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07-25-2013, 02:04 PM

DrewBone

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Originally Posted by Scuba10jdl

...The gearing is different overall. I know they have changed the primary and final drive ratios (different sprocket sizes). That means the newer ones will run higher revs at the same speed.

For reference, my bike has an overall 5th gear ratio of 3.62, while a new Iron 883 has a 3.93 5th gear overall ratio...

And that explain's it, thanks for the information sir!

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07-25-2013, 04:40 PM

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Seems right to me, I have an 05 1200 with stock pipes and k&n air filter. I get over 50mpg when riding 2up with my wife and 30-35 when riding alone.

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07-29-2013, 03:45 PM

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got 185 km out of the tank, still not where I want it to be but better than 155 that's for sure

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08-31-2013, 11:12 PM

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This interesting as I am fairly new to the Sporty (883). I put K&N filter on my about three weeks ago and now I am doing right at 50 MPG up from 43 MPG riding mostly in town with a bit of an attack mode of driving in Tucson.

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