X1 MPG?

[Flying Couch]

So, anybody that's got an X1, what kind of MPG do you get? I'm thinking of getting one as a daily rider (my bike is my main transportation). I like the looks, the sound, and from what I hear about it I like the performance. What do you get, and how hard do you ride?

 

[pur pony]

back and forth to work i get an average of 55mpg. Thats all back roads riding between 50 and 70 and getting on it in every corner.

 

[Flying Couch]

I've seen that kind of number elsewhere online. It seems far too high for a 1203cc V-twin, but no one seems to contradict it, either. Interesting.

For what it's worth, I ride the hell out of my bikes - I get about 65 out of a 2011 CBR250R, near the bottom of what most people ever report (everyone else I've met with one reports up into the 70s). What's the lowest you've ever gotten?

 

[pur pony]

off the top of my head, i think the worst i have gotten is mid 40's but thats on hard rides in hilly areas and stop and go on super hot summer days.

But most days im right around 52-55mpg.. this is with a stock header/super trapp pipe, ham can, and Race tune.

 

[Red Stripe]

I've never seen anything above 47 mpg's, usually average about 42-44. My best was when I rode back and forth to work driving 95% highway at 65 mph. At the time it just had a custom tune, force pipe, and a chain conversion. I don't know if my bike is geared different or not but at 65mph I'm running around 3k in 5th gear.

 

[Flying Couch]

Anyone else like to contribute? There's one on sale and I might be grabbing it this weekend.

 

[iman501]

My best friend has an x1 and I have a 9r an he could always go fatter on a full tank than I could. For how big of a bike it is, I was surprised!

 

[vagrant]

I just got a 97 thunderbolt with xb heads, pistons, SE ignition, etc. My last two tanks I calculated to be at 44 MPG with combined highway and city riding. I wasnt really going easy on her either... I bet sustained highway riding yields better numbers.