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Offline So Cal Joe

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My bike loves the heat
« on: August 17, 2011, 05:34:21 PM »
Today the temperature  was at 100 +  most of the day, My bike, an 09 C 14 has been covered up for about 2 weeks because of the heat  so I decided to take it out for a ride.  Some freeway riding but mostly mountain twisty roads, total was 202 miles on my odometer. The AVERAGE was showing 48.5 and of course I thought that was wrong because I never got over 42 MPG. When I filled it up it took 4.16 gls to go 202 miles, thats equals 48.55 mpg. I guess it likes running in hot weather. The temp was showing 3 bars most of the day. Coolant is full and the bike only has 8500 miles on it.
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Offline C1xRider

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Re: My bike loves the heat
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2011, 07:32:52 PM »
Clearly you were not riding it hard enough!   ;D

Mileage is usually better in warmer temps, but 5.5MPG seems a bit much.   ???
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Re: My bike loves the heat
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2011, 08:17:38 PM »
Quote from: C1xRider on August 17, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Clearly you were not riding it hard enough!   ;D

Mileage is usually better in warmer temps, but 5.5MPG seems a bit much.   ???
I was following a BMW 1300GT and a Honda ST1300 so they were slowing me down!!   ::)
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Offline martin_14

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Re: My bike loves the heat
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2011, 02:13:33 AM »
Quote from: So Cal Joe on August 17, 2011, 08:17:38 PM
I was following a BMW 1300GT and a Honda ST1300 so they were slowing me down!!   ::)

That explains it...  :rotflmao:
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Offline Conrad

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Re: My bike loves the heat
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2011, 05:05:13 AM »
My bike is the same way, the MPG seems directly proportional to the ambient temp.
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Re: My bike loves the heat
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2011, 08:32:21 AM »
Altitude helps too.  I made a run to South Lake Tahoe and back.  True 50 mpg and I was really getting on it.
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