2001-09-02 159.5 1.85 $3.79 86.22 "Windy and chasing through difficult traffic."
2001-10-07 163.7 1.86 $3.69 88.01 "One commute at 30F and a sport ride and errands."
2011-06-20 79.7 0.99 $3.83 80.51 "70 mph on highway. Large trunk bag with sides unzipped. No extreme hypermiling techniques. Need to re check odo calibration. Using an additional 1.5% milage as was previously determined by highway markers at 20, 30, and 100 mile on a trip, the 79.8 corrected (78.6 on odo) still seems short. All of the cars I have driven over the same commute never show less that 80 miles"
2011-06-21 79.8 0.96 $3.83 83.13 "flying again at 67-73 mph."
2011-06-27 79.8 0.91 $3.83 87.69 "Still with trunk bag. Near perfect run in the morning but cool at 55F. A little slower at 61-65 mph. The ride home could be bettered some day but it too was slower. Nothing over 70 mph."
2011-06-29 82.2 0.98 $3.79 83.88 "Windy and cool in the morning. 71-74 mph to keep up. Still windy and cool on the way home but slower62-65 mph."
2011-06-30 80.1 0.944 $3.79 84.85 "Fast in the morning. Easy ride home at 62-65 mph and stopped by the bank. Changed to Mobil 1 4T 10W40 at mid day. The swarf in the old oil was ridiculous!"
2011-07-05 79.7 0.88 $3.79 90.57 "Near perfect run in the morning but cool at 45F. 64 mph. One abrupt stop light.
Hit every red light on the way home but clear and hot at 85F. 63 mph. Second tank on Mobil 1 4T 10W40 and both were back to back 90mpg (the slow sport tour) which pretty much eliminates any conjecture about fill inaccuracies acounting for the high numbers. Is Mobil 1 good for a 4% increase?"
2011-07-09 178.2 1.97 $3.79 90.46 "3/4 of my 260 mile day trip to the World Cup mountain bike race at Windham, NY. Mix of back roads and interstate highway. strong head wind on the way home or it would have been even higher. Great racers, great race course, and perfect skies. Hope they come back next year. Three consecutive fills at 90 mpg. What a bike! Comfortable, confident, and world class fuel economy."
2011-07-11 220.9 2.495 $3.79 88.54 "Last 1/4 of my 260 mile trip plus an 80 mile sport ride in a group and one commute. Went deep into the tank. The last bar blinked on to give me 30 miles before flashing into reserve. .8 gallons left when the fuel display changes from two bars to one? Economy was a little lower with the Hess fuel? went back to Sunoco."
2011-07-13 159.2 1.907 $3.79 83.48 "Milage slipping after checking the valve adjustment? Spark plug electrode in a different orientation since reinstalling?"
2011-07-20 159.4 1.829 $3.93 87.15 "Hot in the afternoons. A little too fast."
2011-07-22 159.9 1.759 $3.93 90.9 "Switched from 93 to 87 octane. Very hot. 96 and 94F."
2011-07-27 159.1 1.788 $3.93 88.98 "again with 87 octane with e10"
2011-08-02 169.4 1.915 $3.86 88.46 "chasing at 75 to stay on the end of the line both mornings. Saw 80 once. Why does everybody drive so fast. May have been a slight under fill as the mpg came out higher than expected with the highish average speed. Includes 10 miles of errands which helps. That type of 40mph riding gives low 90's."
2011-08-05 159.6 1.816 $3.89 87.89 "heavy fog one morning."
2011-08-09 157.6 1.881 $3.86 83.79 "Slight rain on one morning. I thought this tank might be better than it was. New fuel pump at Hess? since my Sunoco station is closed for remodeling? will see if it comes back higher next fill."
2011-08-22 225.6 2.523 $3.89 89.42 "Two round trip commutes plus 70 miles of errands and local traveling to the bike shops and such. Local riding and errands give higher mileage due to the lower average speed. rode with the last bar flashing for 20 miles. 10 more miles and I would be walking? So about 2.6 gallons US from dead empty to the fill plate and then I can easily count on 200 miles on a fill."
2011-08-26 159.5 1.81 $3.75 88.12 "Still using Hess 87 octane E10."
2011-08-30 159.7 1.891 $3.75 84.45 "159.7 miles / 1.891 gallons = 84.5 mpg US
Cold and foggy at 40F both mornings."
