying some coasting on the 94GS today, it might get me another 10% if I can maintain the effort, but I don't like to create distractions when riding on two wheels. It's kind of a passive agressive technique which maintains best separation from the inattentive and imbecilic, especially now that deer season is here.
regards
Mech
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