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Re: [ST] Re: Gas mileage?
- Subject: Re: [ST] Re: Gas mileage?
- From: Tom Emberson <ate_st@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:42:21 -0600 (CST)
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, VB wrote:
> Gas mileage? My low gas light comes on at 120 miles. The gas gauge reads
> empty at 160 miles. The previous owner of my bike said that he'd run out of
> gas (dry) at 180 miles, that means he was getting 32 MPG. The 1999 Triumph
> specifications state that the ST's gas tank holds "5.6 gallons US". I've
> read articles and emails that claim the ST gets 45 to 50 MPG. 5.6 gallons X
> 45 MPG would give a tank range of 252 miles!!! I am not a hot-dogger,
> I run between 4 and 5 grand on the tach. Does anybody out there actually
> get 252 miles per tank? At what mileage does your gas light come on? VB
Damn, something is wrong with your bike. This past summer when I was
purely slabin I would judge how the tank of gas was going by looking at
when the needle got fully past the F line. Often with pure 85mph (true,
not speedo) slabin I would get 110-120 miles out of the top bit of the
tank. Now I am lucky to get 60-70 in city.
I just ran my bike in the garage testing some electrical stuffs and sure
enough the smell of gas was found.
To answer your question my bike has seen 50-52 mpg slabin and 42-45 on
the Blue Ridge Parkway (and I was not riding consevatively, but always
with in the speed limit!)
I hope you find the issue.
Tom
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Thomas Emberson
'01 BRG Sprint ST (last count 10 months old, 14,800 miles)
sold: '98 ZX6e, '99 ZX9r, '95 EX500
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