2011-09-12 184.5 2.185 $3.85 84.44 "Mix of errands and touring back country roads plus 10 minutes of revving in neutral to verify the tach."
2011-09-15 159.7 1.824 $3.85 87.55 "40F in the mornings."
2011-10-21 159.6 1.952 $3.69 81.76 "Cold weather is knocking my numbers down. 35F both mornings and 45F both evenings with strong winds."
2011-11-01 159.4 2.015 $3.65 79.11 "Cold weather is killing my numbers. 35F."
2011-11-03 159.6 1.921 $3.65 83.08 "35F mornings, 45F evenings."
2011-11-08 181.5 2.1 $3.65 86.43 "181.5 miles/ 2.10 gallons US = 86.4 mpgUS
Two round trips plus 20 miles of errands, four short trips from cold."
2011-11-11 160.6 2.038 $3.61 78.8 "40 mph headwind one night wrecked my numbers again."
2011-11-16 167 2.083 $3.65 80.17 "167 miles/ 2.087 gallonsUS = 80.0mpgUS
Grip muffs installed and knocking it down? Lost 8% with cold temps, winter fuel, and the grip muffs."
2011-11-21 159.4 2 $3.59 79.7 "159.4 miles/ 2.00 gallonsUS = 79.7mpgUS
32F this morning and 26F when I got home."
2011-12-05 77.5 0.845 $3.56 91.72 "77.5 miles/ .845 gallons US = 91.7 mpgUS
New longer gearing but pouring rain on the way home. One round trip only as the weather looks iffy for the rest of the week (winter) and I wanted to at least get an idea what the new gearing will do. It looks promising."
2011-12-23 80.2 0.977 $3.49 82.09 "Second round trip on the 15T front sprocket. Rides great. No down side. Reinstalled grip muffs. Pouring rain both ways. May have been a slight over fill leading up to the previous entry."
2012-03-13 177.8 2.026 $3.94 87.76 "I'm Baaaack.
177.8 miles/ 2.026 gallonsUS = 87.7 mpgUS.
Still blowing out some Stabil from the tank. 68mph on the highway. Grip muffs off. 15T front sprocket."
2012-03-15 159.5 1.789 $3.94 89.16 "159.5 miles/ 1.789 gallonsUS = 89.2
First tank ever while playing with full on Pulse and Glide. Very cold both mornings at 25F. I put the grip muffs back on the second morning after getting dangerously cold fingers the first. So one leg of four had the extra drag of the mitts. And the cold air robs some heat energy from the combustion. I should get better with warmer weather. Full on PnG only added 10%? A little disappointing. I must need to fine tune the throttle opening that I am using to find the best trade off between power vs. fuel consumption. I thought PnG would do more."
2012-03-19 133.6 1.425 $3.94 93.75 "Slow down to save fuel. My numbers go up another 5-10% when I reduce my speed from 68 mph to 50 mph. Of course you have to keep up with the average of traffic but on the deserted back country roads the speed limits are only 55 mph and most people drive 50 mph where I am as it is still busy with driveways and dogs. One round trip to work in cold weather and one day of riding back roads at 50 mph with my daughter on her Ninja. The lower speed helps my FE number. Still playing with PnG with lighter throttle openings. 133.6 miles / 1.425 gallonsUS = 93.7 mpgUS"
2012-03-20 168.6 1.756 $3.94 96.01 "168.6 / 1.756 = 96.0 mpgUS
Finding a better throttle angle for PnG is 50-70%? 65 mph. 45F in the mornings and 70F on the way home. Still some room for improvement with a longer rear sprocket and eventually, an aero tail. Hot summer weather will see me over 100."
2012-03-23 157 1.641 $3.94 95.67 "157.0 miles / 1.641 gallons US = 95.7 mpgUS
45F and fog in the mornings. 65F evenings. No rain. 68 mph. With PnG."
2012-04-17 157.9 1.805 $4.09 87.48 "157.9 miles / 1.805 gallonsUS = 87.5 mpgUS.
Little too fast at 75 mph and windy."
