What's your MPG?

[Claviger]

CES, RAMAIR, TuneboyLIVE, PC-V, no screen, small hard bags, secondaries removed.

If I stay at or near the speed limit on the freeway I regularly see 40+mpg.
Around town it's more like 25-30mpg depends on if I'm playing or not.
Have gotten as little as 90 miles out of a tank from a combination of stop n go traffic and riding like an asshat.

It's all in the tune. If your staying at or near 14.7:1, like the stock tunes, you'll get good mileage....
No one I know tunes for 14.7:1, you'd be leaving a lot on the table if you did, so as soon as you do headers and get it tuned you get the Triple mileage hit: richer afr targeted, more air so more fuel, more inclined to ride harder.

 

[R3Tex]

Tuning is a philosophy...power or touring. I have achieved 46 mpg or 170 hp out of the same bike...but not at the same time. Figure out what u want and go for it. However, be forewarned, you will not achieve a fire breathing dragon that gets 50 mpg...just sayin...

 

[Claviger]

Yeah, pretty much spot on.

Another reason either a PC-V with a map switch or TuneboyLIVE makes sense, either will let you go from power to economy at the flip of a switch.

 

[barbagris]

Another reason either a PC-V with a map switch or TuneboyLIVE makes sense, either will let you go from power to economy at the flip of a switch.

Can you map differently by gear with the TuneBoyLIVE? - I don't know about you but I do NOT use the throttle the same in each gear.

In theory you could had 10 different maps in a PCV - One per gear and the "Map Switch". I now have a decent baseline (per gear) via the A/T. After my run home/back - I will be leaning out 5th a bit around 3000-4000rpm and under 40% throttle. I'm not doing it now before a long run - just in case I screw up.

90 miles to empty the tank - Well done!.

 

[rocketjohn]

My recent trip, my best fillup showed 38mpg. Heavy grades and twisties made that hard to maintain. Not to mention stops, turns, rain and so forth.

 

[Nogrey]

Yeah, pretty much spot on.

Another reason either a PC-V with a map switch or TuneboyLIVE makes sense, either will let you go from power to economy at the flip of a switch.

This has been a very informative thread. Now I understand why people get power commanders. I certainly appreciate the fuel economy my roadster came with stock, but sometimes a "fire breathing dragon" is required. So is the PC-V switch something one can flip while riding, or is it more like a re-download like tuneEcu?

 

[rocketjohn]

With the add on Auto tune gadget, you can select your map on the fly. So far as I know, you need the PC-V and the Autotune, and that is spendy.

 

[Sensfan]

Let's call a spade,a spade.. when I saw my bike for the first time I KNEW at 2300 cc, it wasn't going to be a fuel efficient ride. But as my father in law said,he owned several ferrari over his lifetime,the cost of the fuel will never exceed the enjoyment .

 

[rocketjohn]

Yep, I know there's only so much that can be done with these bikes economy wise...but I mean to find the happiest of the happy mediums.

 

[barbagris]

This has been a very informative thread. Now I understand why people get power commanders. I certainly appreciate the fuel economy my roadster came with stock, but sometimes a "fire breathing dragon" is required. So is the PC-V switch something one can flip while riding, or is it more like a re-download like tuneEcu?

The BASIC PCV has the option to have 2 "sets" of maps. If you use AutoTune it takes one of those sets. ON THE FLY FLIPPABLE