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Old 02-08-2018, 02:13 PM   #121 (permalink)
Daschicken
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Cibbie - '88 Honda CBR 250R
Motorcycle
90 day: 48.49 mpg (US)

Rarity - '06 Honda Accord EX V6
Team Honda
90 day: 29.88 mpg (US)

Baby viff - '86 Honda VFR 400R
Motorcycle
90 day: 42.15 mpg (US)

Latios - '08 Suzuki SV650SF
Motorcycle
90 day: 64.56 mpg (US)

Mazda 3 - '14 Mazda 3 i Sport
90 day: 43.25 mpg (US)
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I came stupid close to 50 mpg yesterday, ended the trip at 48 mpg. Weather is warming up, so the 50% upper tape block came off. Things went pretty well for the first 90% of that trip. There was the usual traffic jam for a mile, and I was able to coast into it, putt around in high gears and minimize its impact on my mpg. The last few miles on the highway there was a ford transit connect that was keeping a good 5+ second following distance on me, and keeping other traffic back so I was able to do some engine on pulse and glide. After I got off the highway though, everything went wrong. red light after red light and bad acceleration decisions on my part kept the mileage from going up further. I saw as high as 49.5 mpg.


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Meh, squishy pedal feel at the beginning I think isn't as big of a deal because if you're used to it, you'll just hit the pedal faster by instinct. Racers sometimes use anti-knockback springs (which do the opposite thing) so the pedal feel is consistent. If you like more bite, the best way to get that is a higher coefficient of friction pad.
I have actually gotten used to it, so they will stay.

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Best trip in V6: 52.0
Best tank in V6: 46.0
Best tank in Mazda: 49.9
Best tank in CBR: 61.3
Best tank in SV: 83.9

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