A thought about TPS settings

[joesnomad]

I was wondering if anyone has ever looked at TPS settings and compared them on bikes that ping and don't ping, compared to bikes that get MPG in the higher 40's. As far as the 1600's go some ping some don't,some get low 30's MPG and some get High 40's MPG. My thoughts are that 05-08 as far as I know are identical motors. So as far as pinging goes I would think that they should preform theoretically identical. It has been said many times that the TPS settings are given a range that kawa says is normal. Some are set higher and some lower some in the middle somewhere. Now comes my guessing part. If at a lower TPS setting the bike pings but maybe gets higher 30's MPG Possibly a higher setting maybe the bike doesn't ping at all but gets in the lower 30's MPG. And a setting in the middle might allow for a little pinging but MPG in the upper 40's. It just seems to me that there should be some kind of consistency to the way they run being as they are all virtually identical at least from the factory. I realize that everyones riding style is a little different and altitude might play into it somehow and also gas quality. But if some of us can get mileage in the upper 40's I think that all of the bikes should be capable of it under identical circumstances. I have never checked my TPS setting but sometime I will check it just to see were its at and then attempt adjustments.