2012-04-21 138.5 1.026 $4.07 134.99 "138.5 / 1.026 = 135.0
Green Grand Prix on the track at Watkins Glen, NY USA. 45mph average speed, 90% tuck laying on tank bag, three hour event, with full on Pulse And Glide and Engine Off Coasting. Probably posted the best actual fuel economy of all the vehicles competing but won't get credit for it as the vehicles without built in computers were required to calculate the fuel usage by the total weight lost using scales. This was totally inaccurate. I did my own tank fill in town before and after to get the real numbers."
2012-04-21 97.2 0.988 $4.07 98.38 "Home and back between days of Watkins Glen."
2012-05-04 158.6 1.955 $3.99 81.13 "Got tired of hypermiling one morning."
2012-05-09 162.2 1.779 $3.94 91.17 "162.2 miles / 1.779 gallons US = 91.2 mpgUS.
Vicious wind on rainy roads slowed me to 55 mph one night."
2012-05-11 159.9 1.807 $3.94 88.49 "Three great legs but one cold morning at 32F meant I had to install the grip muffs."
2012-05-15 187 2.022 $3.94 92.48 "187.0 / 2.022 gallonsUS = 92.5 mpgUS.
Pulse and glide is working good. Includes 20 miles of errands at 40 mph. The rest is my usual 68 mph. I still need to get my longer rear sprocket on."
2012-05-18 167.8 1.798 $3.94 93.33 "One round trip commute and one day trip on back country roads at 50 mph."
2012-05-22 241 2.574 $3.94 93.63 "241.0 miles / 2.574 gallons US = 93.6 mpgUS
I'm experimenting with filling to the brim instead of just to the fill plate. Gets me an extra .4 gallons and puts three round trips easily within range so it will save me from stopping at the gas station every two days. But the fill isn't as accurate as it starts splashing near the top of the neck so you will see more variance in my data."
2012-05-29 242.9 2.584 $3.94 94 "New fill method is giving me accurate fills and squeezing in the extra .2 gallons I need to make it for three round trips."
2012-06-03 164 1.693 $3.89 96.87 "4 good runs."
2012-06-05 129.4 1.348 $3.84 95.99 ""
2012-06-08 130.1 1.792 $3.86 72.6 "42F and thick fog in the fast lane on the way to Americade festival."
2012-06-08 191.8 2.534 $3.86 75.69 "Middle section up and back to fuel stop during Americade trip. Still running mostly in fast lane."
2012-06-08 191.8 2.534 $3.86 75.69 "Middle section up and back to fuel stop during Americade trip. Still running mostly in fast lane."
2012-06-08 120.4 1.574 $3.86 76.49 "last leg home from Americade. 48F and pelting rain in the dark with some back roads. The short cut only saved me 10 miles. Should have stayed on the interstate."
2012-06-12 222 2.415 $3.79 91.93 "Two commutes with a top speed run to check the new gearing. And one back country ride."
2012-06-22 268.3 2.784 $3.63 96.37 "268.3 miles/ 2.784 gallons US = 96.4 mpgUS. Hot weather and no rain is getting my numbers to their best with the longer gearing. My last three tanks have been over 96 mpgUS on my 68 mph commute."
2012-06-28 241.8 2.544 $3.53 95.05 ""
2012-07-02 252 2.563 $3.49 98.32 ""
2012-07-06 247.5 2.575 $3.49 96.12 ""
2012-07-11 240.3 2.581 $3.51 93.1 "Chasing at 75mph and didn't find much help."
2012-07-14 240 2.377 $3.59 100.97 "240.0 miles/ 2.377 gallons US = 101.0 mpgUS
My first tank over 100 mpg for my 68 mph commute. Two legs weren't perfect. I can still do better."
2012-08-08 243.1 2.539 $3.79 95.75 ""
2012-08-21 185.4 1.947 $3.89 95.22 "185.4 miles/ 1.947 gallons US = 95.2 mpgUS
Two round trips to work at 65mph and 24 miles of following my son around as he learned to ride the new PCX scooter. The number might have been higher but for 20 minutes of start stopping in the parking lot and rolling along in third giving instruction."
2012-08-31 240.9 2.405 $3.99 100.17 "6 really clean runs gave me a good number even though it was cool in the mornings."
2012-09-16 240.1 2.47 $4.09 97.21 ""
2012-09-21 261.9 2.853 $4.04 91.8 "It's that time of year again when my number will turn down. Pouring rain twice and 38F with the grip muffs on."
