We get better mpg after the cams were put in ..

pre cam with just stg1 was 37-42

After cams, now she's 40-46.

and that's riding two up 95% of the time..

 

My 2008 Ultra Classic gets low 40's. Glad it has a 6-gallon tank. It's worse than either of the TC88's I owned in the past, an '05 Ultra Classic and '02 EG Standard.

 

Thanks. I'm not worried about mileage although $4.35 for a gallon of gas is painful. The more I think about it, though, the less inclined I am to sell my 88"/carb'd bike. I love my new putt but the old scooter has its own thing and economy of use is one of them...

 

To be honest, worrying about gas mileage on a Harley would be like worrying about the gas mileage on a '70 Chevy Chevelle SS 454 LS6. I can understand getting the most mpg out of what you have but that's about all you can do. Like my 98 Chevy Silverado with a 5.7 Liter 350, I knew it was a gas hog when I got it so I don't even complain about the gas prices, but I do try to get the best mpg out of it that I can. A Harley (at least the recent ones, not sure about the mpg on once from the 80s and older) will always get better mpg out of any cage I'll ever own (only like V8s and diesels) so I wouldn't worry about gas mileage too much, just get what I want and get the best mpg I can out of what I have.

 

2009 Heritage here, bone stock, average 38 MPG with 50/50 city highway. I am dissapointed in this as I drive very conservatively and hardly ever "get into" the throttle. Never been over 40, even on long OTR trips.

With that said, it is my only complaint about the bike. I have never needed more power and am very happy with the bike overall.

Oh, and my 2003 883 sporty got mid 50's all day, regardless of how you rode it.

 

on my new roadking classic (103) I average about one tank per fill up...otherwise I don't watch the gas too much...to much else to think about these days..

 

At least a couple times a year, I ride from home (Colorado) out to California to visit with my oldest kid. The route I prefer to take is US-50, from I-70, through Delta UT and Ely NV on to Reno NV. There's one long stretch, from Delta UT to Ely NV that's over 150 miles...

Up to a couple years ago, there wasn't a gas station along that tract of road... hell.. there's just a whole LOT of nothin' along that road... Anyway, this is definitely NOT a stretch you want to run out of gas on .. or break down on either... they may never find your body.

My point is, that there are stretches of road out there, where it's nice to have either a tank large enough, or mileage good enough, to make it without sweating bullets.

 

I have an 88 and get around 45. Most guys I know with 96's get in the upper 30's to low 40's. I assume that's why the MOCO went to the larger 6.2 gallon tanks with the bigger displacement. They hold more gas but get about the same range as I do.

 

Around town (stock everything except V&H straight pipes with standard baffles, and Xied's....got rid of the stock pipes because of the cats, shitty sound, and added the Xied's to allow the engine to run a bit cooler due to a richer fuel mixture) I get anywhere from 35 to 45 mpg on my 2010 Dyna. On the highway, when I can get into optimal 6th gear speed (depending upon terrain, above 65 mph) I get from 48 to 55 mpg. I ride hard, usually one-up on this bike, but it's a very light machine.

From my experience, the people who do major performance enhancing modifications tend to be the most dissatisfied with fuel economy. If you make something a muscle machine, it's gonna consume more fuel per mile traveled (and yer gonna enjoy playing with the enhanced acceleration and torque....which ain't gonna help with fuel economy). Even at 30 mpg, it's still an truly affordable thrill compared to any performance automobile! Want great fuel economy....buy a scooter.

 

I actually thought my Rocker C had a 4 gallon tank when I first ran through a tank full. My old FXSTC spoiled me with 220-250mi range.