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Old 02-18-2018, 08:43 PM   #3 (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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Went for another ride today, and am pretty sure I know why the gas mileage is sucking so bad. The temperature gauge gets to around 1/4 of the way up and doesn't get any higher! So my little viffer probably has a stuck open thermostat, will pull it and check. Even with all my hypermiling, a stuck thermostat overrides all of my opportunities to beat the NC30's gas mileage. I got 49.6, the NC30 got 53.7.

When we got back home I took some temperature measurements at the radiators after sitting for a bit. NC30 was 158F, NC21 was 122F!

Before the ride, I made a oil cooler block off panel. I wasn't able to conclusively measure oil temps, I got readings of 143F and 167F. On the NC30 I was able to measure the oil temp and it was 185F.
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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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