2012-10-28 249.9 2.706 $3.94 92.35 ""
2013-04-19 134.5 1.082 $3.61 124.31 "On the track at the Green Grand Prix 2013."
2013-04-19 88.5 0.808 $3.61 109.53 "Over the road at the Green Grand Prix 2013."
2013-04-24 185 2.101 $3.57 88.05 "Finally riding again. Cold with the heat on two mornings and too fast one. Stormy tonight on the way home."
2013-04-29 240 2.664 $3.57 90.09 "240.0 miles / 2.664 gallonsUS = 90.1 mpgUS
Three round trip commutes at 65 mph. Not bad. Two mornings in the 30'sF with the heat on. Windy tonight on the way home."
2013-06-19 244.8 2.576 $3.61 95.03 "Three perfect runs of my 65mph highway commute but still no warm weather. I thought this tank would be better. Wait and see if the next tank averages it higher."
2013-06-22 240.5 2.433 $3.63 98.85 "Still using the heated gear in the mornings."
2013-07-02 240.8 2.663 $3.55 90.42 "Less careful this tank and 75 mph."
2015-06-12 246.8 2.575 $2.79 95.84 "first tank with the new tail."
2015-06-16 244 2.545 $2.89 95.87 "Big storms on two legs"
2015-06-19 241.8 2.482 $2.89 97.42 ""
2015-06-26 245.8 2.394 $2.83 102.67 ""
2015-07-02 241.5 2.485 $2.83 97.18 "bad storm one leg out of six."
2015-07-06 165.9 1.647 $2.83 100.73 ""
2015-07-09 240.5 2.345 $2.79 102.56 ""
2015-07-22 240.4 2.354 $2.73 102.12 ""
2015-07-28 244.6 2.307 $2.63 106.03 ""
2015-08-04 244.5 2.327 $2.59 105.07 ""
2015-08-10 249.1 2.512 $2.49 99.16 ""
2015-08-19 241.3 2.31 $2.45 104.46 ""
2015-08-26 240.9 2.251 $2.39 107.02 ""
2015-09-03 241.8 2.198 $2.39 110.01 "6 near perfect trips. Dense fog in the mornings."
2015-09-03 241.8 2.198 $2.39 110.01 "6 near perfect trips. Dense fog in the mornings."
2015-09-09 240.6 2.203 $2.29 109.21 ""
2015-09-12 245 2.391 $2.29 102.47 ""
2015-09-24 244.3 2.436 100.29 "cold weather? previous tank added some fuel cleaner?"
2015-09-28 241 2.319 $2.25 103.92 ""
2015-10-07 240.9 2.572 $2.25 93.66 "Winter fuel now?"
2015-10-15 240.6 2.432 $2.25 98.93 ""
2015-10-15 240.6 2.491 $2.25 96.59 ""
2015-10-23 241.8 2.432 $2.19 99.42 ""
2015-11-04 241 2.545 $2.19 94.7 ""
2015-11-08 241 2.512 $2.23 95.94 ""
2015-11-10 244.1 2.601 $2.23 93.85 ""
2015-11-16 241.3 2.645 $2.23 91.23 ""
2015-11-20 241.3 2.506 $2.23 96.29 ""
2015-12-02 240.5 2.547 $2.19 94.42 "cold, rain, and heated gear on."
2015-12-09 241.9 2.573 $2.13 94.01 ""
2015-12-16 240.8 2.567 $2.11 93.81 ""
2016-02-09 241.7 2.696 $1.89 89.65 "25F mornings with all the heated gear on. 35F for the evening commute. Cold temps really knock the fuel efficiency down."
2016-03-17 246.8 2.563 $1.87 96.29 ""
2016-04-23 240.9 2.427 $2.26 99.26 ""
2016-04-28 240.9 2.528 $2.33 95.29 ""
2016-04-28 246.9 2.6 $2.33 94.96 ""
2016-05-05 233.8 2.335 $2.27 100.13 ""
2016-05-10 238.7 2.458 $2.33 97.11 ""
2016-05-24 205 2.019 $2.39 101.54 "finally some hot weather."
2016-06-04 1013 10.186 $2.33 99.45 "Iron Butt 1000"
2016-06-04 244.8 2.384 $2.33 102.68 ""
2016-06-04 159.8 1.35 $2.33 118.37 ""
2016-06-17 239.4 2.154 $2.35 111.14 "Warmer weather is finally showing the advantage of the Michelin Street tires I took off of my R3."
