Triumph 'n Shadow
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Hello all!
I know people are reporting anywhere from 61 to 75 MPG and up on their NC700X bikes.
I was trying to figure out how to get up in the 70's.
I rode the bike as normal for me where it is 15.1 miles one way to work with about 14.5 miles being on the highway.
This was doing 60-65 MPH.
When I checked my mileage it was 66.
So I tried again with the same result (66 MPG).
The next tank I cruised a little faster in the 64-68 MPH range.
My mileage dropped to 65.
So this last tank I decided to try to keep the RPM's at 3K and lower.
We took a nice country ride yesterday and today at around 2600 to 2900 RPMs.
We just filled the tank right before we arrived home.
The bike got 70.348 MPG.
At those RPMs it did not feel as if the engine was lugging at all so I felt comfortable running at those speeds.
So it appears the key is to keep the engine humming a long at a little lower RPMs.
I am sure other things can be done to bump that up.
Someone mentioned getting a high quality chain will eliminate some resistance and so raise MPGs.
Making sure the tires are inflated to proper air pressure is totally necessary.
But I wanted to pass on what I have learned.
We bought our NC7 back in late September and we have 1113 miles on it (I rode it when I could over the winter.)
Anybody have anything to add which might boost gas mileage?
I would assume with 1113 miles on the bike it is still going through the engine break-in stage.
I am wondering if around 3K miles it will naturally boost itself up a little as everything is seating just right by that point?
I wanted to add this is with gas that is up to 10% ethanol.
Thanks.
God bless!!
Michael
I know people are reporting anywhere from 61 to 75 MPG and up on their NC700X bikes.
I was trying to figure out how to get up in the 70's.
I rode the bike as normal for me where it is 15.1 miles one way to work with about 14.5 miles being on the highway.
This was doing 60-65 MPH.
When I checked my mileage it was 66.
So I tried again with the same result (66 MPG).
The next tank I cruised a little faster in the 64-68 MPH range.
My mileage dropped to 65.
So this last tank I decided to try to keep the RPM's at 3K and lower.
We took a nice country ride yesterday and today at around 2600 to 2900 RPMs.
We just filled the tank right before we arrived home.
The bike got 70.348 MPG.
At those RPMs it did not feel as if the engine was lugging at all so I felt comfortable running at those speeds.
So it appears the key is to keep the engine humming a long at a little lower RPMs.
I am sure other things can be done to bump that up.
Someone mentioned getting a high quality chain will eliminate some resistance and so raise MPGs.
Making sure the tires are inflated to proper air pressure is totally necessary.
But I wanted to pass on what I have learned.
We bought our NC7 back in late September and we have 1113 miles on it (I rode it when I could over the winter.)
Anybody have anything to add which might boost gas mileage?
I would assume with 1113 miles on the bike it is still going through the engine break-in stage.
I am wondering if around 3K miles it will naturally boost itself up a little as everything is seating just right by that point?
I wanted to add this is with gas that is up to 10% ethanol.
Thanks.
God bless!!
Michael