Gas mileage on the 1700

[kingbee]

Wanna be rider...I have been a member for a while but no bike, I am just about ready to trade this old Chevy z71 (2001) for a nice Nomad.
Heres my question, I get 19-21 miles to the gallon on the old truck and would hope to get more out of the bike, So what is the mileage like for the newer Nomads? I can remember years ago the little Yamaha 125 I had and it seemed to run forever,so much so that it really was a surprise when it did run out of fuel..

[ringadingh]

you should get about 40mpg give or take acouple mpg.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

That doubles what you are getting with the truck. With the price of gas it will pay for itself over time.

[cnc]

My bike gets least double the mileage my truck gets, but it is a
b!t@h hauling sheet-rock on the Nomad in any kind of cross wind.

[ringadingh]

I also have a Z71 truck and it gets about the same mileage as yours in the warmer weather. City driving in cold weather causes the mileage to drop to about 10-12 mpg. When I drive the truck to work and back, about a 40 mile round trip, Im lucky to do it for $25.00 a day in fuel at tosays prices. Thats why I like using the bike as much as I can.

[Jared]

If you aren't using a ds tire, all the money you save on gas will go into the tires you have to replace every 10K miles. I'd never get the nomad in order to save money.

[tombstone]

Originally Posted by Utah Motorcyclist

If you aren't using a ds tire, all the money you save on gas will go into the tires you have to replace every 10K miles. I'd never get the nomad in order to save money.

What Jared says is true, tire expense will eat up any gas savings.* If you out to save gas money a scooter or smaller bike would do you a better job. Having said that, I have a 1700 Nomad and only get under 40 when I put in a bunch of superslab miles and I'm ignoring the speed limit, which is rare... Other wise I get 42 -45mpg

*Unless you go to the Darkside

[Sin City Stan]

Riding one up on a 1700 Nomad I get 35-38 MPG. Allot depends on the action of your right wrist but these numbers are pretty much the average.

[kingbee]

Hey ,I'm trying to convince the wife we need a bike .Somethings gotta go though my truck or her car and her car gets better milage.
I have been wanting a nice red & gold nomad since 2008.I will get one some day,fingers crossed!

[cnc]

Well If you don't really need the truck, then why not? You can always rent a truck or a van for a day if you need to haul something.

[deacon]

It has been my experience that any gas savings are used up on joy riding and "bling"!

[cnc]

Originally Posted by deacon

It has been my experience that any gas savings are used up on joy riding and "bling"!

And that is a negative thing? ???

[dennis49]

My Nomad which is only the 1500 gets mid 30’s in town and road combined while using winter gas. With summer gas its high 30’s low 40’s on occasion. I know this does not answer the question on the 1700 but I would not expect that much better or maybe lower. I use a scooter around town I have a 150 cc and when driving in hyper mode I can top 100 mpg, with normal driving I have no trouble staying in the upper 80’s lower 90’s and the scooter is much less maintenance.

If you ride a scooter you must be ready for all sorts of comments and able to let it roll off, if not you may not want to go this route. Get the Nomad forget about gas you get it to ride. And don’t think putting on your leathers and loud pipes while riding the scooter will take off any of the scooter comments. My scooter pictured here is a Suzuki Burgman (400cc) and it gets 60’s and 70’s with no problem and it cruses 70-75 with much less effort than my Nomad but hang on in a cross wind. And the Burgman will do 100 + if you ride on the fast side. I paid $1,000 for the 150 cc 2006 TNG scooter and have put no money in it since, except for tires which were splitting but had many more miles of tread. I have let the remarks roll and love to ride the scooter in town and to work.

My fellow biking friends no longer tease about it and when they ride the scooter they understand the scooter thing. Well I let the cat out of the bag on the scooter thing, but for you just get the Nomad and enjoy every mile you put on it. Learn to be your own wrench and this will lower the somewhat higher than expected maintenance requirements. Just as a foot note I have been riding since 14 which equals 48 years and owned every bike you can name including 3 Harleys, BMW and many Honda’s and the Nomad ranks at the top just short of the 150cc Chinese scooter.

[ponch]

I have a 2009 Suburban and 19-21 would be almost fantastical. With the ethanol in Iowa, I get 16 at best. When I owned a 1600 Nomad, it got 35-37 on the gasohol, 40-43 off it on the times I travelled outside of Iowa and could get non-ethanol fuel.

[ringadingh]

It must cost about $200.00 to fill a Suburban nowadays, My brother inlaw has one and the gas stations love seeing him pull in.