2016-06-21 275.4 2.363 $2.34 116.55 "additional trip to Moravia and back."
2016-06-23 243.5 2.22 $2.34 109.68 ""
2016-06-27 238.6 2.067 $2.34 115.43 ""
2016-07-01 238.1 2.083 $2.34 114.31 ""
2016-07-07 240.2 2.009 $2.23 119.56 ""
2016-07-16 130.4 0.903 $2.19 144.41 "At the 2016 Vintage Days Vetter fuel economy challenge."
2016-07-16 238.7 2.051 $2.19 116.38 ""
2016-07-21 241.8 2.199 $2.21 109.96 ""
2016-07-26 238.5 2.011 $2.19 118.6 ""
2016-07-29 238.6 2.037 $2.22 117.13 ""
2016-08-19 250.7 2.165 $2.13 115.8 ""
2016-09-07 197.8 1.764 $2.23 112.13 ""
2016-09-10 237.9 2.047 $2.23 116.22 ""
2016-09-14 249.7 2.238 $2.23 111.57 ""
2016-09-22 238.7 2.129 $2.23 112.12 ""
2016-10-05 238.8 2.252 $2.29 106.04 ""
2016-10-25 239.4 2.4 $2.29 99.75 "winter fuel and cold weather have ended the high summer run."
2016-11-03 239.6 2.361 $2.39 101.48 ""
2016-12-02 240.4 2.412 $2.29 99.67 "cold"
2017-05-19 200.1 1.814 $2.29 110.31 "Finally back on the bike after a long winter."
2017-06-02 241 2.185 $2.27 110.3 ""
2017-06-15 240.9 2.263 $2.259 106.45 ""
2017-06-18 241.9 2.305 $2.21 104.95 ""
2017-08-01 245.7 2.216 $2.35 110.88 ""
2017-08-04 240.8 2.188 $2.33 110.05 ""
2017-08-10 241.3 2.253 $2.33 107.1 ""
2017-08-13 239.9 2.169 $2.33 110.6 ""
2017-08-24 241 2.244 $2 107.4 ""
2017-08-30 240.8 2.293 $2.39 105.02 ""
2017-09-14 240.8 2.422 $2.63 99.42 ""
2017-09-14 245.8 2.369 $2.69 103.76 ""
2017-10-09 241.1 2.252 $2.63 107.06 ""
2017-10-09 241.1 2.375 $2.63 101.52 ""
2017-10-11 240.7 2.297 $2.42 104.79 ""
2017-11-05 240.8 2.46 $2.49 97.89 ""
2017-11-05 240.8 2.368 $2.49 101.69 ""
2017-11-05 238.8 2.447 $2.49 97.59 ""
2018-05-12 248.4 2.367 $2.87 104.94 ""
2018-05-22 242.7 2.398 $2.99 101.21 ""
2018-05-27 237.8 2.088 $2.97 113.89 ""
2018-08-19 258 2.35 $2.83 109.79 ""
2018-09-03 241 2.286 $2.89 105.42 ""
2018-09-07 238.6 2.238 $2.87 106.61 ""
2018-09-14 242.3 2.18 $2.87 111.15 ""
2018-09-18 238.9 2.296 $2.87 104.05 "one leg (1/6th) pouring rain"
2018-10-05 243.6 2.359 $2.87 103.26 ""
2018-11-07 240 2.449 $2.83 98 ""
2018-11-07 258.7 2.738 $2.83 94.49 ""
2019-05-12 213.3 2.108 $2.83 101.19 ""
2019-05-18 239.8 2.395 $2.79 100.13 ""
2019-05-28 241.8 2.297 $2.79 105.27 ""
2019-06-09 221.7 2.173 $2.87 102.02 "Tail wind on the way to Americade fully loaded."
2019-06-10 208.5 2.011 $2.59 103.68 ""
2019-06-26 251.5 2.317 $2.53 108.55 ""
2019-07-20 235.3 2.203 $2.79 106.81 ""
2019-08-25 245.8 2.302 $2.45 106.78 ""
2019-09-05 245.9 2.313 $2.69 106.31 ""
2019-10-03 241.5 2.404 $2.59 100.46 ""
2019-10-03 201.5 1.906 $2.55 105.72 ""