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#108627 Midnight1700 (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 104 How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   Hello all, I'm doing a little fishing here before I do any significant mods to my 07 Roadie. Currently, my RS* is stock with the exception of the Stage 1 mod on the pipes and I'm getting a consistant 48-52 MPG. I see on the forum where many are getting anywhere from 38 - 45 MPG. My question is: does many of the mods done on the bike actually lower the MPG? Things like the BAK, Pipes, and Jetting?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #108629 Musky (Moderator) Doc took Grams beer Moderator Posts: 13508 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   That depends on the willingness of the person to keep at it until they get it tweaked as close to perfect as they can. You will see people who want to jet but only want to do it once. They want to know someone elses settings and that's what they use. They don't want to have to go back in multiple times. It's just plain luck if you hit it doing it that way. And another big factor is once she sounds good and pulls better you get a case of happy wrist   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108630 CoachDan (User) I'm Mechanically Inclined, I Screw Up Everything. Gold Boarder Posts: 640 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   Hey Midnight1700 Pipes shouldn't effect mileage much, but jetting can. If you don't stray to far from stock, you shouldn't tell to much difference. Some even get better. Others here can help you more on that. I went with the MaxAir airkit, and their recommended jetting, and my mpg went down about 5 mpg, but runs like a scalded dog. The way gas prices are rising, I may rethink my jetting though.   Logged     CoachDans Bikes   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108632 CoachDan (User) I'm Mechanically Inclined, I Screw Up Everything. Gold Boarder Posts: 640 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   Shoulda known Musky would beat me to it. There are people like me, then there are people like Musky and Curt.   Logged     CoachDans Bikes   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108637 Midnight1700 (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 104 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   So, would it be safe to say that many of the mods will actually decrease MPG? And, it's basically the reduction in MPG is the cost for better performance? I do want to replace the pipes and possibly a BAK but those changes would come with a cost of lower MPG...   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #108639 Jason19 (User) Yes, I am a Pirate, 200 years too late Junior Boarder Posts: 178 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   I would venture to say that the amount of MPG changing by mods is not much more if any at all than say riding witha passenger, or loading it with bags and trunks and filling those with stuff...putting on a few pounds or shedding pounds will affect it as well. Even a windscreen versus no windscreen messes with it. And it is all in the wrist. I may get 40mpg but I also came off of sportbikes and I like to twist that wrist.   Logged     -Jason 2007 Road Star Silver Hypercharger Pro-R LA Choppers CurveDD with cut baffles   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108644 cartersta (User) winter antifreeze, send jack daniels Platinum Boarder Posts: 1034 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   CoachDan Shoulda known Musky would beat me to it. There are people like me, then there are people like Musky and Curt. yep, thanks god they aint got full time jobs   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108653 Frank_W (User) Hitting deer.... in the FACE!! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1886 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   The more chrome and leather fringe that you have on your bike, the more horsies you can wring out of the engine. Double points for having leather fringe on your clutch, brake, throttle, and left handgrip!   Logged     Mrs. Barlow, I never, and I repeat never, ever pissed in your steam iron. My music   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108656 Musky (Moderator) Doc took Grams beer Moderator Posts: 13508 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   Midnight1700 wrote: So, would it be safe to say that many of the mods will actually decrease MPG? And, it's basically the reduction in MPG is the cost for better performance? I do want to replace the pipes and possibly a BAK but those changes would come with a cost of lower MPG... To be honest it sounds like you are trying to talk yourself out of doing something you really don't want to do anyway. Don't do stuff just because others have. Your mpg is good. If the bike is happy don't touch it. Just ride and smile.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108658 RoadieFF (Moderator) In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey. Moderator Posts: 1856 Re:How do mods effect MPG? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago   If you're looking to keep that mpg I'd never let anyone touch that carb, it'll do nothing but go down. My opinion only.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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