Actual MPG

[mnbk]

What are your readings of the "guesstimator" vs your actual MPG? Mine shows about 6 MPG more than actual. Just curious if this is about average for the difference.

[HwyRider]

Mines the same 6 miles.

[schoeney]

My Honda goes the other way.....display shows 10% less than it actually gets.

i.e. display says 40 but you are actually getting 44.

I know....who cares about a Honda on a Kawasaki forum?

[rick6375]

Most 4-5 mpg less than it shows, but did have once were I got about 1 mpg better than it showed, and a couple times it was within 1 mpg of actual.

[napom]

My calculated at the pump (via Iphone app) mileage for the roughly 4,500 miles I've ridden since january shows I am averaging 36.X mpg - My Guestimator, which I reset in January indicates 42.3 mpg.

In 2013 - the 10,000 + miles I put on my Voyager indicated around 41 - 44 mpg (Kept getting reset due to me fumbling around), while the calculated at the pump averaged 36.X mpg.

That's not saying I am consistently getting 36 mpg with each tank - I have got as low as 31.X and as high as 44.X depending on riding conditions, riding style, temperature etc . . .

[vaquero convert]

If you were to reset the display at every fill up would it be more accurate?

[Silent Sam]

I reset at each fill up 2002 1500fi Nomad (stock except Cobra Duals no cat, and a slight intake air mod)
Running an un-corrected speedometer/odometer..I got 42 mpg indicated...then after the intake mod..I get an indicated 45 mpg

[napom]

Originally Posted by vaquero convert

If you were to reset the display at every fill up would it be more accurate?

If you reset it at every fill up the average fluctuates wayyyy too much. Low to no throttle down a long hill it says you're getting 55 mpg, open the throttle a bit for a flat, or up hill . . . it says 27 mpg . . . Resetting it and letting it run some miles under it gives it the opportunity to level out as the temporary highs and lows don't play into it so much . . .

[ray2]

Mine is more accurate not reseting it. the longer I go with no reset the closer it is. reset in may 2014 and now in July 2014 the last 3 fillups have been less than 1MPG difference If I were to pull the trailer then there is a 4MPG difference. needs miles to get back to 1MPG difference. Have not reset for 4967.8 miles.

[Tynker]

Originally Posted by vaquero convert

if you were to reset the display at every fill up would it be more accurate?

yes yes

[Sin City Stan]

Check you mileage at every fill up. [Miles/gallons*odometer error] gives the "real" millage for that particular tank. A dozen or so tanks averaged together gives a better overall look at what you're really getting per gallon.

[Silent Sam]

I do it the Sin City Stan Way !

[bextreme]

The fuel milage really sucks on the 1700 rode the blue ridge pky and avg 43mpg my friend has a new harley that avg 51 mpg. on hwy I avg 36-39 mpg the harley avg 48 mpg thats a big gap. I have a cobra auto tuner that helped the milage some, really the only thing I don't like about the nomad

[Sin City Stan]

Originally Posted by bextreme

The fuel milage really sucks on the 1700 rode the blue ridge pky and avg 43mpg my friend has a new harley that avg 51 mpg. on hwy I avg 36-39 mpg the harley avg 48 mpg thats a big gap. I have a cobra auto tuner that helped the milage some, really the only thing I don't like about the nomad

Are you comparing apples to apples? Total weight? corrected odometer? Are you a bit harder on the throttle than he is?

I find it a bit hard to believe that any large displacement bike with a fairing and on level roads gets a real 50+ MPG at highway speeds. I once got almost 50 MPG (corrected) but it was on a Aspen to Estes Park run which is virtually all downhill.

[blowndodge]

My readout is pretty close to actual. 70 mph no wind 46 mpg's. 80 MPH about 40 mpg's. Add 5 mpg's if the fuel has no OTOH.