What type of tirke do you have and what sort of gas mileage do you get. Please be truthful. Not what HD says as I know it is not true.

 

I have 117" and can get 28-33 mpg. That is sending on the gas quality, road and wind conditions

 

Thanks so my rig is doing well at around 37-38. With out the hack it does around 42 if I keep it under 80. Not to bad for a bike with all most 90k on it. Do to my situation gas mileage is very important. When I get done building two motors I have to build will be selling all my machines and some other stuff getting read for a year long road trip. Going to be plenty of camping and canned bears. Hope this old wear out man is up to it. LOL

 

Guessing no others are getting any better gas millage as no one has posted.

 

Wife's 2010 Tri Glide with SE 204 cams V&H exhaust pipes and header. Dyno tuned and the new gearing and she gets 38 to an occasional 40 if everything is perfect. Higher speed highway is 36 to 38. Hope that helps.

 

36 to 40? unreal. i've v&h power dual pipes monster round mufflers and get 28 to 31 max. 2012 triglide

 

I have found stock engines get better gas mileage then when you go to messing with them. I have a stock 02 ultra a good friend of mine has a 05 road king that the pipes filter and has a power commander gets around 36 and my stock 88 gets 41 to 42 and my bike has about 70K more miles on it.

Now with the hack on it have not checked it yet but will as if I do not get better then what my 97 Oldsmobile gets on the road of 28 to 30 time to change. In my situation and the year long road trip I am planing I have to get at least 35.
Thanks all for you input.
Jeff

 

IMO, if you trike folks are getting anything over 35 MPG's you're doing great.
With the extra weight you're pulling and the added wind resistance you're pushing this kind of mileage is surprising.

I have a 2000 Ultra with the 1550 kit with Stage II A/C and tuning, combined with a Baker DD6 transmission and I usually get about 40 MPG's.
However, at speeds above 70 MPH the mileage drops drastically.
Cruising at 80 (about 3,000 RPM's) I get somewhere between 32-35 MPG's, depending on the terrain and the weather, which with my 5 gallon fuel tank gives me a fuel range of about 150 miles.

Fuel range in the eastern part of the U.S. isn't a big issue but when touring out west it's much more important.
I'm usually ready for a break anyway (and my wife's bike needs fuel) after 125 miles.

 

If you go to Alaska you better take a 5 gallon can. On my 02 ultra I did fine but I all so get 200 or better miles to a tank. On my 02 ultra before I put the hack on with a DD6 up till 80 I get 41 to 42 miles to the gallon. Now anything over that it goes way down. With the DD6 I get the same gas mileage I use to get at 70 just under 3K rpms that I do now at 80 at 3K rpms. If I run 65 I can normally get 1 or two miles more to a gallon but I cannot run under 62 well in 6th gear I have to go to 5th.

That is what I was thinking about the trikes the gas mileage would not be real good not only what you said but those big tires on the back have to eat up some gas. Is your wife's have a 5 or 6 gallons tank? Is she has a 6 and you are having to stop at 125 miles must be getting no more then 25 miles to a gallon.

 

30to32,look at the noses on some of these folks