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| Seat Tester Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 07 red and black royal star and wife's 07 red&black c50
Location: Queensland , Australia
Posts: 96
| HI hope some one can help? a friend of the wife's has just brought her self a 07 vn900 custom. she has had it for a month now and we talking and she is only getting around 160km to a tank of gas [petrol] where me and the miss are gitting nearly 300km per tank and i think the tank on the vn900 is bigger than the m50 and c50. if any can help would be great as she loves the bike. |
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,313
| Here's a good discussion on the variables in fuel consumption. http://www.motorcycle-journal.com/fo...-talk-mpg.html
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| Seat Tester Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 07 red and black royal star and wife's 07 red&black c50
Location: Queensland , Australia
Posts: 96
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1 windscreen 2 shifting gears 3 tyres 4 roads we are on eg: traffic,lights again thanks | |
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| Newbie Joined: Jun 2008
Bike: 08 Vulcan Custom
Posts: 7
| I just got mine Monday i put 3 gallons in it from empty. Ive logged 92 miles and still showing over half a tan (all city driving) and shifting around what feels like 4k rpms. seems like 50-55mpg at least. Others have reported a loss of 6mpg by adding a windshield.
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