wayupdere
08-16-2008, 07:10 PM
First Post!
I picked up my 2008 xb12scg 2 weeks ago, have been religious about break-in, and will pass 500 miles by the end of the day. Live in Arizona, pulled chaps out of mothballs, frame is finally cool.
It’s as fun as I thought it would be.
At first, I was troubled about having to feather the throttle so the engine wouldn’t die from idle. My dealer said “well, the Buell’s throttle can’t be goosed.” I finally realized that letting the engine warm up generally resolves my throttle blah. Duh.
My concern is MPG. The dealer said they tweaked the brains when I brought it in for the throttle issue. I’m getting about 14mpg less in urban and 20mpg less in highway than EPA estimates. I generally cruse between 2200 and 3800 RPM, rev once when taking off from a stop, and rev at each downshift when stopping. These are lifelong habits and have serious doubts that my engine’s drinking problem is substantially related.
Sound familiar to anyone? I wanted to get some opinions before I tool back to the dealer and watch them squirm over why my bike is 34% less fuel efficient than Buell advertises.
Thx.
I picked up my 2008 xb12scg 2 weeks ago, have been religious about break-in, and will pass 500 miles by the end of the day. Live in Arizona, pulled chaps out of mothballs, frame is finally cool.
It’s as fun as I thought it would be.
At first, I was troubled about having to feather the throttle so the engine wouldn’t die from idle. My dealer said “well, the Buell’s throttle can’t be goosed.” I finally realized that letting the engine warm up generally resolves my throttle blah. Duh.
My concern is MPG. The dealer said they tweaked the brains when I brought it in for the throttle issue. I’m getting about 14mpg less in urban and 20mpg less in highway than EPA estimates. I generally cruse between 2200 and 3800 RPM, rev once when taking off from a stop, and rev at each downshift when stopping. These are lifelong habits and have serious doubts that my engine’s drinking problem is substantially related.
Sound familiar to anyone? I wanted to get some opinions before I tool back to the dealer and watch them squirm over why my bike is 34% less fuel efficient than Buell advertises.
Thx.