[American Viking]

I went looking for a mileage rating for my VFR800, just to give people a benchmark for comparison. The EPA doesn't test motorcycles for mileage, just emissions, so I was looking for an independent test source. I found a couple of magazines that use their own test on some bikes they review, and even others that list the mileages they got, but none have a standardized test. I thought I would just poll, the riding groups that I belong to, and then average the numbers, but that still would not be a standardized mileage test.
So, What is the group opinion, use an "average" mpg built from a thousand people that ride the same model bike, or use some magazines mileage?